Grid view merge cells
<p><img src="http://i.stack.imgur.com/Hatf8.jpg" alt="enter image description here">Hi can someone please help me  how to merge two or more cells of a gridview in android.I am not finding a proper link to do so.I have found sites that explains how to use Gridview but not how to merge cells within a grid view. Any help will be appreciated.
Following is my code for using Grid view :</p>

<pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
&lt;LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" 
    android:background="#FFFFFF"&gt;

    &lt;LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="45dp"
        android:orientation="vertical" &gt;
    &lt;/LinearLayout&gt;

    &lt;LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="350dp"
        android:orientation="vertical" &gt;

      &lt;GridView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
    android:id="@+id/gridview"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:columnWidth="90dp"
    android:numColumns="auto_fit"
    android:verticalSpacing="10dp"
    android:horizontalSpacing="10dp"
    android:stretchMode="columnWidth"
    android:gravity="center"
/&gt;

    &lt;/LinearLayout&gt;

    &lt;LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical" &gt;
    &lt;/LinearLayout&gt;

&lt;/LinearLayout&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>This gives me a gridview however i want to merge 4 cells i.e. cells 5,6,8,9 into one cell.There are in all 15 subitems.3 items per row.Any help will be appreciated.Thanks in advance.</p>
