I have a simple LinearLayout with one TextView and one ImageView. I want the text in the TextView to be aligned to the right, but the result show that the Text was aligned to the left. Is there anything wrong with my layout xml? Thanks.
<?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="wrap_content" android:background="#E8E3E4">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<TextView android:layout_width="260dp" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="More Comments" android:textStyle="bold" android:background="#ff0000"
android:textColor="#121222" android:layout_gravity="right" />
<ImageView android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="#drawable/arrow_right"
android:layout_gravity="center" android:scaleType="centerInside" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Thanks, Michael. But the workaround you mentioned doesn't work either.
I tried to use RelativeLayout, but it still gave me result like:
More Comments (Icon)
What I expected is
More Comments (Icon)
The RelativeLayout xml is below. Is there anything wrong with it?
<?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">
<TextView android:id="#+id/label" android:layout_width="260dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="More Comments"
android:textStyle="bold" android:background="#ff0000"
android:textColor="#121222" android:layout_gravity="right" />
<ImageView android:layout_width="50dp" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/arrow_right" android:layout_gravity="center"
android:scaleType="centerInside" android:layout_toRightOf="#id/label" />
</RelativeLayout>
Following the workaround in Michael's comment, I have the XML below. I expected the output to be:
RightLeft
but the actual output is:
Right Left
So the workaround doesn't work for me. Any thoughts?
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:layout_weight="1.0"
android:text="RIGHT"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:text="LEFT"/>
</LinearLayout>
LinearLayouts with a horizontal orientation don't support right/left gravity. You can find a workaround here.
I figured out what is wrong with my xml. I should have used gravity instead of layout_gravity to right-align the text in TextView. The following XML works as expected.
<?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">
<TextView android:id="#+id/label" android:layout_width="260dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="More Comments"
android:textStyle="bold" android:background="#ff0000"
android:textColor="#121222" android:gravity="right" />
<ImageView android:layout_width="50dp" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/arrow_right" android:layout_gravity="center"
android:scaleType="centerInside" android:layout_toRightOf="#id/label" />
</RelativeLayout>
I've done only a few projects with android, but android:layout_gravity specifies the alignment for the View within the parent, android:gravity specifies the alignment of the Views contained within the View whose gravity you are specifying. Make sure you have the proper one specified. The documentation does not distinguish between these two.
It would be easier to help you if you posted some sample XML.
EDIT:
I see you have posted the XML now. It does look like you have the proper attribute set, but if you are aligning the text to the right, why would you put it first in the linear layout? I suggest changing it to go left to right.
Here is some code I wrote for my project. It accomplishes what you're looking for. I'd just change the control types and such and you should be off and running.
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="50dip"
android:background="#ffdddddd">
<TextView android:layout_width="260dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="More Comments"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:background="#ff0000"
android:textColor="#121222"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />
<ImageView android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/arrow_right"
android:scaleType="centerInside"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
Related
i have coded a ListViewAdapter to show rows in an activity with special Items. But my problem it isn't working as it should. My goal is, that the elements in a row have a fixed size and therefore i used weightSum. They should have a percentage.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:weightSum="100.0">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtID"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="8.0"
android:text="TextView" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtVis1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="36.0"
android:text="TextView" />
<View
android:layout_width="2dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:background="#android:color/darker_gray" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtVis2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="36.0"
android:text="TextView" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editVis1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="10.0"
android:inputType="number|numberSigned|numberDecimal|numberPassword|phone"
android:text="" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editVis2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="10.0"
android:inputType="number|numberSigned|numberDecimal|numberPassword|phone"
android:text="" />
</LinearLayout>
And here is, how it looks like. Its obvious wrong. It should be alle the same size and in the middle should be the black line on every row at the same position
The strange think is that it worked in a very early build and now it does not work anymore. What can i do?
If you need other code just tell me ;-) Thanks.
I know a ton of questions on this topic have been asked but none seem to work for me. I have a linear layout with an an edit text and icons below but when the keyboard pops up it covers the icons and half the edit text.
My Manifest File:
<activity
android:name="com.social.pages.Post"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible|adjustResize"
android:screenOrientation="portrait" >
</activity>
My Layout File:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/feed_bg" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/stories_post_entire"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/story_post"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:background="#drawable/bg_parent_rounded_corner"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/feed_item_padding_top_bottom"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/feed_item_padding_top_bottom" >
<!--
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/stories_post_text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="300dp"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/feed_item_padding_top_bottom"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/feed_item_padding_left_right"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/feed_item_padding_left_right" >
-->
<EditText
android:id="#+id/stories_post_story"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="300dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:background="#drawable/bg_parent_rounded_corner"
android:ems="10"
android:gravity="top"
android:hint="Tell Your Story..."
android:padding="10dp"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:typeface="serif" />
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/stories_post_bar"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/feed_item_padding_left_right"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/feed_item_padding_left_right" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/stories_post_tag"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:src="#drawable/tag" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/stories_post_take_pic"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:src="#drawable/take_pic" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<!-- </LinearLayout> -->
<Button
android:id="#+id/story_post"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:text="Post" />
</RelativeLayout>
No Java code has been written yet.
You're setting the EditText element to 300dp height which prevents anything from moving up. I was able to fix this by wrapping the EditText and following LinearLayout (that houses your images) in a RelativeLayout. By doing this, you can set the image-housing LinearLayout to alignParentBottom="true". I believe this is your desired effect.
<?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:id="#+id/stories_post_entire"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/story_post"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<!-- ADDITION -->
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/stories_post_story"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="300dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:ems="10"
android:gravity="top"
android:hint="Tell Your Story..."
android:padding="10dp"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:typeface="serif" />
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/stories_post_bar"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp" >
<!-- ADDITION ^^^ alignParentBottom-->
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/stories_post_tag"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:src="#drawable/osumu_blur"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/stories_post_take_pic"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:src="#drawable/osumu_blur"/>
</LinearLayout>
<!-- ADDITION -->
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<!-- </LinearLayout> -->
<Button
android:id="#+id/story_post"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:text="Post" />
</RelativeLayout>
NOTE: I replaced your drawable src with "dummy_image"
THe only thing you can do about the soft keyboard is to set the android:windowSoftInputMode in the manifest (or to change it on the fly programatically). The allowed modes are basically nothing (just let the keyboard pop up and cover whatever), pan (scrolls the app such that the cursor is on the screen), and resize (resizes your app to lay out completely above the keyboard).
You obviously want resize. However to make that work, your layout needs to be resizable- there needs to be some element that can be shrunk and still fit your app in the smaller size, or there needs to be empty space that can be shrunk. If you have to much on screen, that won't work. And in that case Android will still ensure that the cursor is on screen, but will not do anything else.
Looking at your layout- I don't see anything that can shrink. You may be able to refactor it to make the edit text use fill_parent so it can be shrunk, but that would require making it (or its direct parent) layout_above and layout_below two other elements so it is sized to be the remaining space between them. That's about all I can see for you to do, other than remove elements.
My understanding was that the wrap_content take as much space as needed by its contents. But doesn’t this apply to TextViews as well?
In the following layout why when I change the font of TextView with id real_status to 24 the text is partially hidden? I was expecting that due to the wrap content the enclosing TextView it would wrap around the 24 sp and display the text fine. It is fine with 18sp.
Layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/real_status"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/full_display_name"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/full_display_name"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:textSize="24sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
tools:text="Active"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/full_display_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#id/real_status"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="The real user status:"
android:textSize="16sp"
/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/full_display_name"
android:gravity="right"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:visibility="gone"
tools:text="Just a text view"
tools:visibility="visible" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
With 18sp:
With 24sp:
UPDATE:
Following the answers I removed the layout top/bottom and the font adjusted but now I see that the TextView overlaps with the next widget. Adding red background is more visible.
I thought that by “growning” the TextView the rest would move down and not overlap
whenever You suffering from this type of problem You can LiniarLayout is best if You understand it very well. because of wrap_content and match_parent is simple to handle in LiniarLayout.
lets understand it.(For Your case)..
1.take two LiniarLayout(parent have verticle orientation..)
i give Id LL1(horizontal) and id LL2 for your case
2.in first layout two textview #+id/full_display_name and #+id/real_status
in real_status have match_parent in width so it easy to divide parent(fill_parent) and set its android:gravity="right"
3.LiniarLayout as it is without relate
See belove XML code...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout 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"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/LL1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/full_display_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="The real user status:"
android:textSize="16sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/real_status"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="right"
android:text="Active"
android:textSize="26sp" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/LL2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/real_status"
android:gravity="right" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="Just a text view" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
It will help you Your GUI give bestView in All devices with any size of text
Hope it help You
Remove these two line will fix your problem
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/full_display_name"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/full_display_name"
Yes the wrap_content will take as much space needed by the view. It will also applied to the TextView also. The problem here is you written android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/full_display_name" to real_status text view. This attribute is overriding the wrap_content So remove allignBottom attribute from the text view.
UPDATE
For your bottom linear layout update the line
android:layout_below="#+id/full_display_name"
with
android:layout_below="#+id/real_status"
This might seem like a very easy question for some of you folks, but I can't find a way to display my TextView even after trying numerous solutions proposed on this site. Not that I am using the built-in Eclipse XML tool for Android and that the TextView is visible on this graphical layout. Here's what I've got so far :
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/home_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:contentDescription="#string/no_of_screens"
android:id="#+id/imageViewHome"
android:layout_width="290dp"
android:layout_height="212dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:paddingTop="40dp"
android:src="#drawable/logo" />
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/relativeid"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/launch_button"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginRight="80dp"
android:text="#string/launch" />
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinner1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/launch_button"
android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/launch_button"
android:entries="#array/num_array"
android:prompt="#string/screen_prompt"
android:textSize="8pt" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBaseline="#+id/launch_button"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/launch_button"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/spinner1"
android:text="#string/no_of_screens"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
As for now, all of the other elements are being displayed correctly. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Where do you want your textView?
I would loose these two:
layout_alignBaseline="#+id/launch_button
layout_alignBottom="#+id/launch_button
and use one of these:
layout_below="#+id/launch_button
layout_above="#+id/launch_button
That will put it either above or below the button.
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 :(