I have first layout I want to include
// first_layout.xml
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvFirstLayout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="First layout text"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
And I have second layout, where first will be included
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<include layout="#layout/first_layout"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvSecondLayout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Text of second layout"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/tvFirstLayout"/> // THIS IS THE QUESTION
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
Now the problem is use first textView as constraint to second textView. Any resolves of this ?
You can set id for the include tag
<include android:id="#+id/include"
layout="#layout/first_layout"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvSecondLayout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Text of second layout"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/include"/> // Note you can reference include tag with id
and then reference the include tag with its id.
<include layout="#layout/first_layout"
android:id="#+id/include"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
Now you are able to set the constraints.
Give height, width and id to the <include> tag and then you can set the constraints.
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So I have build a login layout and expect to have a button at the bottom of the screen.
The layout of the login is defined as below:
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/black">
<include
android:id="#+id/login_button"
layout="#layout/widget_large_button"
bind:buttonTitle="#{#string/login}"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"/>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
Unfortunately, the button remain on top and I can't figure out why
Below is the code of the button
<layout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<data>
<variable name="buttonTitle" type="String"/>
</data>
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatButton
android:id="#+id/button"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginStart="25dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="25dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="16dp"
android:background="#drawable/stripe_backgound_05"
android:clickable="false"
android:focusable="false"
android:letterSpacing="0.5"
android:paddingTop="25dp"
android:paddingBottom="25dp"
android:text="#{buttonTitle}"
android:textAllCaps="true"
android:textColor="#color/gainsboro_05"
android:textSize="16sp"/>
</FrameLayout>
</layout>
I am using include because this button will be used at different place and I do not want to redo the code every single time
With <include> tags, all layout_ parameters are ignored unless you specify android:layout_width and android:layout_height. So add them to your include tag:
<include
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
... />
I am having a layout activity_main.xml which adds another layout (login_screen.xml signup_screen.xml) using include tag. The layout which is added using include tag has a view component which is declared using View. That View is visible in their respective layouts,(login_screen.xml signup_screen.xml), but while adding into activity_main.xml View becomes invisible. I tried copying the entire code and pasting it in activity_main.xml, at that time View visible.
What is the actual issue? Could someone please help me out?
activity_main.xml
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/logo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/logo"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/app_name"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/app_name"/>
<include
layout="#layout/login_screen"
android:id="#+id/login_screen"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<include
layout="#layout/signup_screen"
android:id="#+id/signup_screen"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/as_guest"/>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
login_screen.xml
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<View
android:layout_width="2dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Username" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hintt="Password"/>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
signup_screen.xml
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<View
android:layout_width="2dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Username" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hintt="Password"/>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
EDIT: I have removed all the constraints here for making it easier to read, in my code, I have set the constraints properly and it's perfect.
Does it work if you set android:layout_width to match_parent on the <include /> tags?
What you're effectively saying right now is "ok, let the width match whatever constraints are set" but there aren't any constraints to match.
Note: For your current XML, you might as well use a LinearLayout with the android:orientation set to vertical - you don't have any constraints specified at the moment.
Right now, I am not sure what is the problem, but for your usecase, you can use ViewStub instead of include
Setting the constraints to the layout of the <include> tag works for me
<include
android:id="#+id/login_screen"
layout="#layout/login_screen"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" />
<include
android:id="#+id/signup_screen"
layout="#layout/signup_screen"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" />
Are you changing your constraints anywhere in your activity?
This is my qff_layout.xml file
<merge
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<com.google.android.material.textview.MaterialTextView
android:id="#+id/questions_label"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/questions"
android:textSize="#dimen/text_normal"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.5"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#+id/followers_label"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"/>
<com.google.android.material.textview.MaterialTextView
android:id="#+id/followers_label"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/followers"
android:textSize="#dimen/text_normal"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/questions_label"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.5"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#+id/following_label"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"/>
<com.google.android.material.textview.MaterialTextView
android:id="#+id/following_label"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/following"
android:textSize="#dimen/text_normal"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/followers_label"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.5"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"/>
<com.google.android.material.textview.MaterialTextView
android:id="#+id/questions_number"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="#dimen/text_normal"
android:textStyle="bold"
tools:text="0"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/questions_label"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#+id/questions_label"
android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/questions_label"/>
<com.google.android.material.textview.MaterialTextView
android:id="#+id/followers_number"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="#dimen/text_normal"
android:textStyle="bold"
tools:text="0"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/questions_label"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#+id/following_label"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/followers_label"/>
<com.google.android.material.textview.MaterialTextView
android:id="#+id/following_number"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="#dimen/text_normal"
android:textStyle="bold"
tools:text="0"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/following_label"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#+id/following_label"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/following_label"/>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
</merge>
This displays 6 textviews in two rows, something you would see in instagram app in profile section with Posts-Followers-Following and bellow numbers under each of those.
Now the problem is when I include that in my main layout which is ConstraintLayout:
profile_fragment.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
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:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:theme="?attr/actionBarTheme"
android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:elevation="4dp"
android:id="#+id/title"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"/>
<de.hdodenhof.circleimageview.CircleImageView
android:id="#+id/profile_image"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="80dp"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/ic_profile_24dp"
tools:src="#drawable/ic_profile_24dp"
app:civ_border_color="#color/secondaryDarkColor"
app:civ_border_width="1dp"
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/spacing_normal"
android:layout_marginStart="#dimen/spacing_normal"
android:layout_marginLeft="#dimen/spacing_normal"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/title"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"/>
<com.google.android.material.textview.MaterialTextView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:id="#+id/description"
android:layout_marginEnd="#dimen/spacing_normal"
android:layout_marginRight="#dimen/spacing_normal"
android:layout_marginLeft="#dimen/spacing_normal"
android:layout_marginStart="#dimen/spacing_normal"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/profile_image"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/profile_image"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/profile_image"/>
<include
layout="#layout/qff_layout"
android:id="#+id/qff_layout"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/spacing_small"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/profile_image"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"/>
<com.google.android.material.tabs.TabLayout
android:id="#+id/sliding_tabs"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/primaryLightColor"
app:tabMode="fixed"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/qff_layout"/>
<androidx.viewpager.widget.ViewPager
android:id="#+id/view_pager"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:background="#android:color/white"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/sliding_tabs" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
Nothing gets displayed.
I tried changing my main layout to linear and it's the same.
But when I remove merge tag from qff_layout.xml and use the same include tag in main layout it works well and displays the qff_layout, How??Why??
What is the use of merge tag then, please do not quote something from the stupidest documentation ever because it makes no sense.
You should use merge when you dont want to repeat same ViewGroup. In this case, it could save you from not using two nested ConstraintLayouts - you could remove ConstraintLayout from qff_layout.xml and use merge as your root element like:
<merge
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<!-- your text view -->
</merge>
If your ConstraintLayout in qff_layout.xml has some other purpose, you just leave it, and include qff_layout.xml without merge as root element.
In other words merge purpose is to replace root ViewGroup.
Read more here.
UPDATE:
You can fix your XML this way without removing marge.
Positioning constraints you defined on element, should be also applied on your ConstraintLayout inside qff_layout.xml like:
<merge
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:id="#+id/qff_layout"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/spacing_small"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/profile_image"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent">
<!-- your text view -->
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
</merge>
Why you need to apply this: When you put layout inside element it will basically get pasted in the line you include it. When you don't define constraints for some layout inside ConstraintLyout, it jumps to the top left corner of the screen and thats what happend to layout you included. It didnt have defined constraints inside qff_layout.xml that will apply when it gets included, so it jumped to the top left corner.
My problem is that the controls (checkboxes, buttons etc) which I have placed are not visible on my emulator.
Below is my XML file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
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">
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="52dp"
android:text="#string/btn1"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="1.0"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
tools:ignore="MissingConstraints"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="0dp" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="77dp"
android:text="#string/btn2"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
tools:ignore="MissingConstraints"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="68dp" />
<fragment
android:id="#+id/fragment"
android:name="com.example.mypc.fragmentactivity.Fragment1"
android:layout_width="222dp"
android:layout_height="285dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="40dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
tools:ignore="MissingConstraints" />
Here is my XML (design view):
Here is my emulator window:
Is there is something wrong in my XML file?
Please provide me solution for this.
How should I handle this?
You are using ConstraintLayout without relative positioning.
According to developer site:
Relative positioning is one of the basic building blocks of creating layouts in ConstraintLayout. Those constraints allow you to position a given widget relative to other. You can constrain a widget on the horizontal and vertical axis:
Horizontal Axis: left, right, start and end sides
Vertical Axis: top, bottom sides, and text baseline
Here is the solution which may help you:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
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">
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="52dp"
android:text="#string/btn1"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#id/btn2"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="77dp"
android:text="#string/btn2"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/btn1"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"/>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
I have used relative positioning to solve the problem. If you are using constraint layout then without relative positioning your views will get overlap with each other.
Because you didn't align properly the second button. it seems like second button overlap first one.
try this one
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
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=".activites.HomeActivity"
android:layout_margin="6dp">
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnOne"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:text="Button One"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnTwo"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:text="Button Two"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/btnOne" />
<fragment
android:id="#+id/fragment"
android:layout_width="222dp"
android:layout_height="285dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="40dp"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/btnTwo"
tools:ignore="MissingConstraints" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
output would be like this
In your code your elements are overflowing each other at one position that is why they are not visible.
My suggestion is do not constraint Layout at initial stage of learning android.
Use Linear Layout in place of constraint Layout.
Since in constraint Layout Layout Editor uses constraints to determine the position of a UI element within the layout. You have to give many constraint XML attributes like.
app:layout_editor_absoluteX="73dp"
app:layout_editor_absoluteY="176dp"
app:layout_constraintLeft_creator="1"
app:layout_constraintTop_creator="1"
app:layout_constraintRight_creator="1"
to specify the position of elements in layout.
Use Linear Layout in place of Constraint Layout and give
orientation:"vetical"
to view all your elements.
The layout_editor attributes are only used for the editor preview and have no effect on the final layouts. You should position your elements using the ConstraintLayout specific attributes.
It's used to just for preview purpose.
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="68dp"
Simply use LinearLayout instead of ConstraintLayout. Also provide orientation vertical to that LinearLayout.
It will helps you
<?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=".MainActivity">
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="52dp"
android:text="#string/btn1" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="77dp"
android:text="#string/btn2" />
<fragment
android:id="#+id/fragment"
android:name="com.example.mypc.fragmentactivity.Fragment1"
android:layout_width="222dp"
android:layout_height="285dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="40dp" />
</LinearLayout>
I have read on Android Developers that ConstraintLayout can be used to design a responsive layout for an application. There is a parent ConstraintLayout which houses a toolbar and two other ConstraintLayouts. The first child ConstraintLayout is going to act as empty view for my ListView. The second ConstraintLayout holds my listview and a floating action button. Currently, the the listview appears under the Toolbar, rather than below it. Also as seen in the screenshot, the floating action button appears outside visible area.
See the screenshot below:
And this is the app layout when the list is empty:
This is the code for my layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:theme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"/>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/toolbar"
android:id="#+id/empty_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="?attr/actionBarSize">
<TextView
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
android:id="#+id/tv_empty_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/list_is_empty"
android:textSize="#dimen/large_text"
android:textStyle="bold"
/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iv_empty_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/tv_empty_view"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
android:contentDescription="#string/list_is_empty"
android:src="#drawable/emptybox" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
android:id="#+id/main_area"
android:layout_marginTop="50dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="?actionBarSize"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/toolbar"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent">
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:layout_marginLeft="#dimen/margin_side"
android:layout_marginStart="#dimen/margin_side"
android:layout_marginRight="#dimen/margin_side"
android:layout_marginEnd="#dimen/margin_side"
android:layout_marginTop="?attr/actionBarSize"
/>
<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
android:layout_below="#+id/listview"
android:id="#+id/fab"
android:layout_width="#android:dimen/notification_large_icon_width"
android:layout_height="#android:dimen/notification_large_icon_height"
android:layout_gravity="end|bottom"
android:src="#drawable/plus"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
/>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
While using ConstraintLayout you have to add constraints for 'constraintTop',constraintRight,constraintBottom,constraintLeft or constraintStart and constraintEnd. only if you constraint all your four sides the constraint layout (or Constraint Start or End with other References) works well. Otherwise the layout will not work correctly
For Further Reference https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/constraint-layout/index.html?index=..%2F..%2Findex#0
https://developer.android.com/training/constraint-layout/index.html
There are a couple of things that you can improve with the XML and make the design easier.
First, the main layout will match the screen, to have the preview correctly simulate that, you can set its width/height to match_parent
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
Then, Android Studio should be giving you warnings/errors and saying The view is not constrained horizontally/vertically. In ConstraintLayout, you have to use constraints to specify how your views are placed. If you don't, by default they will position at 0/0 and most probably will look different when it runs on the device:
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
android:layout_marginBottom="0dp" />
Now, you should be able to that the main_area overlaps with the toolbar. To fix it, you can change main_area height to match the constrains:
android:id="#+id/main_area"
android:layout_height="0dp"
You should be able to obtain a design similar to what you intended.
Here is your desired result, I've made some changes like margins, src just to make it work in my studio, so you'll have to choose whatever you were using, just replace mine with your src's and margins etc...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="56dp"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
android:theme="#style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"/>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/toolbar"
android:id="#+id/empty_view"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent">
<TextView
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
android:id="#+id/tv_empty_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
android:text="list_is_empty"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iv_empty_view"
android:layout_width="20dp"
android:layout_height="20dp"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/tv_empty_view"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
android:background="#fff222" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
android:id="#+id/main_area"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/toolbar"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent">
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listview"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent" />
<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
android:layout_marginEnd="30dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="30dp"
android:id="#+id/fab"
android:layout_width="64dp"
android:layout_height="64dp"
android:src="#drawable/bg"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
/>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
Here's the output:
I was also facing the same issue.
I made a mistake of keeping layout_width of ListView as fixed width. I changed it to match_constraint and it's coming correctly without any cut.
For height I was facing similar issue so I changed it to match_constraint and it worked.