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How can I make a layout with multiple fixed views with two of them getting fixed at top with scrolling in Android

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 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"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/lnrUpper"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/lnrUpSide"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="60dp"
android:background="#color/purple_200"
android:orientation="vertical" />
<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_below="#id/lnrUpSide"
android:background="#color/white">
<com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
android:id="#+id/appBarLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/white"
android:elevation="0dp">
<com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:animateLayoutChanges="true"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|exitUntilCollapsed">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="225dp"
android:background="#FFF000" />
</com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/fixedHeader"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="80dp"
android:background="#color/black"
android:clickable="false"
android:focusable="false">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="FIXED HEADER VIEW"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textSize="24sp" />
</LinearLayout>
</com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>
<androidx.core.widget.NestedScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:visibility="visible"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/fixedHeader">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior">
<com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
app:layout_collapseMode="parallax"
app:layout_collapseParallaxMultiplier="1">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="75dp"
android:background="#F0FE">
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:background="#FF0E">
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:background="#color/black">
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</com.google.android.material.appbar.CollapsingToolbarLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="125dp"
android:background="#color/purple_700">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="SECOND FIXED HEADER VIEW"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textSize="24sp" />
</LinearLayout>
</com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout>
</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
<androidx.core.widget.NestedScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="1200dp"
android:background="#color/teal_700">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</androidx.core.widget.NestedScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
</androidx.core.widget.NestedScrollView>
</androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
This is my layout xml file and this is how it looks.
This is how my layout look in the first place
When I scroll the layout becomes like this.
Scrolled Layout
However, that is not what I want.
This is the layout I want when I scroll it completely
I was only able to take a screenshot from Android Studio because when I start this at phone the SECOND FIXED HEADER VIEW not got fixed at top. I have tried so many ways but I could not find a solution for this issue. Does anyone know how to make this view ?

Display 2 or more textviews in one row

I saw some same questions, but
I'm using android:orientation="vertical"
so I can't use orientation as horizontal.
How can I display 2 or more textviews on 1 row?
(Sorry for my english skills)
<?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"
tools:context=".MainActivity"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:weightSum="1">
<TextView
android:layout_width="62dp"
android:layout_height="28dp"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:text="Sign in"
android:textColor="#7041EE"
android:textSize="20dp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/nwah"
android:layout_width="162dp"
android:layout_height="28dp"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:text="New around here?"
android:textColor="#ACACAC"
android:textSize="20dp" />
</LinearLayout>
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<?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"
tools:context=".MainActivity"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:weightSum="1">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="2">
<TextView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="28dp"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="Sign in"
android:textColor="#7041EE"
android:textSize="20dp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/nwah"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="28dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:text="New around here?"
android:textColor="#ACACAC"
android:textSize="20dp" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

You can add another view for textView
<LinearLayout // vertical
<LinearLayout // hotizontal
<TextView/>
<TextView/>
<LinearLayout/>
<LinearLayout/>
or you can use Constraint layout

Bottom Navigation View goes up with windowSoftInputMode=adjustResize

I need windowSoftInputMode= adjustRezise for my layout so that my buttons go up with the keyboard. BUT I don't want my BottomNagivationView to be affected by this.
How can I solve such?
My BottomNavigationView comes from MainActivity.xml which is:
<RelativeLayout
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"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/fragment_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_above="#+id/bottom_navigation"></FrameLayout>
<com.google.android.material.bottomnavigation.BottomNavigationView
android:id="#+id/bottom_navigation"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
app:menu="#menu/bottom_menu"/>
</RelativeLayout>
My manifest has android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan" but I adjust it by code when I open the fragment with:
getActivity().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_RESIZE);
Here are some pictures so you could understand what I mean: https://imgur.com/a/vjePxI6
So what I would like to know is how I could set the BottomNavigationView to do nothing on keyboard opening while I'd like my buttons to be affected by :
getActivity().getWindow().setSoftInputMode(WindowManager.LayoutParams.SOFT_INPUT_ADJUST_RESIZE);

In my case problem solved by just adding following line in manifest file.
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize|adjustPan"

add android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan" inside your activity tag into your manifest file.
then go to your activity and change the parent layout to RelativeLayout, then create your FrameLayout which holds your fragments inside your relative layout which is your parent layout. Then add your second layout which is LinearLayout that holds the bottomNavigationView and make its Height and width match_parent but below the FrameLayout.
Below is the example of the main activity layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 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=".MainActivity">
//FrameLayout which holds all your fragments
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/fragments_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</FrameLayout>
//BottomNavigationView Container
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="bottom"
android:layout_below="#id/fragments_container">
//BottomMenus
<com.google.android.material.bottomnavigation.BottomNavigationView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:id="#+id/bottom_navigation"
android:background="#drawable/rectangle_4_dash"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
//Container of Menus
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="5">
//BottomMenu One
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center_vertical">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="20dp"
android:layout_height="20dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:src="#drawable/home_icon" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="Home" />
</LinearLayout>
//BottomMenu Two
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="20dp"
android:layout_height="20dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:src="#drawable/contact_icon" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="Contact" />
</LinearLayout>
//BottomMenu Three
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center_vertical">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="20dp"
android:layout_height="20dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:src="#drawable/about_icon" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="About"
android:layout_gravity="center"/>
</LinearLayout>
//BottomMenu Four
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center_vertical">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="20dp"
android:layout_height="17dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:src="#drawable/services_icon" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Services"
android:layout_gravity="center"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</com.google.android.material.bottomnavigation.BottomNavigationView>
</LinearLayout>
Then go to your fragment which you want to scroll and design it like below one.
<?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="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:text="Title Of Your Form"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="20dp">
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/f_name"
android:inputType="textPersonName"
android:padding="10dp"
android:textSize="14sp" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:hint="#string/m_name"
android:inputType="textPersonName"
android:padding="10dp"
android:textSize="14sp" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:hint="#string/l_name"
android:inputType="textPersonName"
android:padding="10dp"
android:textSize="14sp" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:hint="Message"
android:inputType="text"
android:padding="10dp"
android:textSize="14sp" />
</LinearLayout>
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:text="Send Messagge"
android:textAllCaps="false"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:layout_marginBottom="40dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
That is how i solved it,
if you have any doubt please let me know but if its helps or looks like a correct answer please mark it as a correct answer thanks.

How to make imageView cross over out of layout?

Haii.... i need help to design my imageView from this screen shoot to be like this i need the imageView crossed from layout, i am using some of library in this activity like SlidingUpPanel and imageview from CircleImageView if i want to search in google what the keyword or anyone can give me any solution?
here is my layout.xml :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.sothree.slidinguppanel.SlidingUpPanelLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
xmlns:sothree="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/sliding_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="bottom"
sothree:umanoPanelHeight="100dp"
sothree:umanoParallaxOffset="100dp"
sothree:umanoShadowHeight="20dp"
sothree:umanoDragView="#+id/dragView"
tools:context="com.idiots_international.jajan.activities.nearby.NearbyActivity"
sothree:umanoOverlay="true">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/email_login_form"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<fragment xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/map"
tools:context="com.idiots_international.jajan.activities.nearby.MapsActivity"
android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment"/>
</LinearLayout>
<!--map/top view-->
<RelativeLayout android:id="#+id/nearbyRelLayout1" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<!---->
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:background="#color/colorWhite"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<de.hdodenhof.circleimageview.CircleImageView
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/profile_image"
android:layout_width="96dp"
android:layout_height="96dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:src="#drawable/jajan_logo_3"
app:civ_border_width="2dp"
app:civ_border_color="#FF000000"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/ShowAddressTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Click on Marker to view Address "
android:textColor="#000"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="11dp"
android:layout_marginStart="11dp"/>
<ScrollView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:id="#+id/recyclerView"
android:layout_alignParentTop="false"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true">
</android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
<include layout="#layout/layout_bottom_navigation"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</com.sothree.slidinguppanel.SlidingUpPanelLayout>
Working but need to remove the outline in here :

Try this,
<!--map/top view-->
<RelativeLayout
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:id="#+id/nearbyRelLayout1" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<!---->
<LinearLayout
android:layout_marginTop="50dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:background="#color/colorWhite"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/ShowAddressTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Click on Marker to view Address "
android:textColor="#000"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="11dp"
android:layout_marginStart="11dp"/>
<ScrollView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:id="#+id/recyclerView"
android:layout_alignParentTop="false"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true">
</android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
<de.hdodenhof.circleimageview.CircleImageView
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/profile_image"
android:layout_width="96dp"
android:layout_height="96dp"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:src="#drawable/jajan_logo_3"
app:civ_border_width="2dp"
app:civ_border_color="#FF000000"/>
</RelativeLayout>

Don't use white background for the parent of Circle image view, this will not let see background map.
You can implement this with following layout idea. Feel free to ask if you cant reach requirement
<?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"
>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="200dp"
// margin top half of circle image view height
android:layout_marginTop="40dp"
>
</LinearLayout>
<de.hdodenhof.circleimageview.CircleImageView
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="80dp"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
/>
</RelativeLayout>

Try this way:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<LinearLayout
android:background="#643122"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1">
<!--Your Top view (the map) goes here-->
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1">
<!--Your Bottom view (the text) goes here-->
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<de.hdodenhof.circleimageview.CircleImageView
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/profile_image"
android:layout_width="96dp"
android:layout_height="96dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:src="#drawable/bg"
app:civ_border_width="2dp"
app:civ_border_color="#FF000000"/>
</FrameLayout>
OUTPUT IMAGE

LinearLayout Fill Percent Of Background

I am trying to fill a certain percent of a (horizontal) item's background.
I have tried this as many people have recommended:
<?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:background="#fff"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="1"
android:baselineAligned="false">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/fill_layout"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight=".5"
android:background="#000"
android:orientation="horizontal">
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
But the problem is that I have many more layout's below that and this layout end's up pushing the rest to the right like so:
How do I make this new LinearLayout background layout go behind the rest of the layouts? Here is my full xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/item"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:background="#color/optionItemBackgroundColor"
android:clickable="true"
android:focusable="true"
android:foreground="?selectableItemBackground"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="100"
android:baselineAligned="false">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/fill_layout"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="50"
android:background="#color/percent_fill_color"
android:orientation="horizontal">
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:minHeight="?listPreferredItemHeight"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:weightSum="3">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/percentText"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginStart="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#color/optionItemTextColor"
android:textSize="#dimen/option_text_size"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/votesText"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginStart="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#color/optionItemTextColor"
android:textSize="#dimen/num_votes_text_size"
android:textStyle="normal" />
</LinearLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginStart="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:minHeight="?listPreferredItemHeight"
android:textColor="#color/optionItemTextColor"
android:textSize="#dimen/option_text_size" />
</LinearLayout>

If you are trying to achieve like this try this code
<?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:background="#e11f1f"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:weightSum="1"
android:baselineAligned="false">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/fill_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight=".5"
android:background="#000"
android:orientation="horizontal">
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
if your trying to to get this view try this
<?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:background="#fff"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="1"
android:baselineAligned="false">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/fill_layout"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight=".5"
android:background="#000"
android:orientation="horizontal">
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#color/optionItemBackgroundColor"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:weightSum="100"
android:baselineAligned="false">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/fill_layout"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="50"
android:background="#color/percent_fill_color"
android:orientation="horizontal">
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>