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space between icon and title item in menu when call it in toolbar

I have the following menu:
<menu xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_main_help"
android:title="#string/menu_help"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_information" />
<item
android:id="#+id/menu_main_about"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_information"
android:title="#string/menuabout_us" />
</menu>
I need to space between icon and border in menu to be clear show image please
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I want show icon in overflow menu of Toolbar like that enter image description here
but i face a problem when I click to show options menu in tool bar the icon of item menu overlapping or hidden part from icon in border , I have the following toolbar:
<com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
android:id="#+id/layoutbar"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginEnd="#dimen/_6sdp">
<com.google.android.material.appbar.MaterialToolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/_24sdp"
android:background="#color/colorPrimaryDark" />
</com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>

This is toolbar
<?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:background="#color/teal_200"
android:orientation="vertical">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/top"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/real_back"
android:layout_width="25dp"
android:layout_height="25dp"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:background="#drawable/ic_launcher_background">
<TextView
android:layout_width="18dp"
android:layout_height="14dp"
android:text="ABC"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/activity_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Birthday Card"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="14dp"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/end"
android:layout_width="25dp"
android:layout_height="25dp"
android:background="#drawable/ic_launcher_background"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_marginEnd="10dp"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/word"
android:layout_width="25dp"
android:layout_height="25dp"
android:background="#drawable/ic_launcher_background"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/end"
android:layout_marginEnd="10dp"/>
</RelativeLayout>
Add This is the layout where in use it
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<include
android:id="#+id/topbar"
layout="#layout/toolbar"/>
<ListView
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="200dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/topbar"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:visibility="gone"
android:entries="#array/listarray"/>
Create this array in value/string.xml
<string-array name="listarray">
<item>ABCC</item>
<item>ABCD</item>
<item>EFDD</item>
</string-array>
Now what will do in activity is,,,
TextView textView = findViewById(R.id.listshow);
ListView listView= findViewById(R.id.listview);
textView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
if(listView.getVisibility() == View.VISIBLE){
listView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
else {
listView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
}
});
listView.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long
id) {
if(position ==0 ){
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "P1!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
if(position ==1){
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "p2", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
});

See Styling toolbar menu item title
Specifically, you can specify a custom layout for menu items using the actionLayout parameter as demonstrated:
android:actionLayout="#layout/custom_layout"

Items doesn't fill space

I have a RecyclerView. When you look at the picture, I have the Problem, that the Items of the RecyclerView won't fill the full space of the screen. (I mean the space between the item_note and the screen edge...
Here is my main_activity.XML:
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/rvNoteList"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:scrollbars="vertical" />
Here is my item_layout.XM:
<?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"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:padding="10dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:background="#drawable/note_bg">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="9"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvTitle"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="Title"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textSize="18sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvContent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="Text for Content" />
</LinearLayout>
Here is how I set the Layout in MainActivity.java:
recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new StaggeredGridLayoutManager(2, StaggeredGridLayoutManager.VERTICAL));
recyclerView.setItemAnimator(new DefaultItemAnimator());
EDIT:
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EDIT 2:
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EDIT 3:
Adapter:
adapter = new FirestoreRecyclerAdapter<Note, NoteViewHolder>(response) {
#Override
protected void onBindViewHolder(NoteViewHolder holder, int position, Note model) {
final Note note = notesList.get(position);
holder.title.setText(note.getTitle());
holder.content.setText(note.getContent());
}
#Override
public NoteViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.item_note, parent, false);
return new NoteViewHolder(view);
}
#Override
public void onError(FirebaseFirestoreException e) {
Log.e("error", e.getMessage());
}
};
EDIT 4:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item>
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#CABBBBBB"/>
<corners android:radius="2dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item
android:left="0dp"
android:right="0dp"
android:top="0dp"
android:bottom="2dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#android:color/white"/>
<corners android:radius="2dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>

If you don't want gaps as you've described, you probably don't want to be using StaggeredGridLayoutManager, since it will try to add gaps at the end of some rows to create a jagged edge effect. See https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v7/widget/StaggeredGridLayoutManager.html for more details.
For evenly spaced items, you should use GridLayoutManager. So, try changing
recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new StaggeredGridLayoutManager(2, StaggeredGridLayoutManager.VERTICAL));
To
recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new GridLayoutManager(this, 2));
See https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v7/widget/GridLayoutManager.html#GridLayoutManager(android.content.Context,%20int) for more details on how to use GridLayoutManager.
Alternate Solution 1
If you want to stick with the StaggeredGridLayoutManager, you can try setting its gap handling strategy to GAP_HANDLING_MOVE_ITEMS_BETWEEN_SPANS like so:
StaggeredGridLayoutManager layoutManager = new StaggeredGridLayoutManager(2, StaggeredGridLayoutManager.VERTICAL)
layoutManager.setGapStrategy(StaggeredGridLayoutManager.GAP_HANDLING_MOVE_ITEMS_BETWEEN_SPANS);
recyclerView.setLayoutManager(layoutManager);
Alternate Solution 2
Try changing the contents of your item_layout.xml to:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="10dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:background="#drawable/note_bg">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvTitle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="Title"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textSize="18sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvContent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="Text for Content" />
</LinearLayout>
Edit
Using Alternate Solution 2 and StaggeredGridLayoutManager, I was able to get the following result (using the same text in your items):

Adding ripple effect for View in onClick

Hello I am trying to add a ripple effect onClick method for View, but this one no working. All my items having an ID, but I don't know how to call it
Here is a code.
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
int[] attrs = new int[]{R.attr.selectableItemBackground};
TypedArray typedArray = getActivity().obtainStyledAttributes(attrs);
int backgroundResource = typedArray.getResourceId(0, 0);
v.setBackgroundResource(backgroundResource);
switch (v.getId()) {
case ACTION_PLAY_ID:
Log.d(MainActivity.TAG, getString(R.string.detail_action_play));
v.setBackgroundResource(backgroundResource);
Intent intent = new Intent(getActivity(), PlayerActivity.class);
intent.putExtra(Video.VIDEO_TAG, videoModel);
startActivity(intent);
break;
case ACTION_BOOKMARK_ID:
if (bookmarked) {
v.setBackgroundResource(backgroundResource);
deleteFromBookmarks();
((ImageView) v).setImageDrawable(res.getDrawable(R.drawable.star_outline));
} else {
v.setBackgroundResource(backgroundResource);
addToBookmarks();
((ImageView) v).setImageDrawable(res.getDrawable(R.drawable.star));
}
break;
case ACTION_REMINDER_ID:
if (!isReminderSet) {
createReminderDialog((ImageView) v);
} else {
cancelReminder(liveTvProgram.getProgramId());
((ImageView) v).setImageDrawable(res.getDrawable(R.drawable.alarm));
}
break;
}
}
For Lubomir
i have something like this but not working too:
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle
savedInstanceState) {
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.item_detail, container, false);
ButterKnife.bind(this, view);
View myView = view.findViewById(R.id.actions_container);
int[] attrs = new int[]{R.attr.selectableItemBackground};
TypedArray typedArray = getActivity().obtainStyledAttributes(attrs);
int backgroundResource = typedArray.getResourceId(0, 0);
myView.setBackgroundResource(backgroundResource);
loadImage();
init();
return view;
}
ImageViews(actionbuttons) is creating in java for LinearLayout actions_container
<?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="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/header_image"
android:layout_width="250dp"
android:layout_height="250dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginStart="10dp"
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/detail_image_1_state"
android:elevation="8dp"/>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginBottom="#dimen/detail_bottom_margin"
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/detail_top_margin"
android:background="#color/primary_color">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/actions_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/detail_actions_height"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:background="#drawable/ripple_effect_image"
android:elevation="2dp"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:paddingLeft="300dp"
android:paddingStart="300dp"/>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/content_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/actions_container"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingLeft="300dp"
android:paddingStart="300dp">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/title"
style="#style/TextTitleStyle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/subtitle"
style="#style/TextSubtitleStyle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:visibility="gone"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/duration"
style="#style/TextSubtitleStyle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/season"
style="#style/TextDescriptionStyle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:visibility="gone"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/episode"
style="#style/TextDescriptionStyle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:visibility="gone"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/description"
style="#style/TextDescriptionStyle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:maxLines="7"/>
</LinearLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/recommended_frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="200dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
<android.support.v17.leanback.widget.HorizontalGridView
android:id="#+id/recommendation"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:clipChildren="false"
android:clipToPadding="false"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:paddingRight="10dp"/>
</FrameLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/recommended_text"
style="#style/TextHeaderStyle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#id/recommended_frame"
android:text="#string/related_programs"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
Also my xml ripple effect file is like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ripple xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:color="#color/dark_primary_color">
<item>
<color android:color="#color/dark_primary_color" />
</item>
<item android:id="#android:id/mask">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="?android:colorAccent" />
</shape>
</item>
</ripple>

Clickable Views
In general, ripple effect for regular buttons will work by default in API 21 and for other touchable views, it can be achieved by specifying
android:background="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground"
In code:
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.your_layout);
View myView = findViewById(R.id.myView);
int[] attrs = new int[]{R.attr.selectableItemBackground};
TypedArray typedArray = getActivity().obtainStyledAttributes(attrs);
int backgroundResource = typedArray.getResourceId(0, 0);
myView.setBackgroundResource(backgroundResource);
}

As stated in Lubomir Babev's answer, adding android:background="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground" does the trick.
However, if your view already has a background, you can use the same on the android:foreground attribute instead:
android:background="#color/anyColor"
android:foreground="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground"
android:foreground is only supported by API 23+ though.

create ripple background
view_background.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ripple xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:color="#color/blue" >
<item android:drawable="#drawable/view_normal">
</item>
</ripple>
view_noraml.xml //this is how you view appears in normal
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<corners
android:radius="#dimen/button_corner"/>
<solid
android:color="#android:color/transparent"/>
<stroke
android:width="0.5dp"
android:color="#color/white"/>
</shape>
now set the view_background to your view
example
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="120dp"
android:foreground="#drawable/view_background"
android:clickable="true"
android:focusable="true"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/grid_item_imageView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="120dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:scaleType="centerInside"
/>
</FrameLayout>

I know this is a pretty old thread but just in case the above answers didn't work, I'd recommend you to try the below code as it worked for me:
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:background="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground"
android:clickable="true"
android:focusable="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
The key thing to notice are the clickable and focusable.

The solution for this is simple easy in my side.
Here is ripple effect:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ripple xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:color="#BFB3F7">
<item android:id="#android:id/mask">
<shape android:shape="oval">
<solid android:color="#color/button_background_color" />
</shape>
</item>
</ripple>
and next on the class i need to search function
setBackground
Then i need declare a drawable item to it. something like this:
#Override
public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
if (hasFocus) {
v.setBackground(res.getDrawable(R.drawable.ripple_effect_for_buttons));
scrollContainer(false);
} else {
v.setBackground(null);
if (recommendation.getFocusedChild() != null) {
scrollContainer(true);
}
}
}
And YUPII its working

You can add:
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:clickable="true"
android:background="#drawable/ripple"/>

In Kotlin it could be easily done with an extension functions.
fun TypedArray.use(block: TypedArray.() -> Unit) {
try {
block()
} finally {
this.recycle()
}
}
fun Context.getStyledAttributes(#StyleableRes attrs: IntArray, block: TypedArray.() -> Unit) =
this.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs).use(block)
fun View.setClickableRipple() {
val attrs = intArrayOf(R.attr.selectableItemBackground)
context.getStyledAttributes(attrs) {
val backgroundResource = getResourceId(0, 0)
setBackgroundResource(backgroundResource)
}
}

ArrayAdapter and ListView

I have this line in my ListActivity
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(MealsActivity.this, R.layout.meal_row);
and 2 of my layouts are like this:
<ListView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/android:list"
android:layout_weight="1" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/android:empty"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="string/empty" />
meals_row.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:padding="5sp"
android:textSize="25sp" >
</TextView>
I believe smth is wrong with 'R.layout.meal_row' parameter.
Process: mycalories.com.jalle.mycalories, PID: 2659
java.lang.NullPointerException
at android.widget.ArrayAdapter.createViewFromResource(ArrayAdapter.java:394)
How do I specify textview in which data should be listed ?

You can try this to set custom adapter for array list..
//creating String Array
ArrayList<String> arraylist = new ArrayList<String>;
arraylist = "Your String Array";
//Creating adapter
ArrayAdapter<String> adpt = new ArrayAdapter<String>(getApplicationContext(), R.layout.meals_row.xml, R.id.text, arraylist);
//setting adapter to string
list.setAdapter(adpt);

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:padding="5sp"
android:textSize="25sp" />
</RelativeLayout>

How to add fixed buttons above a ListView android?

I want to have two buttons top of a listview. If I scroll below the listview I want that the buttons stay at top. I searched through many solutions on stackoverflow however I could not find the exact one for my case.
My layout xml(mainlayout.xml):
<?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" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="#string/latest_news_button" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="#string/tracked_news_button" />
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/mylist"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</ListView>
</LinearLayout>
The graphical layout produced is just what I wanted:
Here is my code to use this layout, in case I might fail to bind the Java code to layout;
public class MainActivity extends ListActivity{
Button latestButton;
Button trackedButton;
ListView lv = null;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.mainlayout);
latestButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
latestButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Latest Button!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
});
trackedButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button2);
trackedButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Tracked Button!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
});
this.lv = getListView();
String[] values = new String[]{"asdfa","qwerqwer","banbn"};
lv.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(BilTrackerMainActivity.this, android.R.layout.simple_expandable_list_item_1, values));
}
however when this activity is called from my other activity my app unfortunately closed. LogCat says:
Your content must have a ListView whose id attribute is 'android.R.id.list'
But I try adding lv = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.mylist); instead of this.lv = getListView();. I could not solve this issue.
I am aware of ListView#addHeaderView but I want to solve my particular problem with using this kind of layout.

Just change your listview id to android:id="#android:id/list"

Use a RelativeLayout. Place the second button to the right of the first button using layout_toRightOf then place the listview beneath button one using layout_below. Something like this (I haven't tested it, apologies for any typos)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="#string/latest_news_button" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button2"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="#string/tracked_news_button" />
<ListView
android:id="#+id/mylist"
android:layout_below="#id/button1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</RelativeLayout>

Here is the xml you are looking for
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#FF394952">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
style="#android:style/ButtonBar">
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_AddMore"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/newItem"
android:textColor="#FF394952"/>
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/game_list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_weight="1.0" />
</LinearLayout>
And when you design Activity for this dont use List activity directly use Activity and set adapter on the ListView.
ListView lv = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.game_list);
ArrayAdapter<String> listItem = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, android.R.id.text1, ALBUM_NAME);
lv.setAdapter(listItem);
lv.setTextFilterEnabled(true);

Use below xml file for that
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:id="#+id/mLlayout1" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="#string/latest_news_button" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="#string/tracked_news_button" />
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#android:id/list"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/mLlayout1" >
</ListView>
</RelativeLayout>

Create FrameLayout with [your ListView] and [LinearLayout with your buttons].
Do once something like this within onCreate()
LinearLayout myButtons = ...;
myButtons.bringToFront();
So, your ContentView will have a FrameLayout with two child, one of those is in foreground.
That's all. Hope it helped))