title: android how to hide a edittext and reclaim the space
body: <p>I have a UI that has a handful of text entries that might be needed by the user.  The users selects the type of entry from a spinner.  when the selection is made I change the visibility of some edittext controls and change the label that goes with it.  </p>
  
  <p>The problem is the space where the edittext was is now blank and the screen layout looks screwy.  </p>
  
  <p>I put all of this in a table, hoping I could hide a row, but that didnt help either.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas short of make a new class for each one?</p>