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Align Bitmap Image inside ImageView - CS50 Pokedex Android

I have been working on CS50 and now I am tracking android. I almost finished my PSet Pokedex, but small thing is bothering me.
I am trying to align bitmap image on top of ImageView, but I could not do it. Could you please help me? I tried "scaletype", "layout_gravitiy" etc. But it does not seem to work. I want image to be just below description stating that this should be changed by the java code.
Please see current view here
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".PokemonActivity">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/pokemon_name"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:paddingTop="10dp" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/pokemon_number"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textSize="16dp"
android:paddingTop="5dp" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/pokemon_type1"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textSize="16dp"
android:paddingTop="5dp" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/pokemon_type2"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textSize="16dp"
android:paddingTop="5dp" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/pokemon_button_catch"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:paddingTop="5dp"
android:textSize="24dp"
android:onClick="toggleCatch"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/pokemon_description"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textSize="16dp"
android:textStyle="bold|italic"
android:paddingTop="50dp"
android:text="This is testing something, this should changed by the java code."/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/pokemon_avatar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
</LinearLayout>

Welcome to StackOverFlow !
If there is no special requirement than no need to use match_parent inside ImageView. You can do following adjustment-
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".PokemonActivity">
..............
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/pokemon_avatar"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>
Happy coding !

sorry. I was roasting snow in a furnace. I found out that actually source image is one to blame. Image size does not wrap the content but it has extra space around content. This is the reason when it is enlarged, there is space between text and image.

ScrollView doesn't work when keyboard shows up

I'm trying to implement a simple activity where the user can rate something and put a comment.
My view is this :
with the code :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fillViewport="true"
android:background="#color/background_material_light"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:isScrollContainer="true"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/img_journey"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="250dp"
android:src="#drawable/pirate"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/ratingLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_below="#+id/img_journey"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/title_journey"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Title"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:textColor="#color/niceblue" />
<RatingBar
android:id="#+id/framework_normal_ratingbar"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:minHeight="48dp"
android:maxHeight="48dp"
android:rating="5"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/textbox_rate"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_above="#+id/button_layout"
android:layout_below="#+id/ratingLayout"
android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
android:layout_marginRight="30dp"
android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="25dp">
<EditText
android:padding="10dp"
android:gravity="start"
android:background="#drawable/textbox"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:hint="#string/hint_comment"
android:inputType="text"
android:autofillHints="" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/button_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center|bottom"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="8"
android:layout_marginBottom="40dp">
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_launch"
android:text="SEND RATE"
style="#style/button_classic"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</ScrollView>
The fact is, when I show the keyboard on clicking in the editText, the view is not scrollable and the result is this :
I search like 3 hours on the internet but I found nothing, the only result that I found was to put this on the onCreate of my activity
getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_STATE_HIDDEN|WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_PAN|WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_RESIZE);
But it doesn't work either. (I've tried with and without each flag)
The second thing I've tried was to put the ScrollView into the RelativeLayout, but sameresult, doesn't work.
The thing I would like is that the keyboard appears below the edit text and that we do not see the button SEND RATE (except if the user scroll) and, finally, the user should be able to scroll even when the keyboard is displayed.
Am I doing something wrong or what ?
Thanks in advance !!

linear layout not filling parent down the remaining part of the screen in a scrollview

I am designing a layout for an activity where some contents like Textview, spinner and buttons are arranged in the upper part of the screen. I want to position image view to the bottom of the screen with a match_parent attribute to fill to the remaining bottom of the screen and it has become a challenge to me as the image view is filling to the bottom of the remaining part of the screen. This is the entire layout of the upper section/part of the screen
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:background="#drawable/xxxVal"
android:padding="10dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/dataVaues"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:textColor="#000"
/>
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinBundle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="6sp"
android:textColor="#000"
android:prompt="#string/_prompt" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:textColor="#000"
android:text="Plan" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/bundle"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:textColor="#000"/>
<!-- android:inputType="phone" -->
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:textColor="#000"
android:text="PValue:" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/value"
android:inputType="value"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:textColor="#000"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/validValue"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:text="Valid:"
android:textColor="#000000" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/valid"
android:inputType="valid"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
android:textColor="#ff0000"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/proceed"
android:text="Proceed"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:textColor="#000"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/data"
android:text="Check"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:textColor="#000"/>
</LinearLayout>
this is remaining part of the layout with a view flipper for an image that I want it to fit down to the remaining part of the screen but its not fitting as it shrinks up
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ViewFlipper
android:id="#+id/flipper1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:flipInterval="5000"
android:inAnimation="#anim/slide_in_right"
android:outAnimation="#anim/slide_out_left" >
</ViewFlipper>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>
please kindly assist!

Try adding the imageview to the Viewflipper like so:
<ViewFlipper
android:id="#+id/simpleViewFlipper"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:src=IMAGE />
</ ViewFlipper >
Having said that you might find some issues regarding swiping when using a viewflipper inside a scrollview

Unable to make all UI components appear in RelativeLayout

I want a RelativeLayout based android UI that looks like the below mock graphic:
Below is my layout xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/RelativeLayoutForPreview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<!-- surface view that contains camera preview , and seats above #+id/linearLayoutToolbar -->
<SurfaceView
android:id="#+id/surfaceViewBarcodeScanner"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<!-- LinearLayout that contains toolbar that is divided into 3 sections horizontally -->
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayoutToolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/surfaceViewBarcodeScanner"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/scanner_bottom_left" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/scanner_bottom_center_toolbar" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/scanner_bottom_right_landscape_button" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
I used Eclipse GUI palette and my own editing , however the output was not what I expected, the SurfaceView seems to covering all the screen, the LinearLayout at the bottom does not appear.
Snapshot of my current result on Galaxy S3 device:
Any help will be appreciated, Thanks.

Could you please try out to modify your layout as the follows:
Define your SurfaceView and set it's layout_above value to the ID of the linear layout made in the previous step. Set the layout_alignParentTop to true.
Define your bottom linear layout and set the layout_alignParentBottom to true.
Smart code snippet with only the important parts:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<SurfaceView
android:id="#+id/surfaceViewBarcodeScanner"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_above="#+id/linearLayoutToolbar" />
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayoutToolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
I hope this will solve your problem.

you can use Linearlayout instead of Realtive Layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<SurfaceView
android:id="#+id/surfaceViewBarcodeScanner"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1" />
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayoutToolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<!-- inside elements -->
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
else you should use android:layout_above="#+id/linearLayoutToolbar" to your surfaceview
and remove android:layout_below attribute and add android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" to your toolbar view.

// try this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/LinearLayoutForPreview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:padding="5dp"
android:orientation="vertical">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="match_parent">
<SurfaceView
android:id="#+id/surfaceViewBarcodeScanner"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayoutToolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/scanner_bottom_left" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="2">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/scanner_bottom_center_toolbar" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/scanner_bottom_right_landscape_button" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Android Custom ListViewItem Layout

I dont quite get the layout of my List View Item doesnt show like I want it to.
I hope somone would give me some hints since i cannot make it work for quite some time now.
What i want is as follows:
Here is my approach:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="20dip"
android:padding="6dip">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="3dip">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/nametext"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="7dip">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/photo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginRight="6dip"
android:src="#drawable/icon" />
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/toptext"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:id="#+id/middletext"
android:singleLine="true"
android:ellipsize="marquee"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:id="#+id/bottomtext"
android:singleLine="true"
android:ellipsize="marquee"
/>
</LinearLayout>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/stars"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginLeft="6dip"
android:src="#drawable/icon" />
</LinearLayout>
Any help would be appreciated.
I already tried different sizes and a RelativeLayout. No change.
It doesnt look anythik like i thought it should.
edit three blanks missing
edit2 added pic

You could do this with LinearLayouts, but you'll need three nested layouts:
A vertical LinearLayout containing everything.
A horizontal LinearLayout containing everything aside from the heading.
A vertical LinearLayout containing the non-heading TextViews.
The inner vertical LinearLayout will probably need android:layout_weight="1" so it stretches to fill the available space but doesn't squeeze out the right-hand ImageView.
That's all very expensive, particularly when multiplied by the numerous views in a ListView. A RelativeLayout can get this done with only one layout.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="6dip" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:textSize="40sp">
</TextView>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_below="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon" >
</ImageView>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_below="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon" >
</ImageView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_below="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="TextView" >
</TextView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView3"
android:layout_below="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="TextView" >
</TextView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView4"
android:layout_below="#+id/textView3"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="TextView" >
</TextView>
</RelativeLayout>
Edited for formatting and to add:
This is the result. Of course, text and image sizes need adjusted, but the basic result is what you've described.

Im not sure if you really want to have a 3dip headline and 7dip content...
if you want the stuff inside the outer linearlayout vertical arranged, use
android:orientation="vertical"
in the parent LinearLayout. to arrange the three items in the content part of your layout, you might use android:weight or android:alignParentLeft / Right.
I fear im not sure waht you want to do, so i can not edit your layout :(