Im facing an issue with ConstraintLayout.
I have a view which has 3 textviews T1, T2 and T3.
Precondition: T1,T2 is having 4dp margin top.
Problem:
T3 needs to be top should be aligned to topmost view.
Condition is T1 will be visible or gone based on certain condition.
If T1 is visible the margintop will be 8dp and when T1 is not visible T2 will have 12dp margintop.
<?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">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:text="T1"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView9"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
android:text="T2"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/textView" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView10"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:text="T3"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/textView" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
Is this possible by XML or I need to configure programmatically?
You can't achieve this only with XML, what you did is create a screen using constraint layout. If you want to add some logic to change the position of some view under certain conditions you will have to write it programmatically.Here is a good thread about the subject.
I don't know exactly your use case,but you can achieve this setting view to invisible instead of gone.
View.GONE This view is invisible, and it doesn't take any space for layout purposes.
View.INVISIBLE This view is invisible, but it still takes up space for layout purposes.
You can use layout_goneMarginTop to have a different margin when your view is GONE.
You can also use SequenceLayout for better flexibility on managing your layout. Use visibilityElement on each Span you want to be gone when your related view is gone.
Can't understand how to implement simple thing.
I need layout of 2 views with next behaviour:
button should be to right of text when text is short
when text is long it ellipsizes and button always visible and full-width
now I get that button is going out of screen
You can achieve this using ConstraintLayout. Here's a template:
<?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:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Hello world"
android:maxLines="1"
android:ellipsize="end"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_chainStyle="packed"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0"
app:layout_constraintWidth_default="wrap"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toLeftOf="#+id/button"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="HELLO WORLD"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="#+id/text"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBaseline_toBaselineOf="#+id/text"/>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
The initial setup is:
Create a horizontal chain including the text and the button
Set the chain style to "packed" so that there's no space between the views
Set the horizontal bias to 0 so that the packed views hug to the left
The magic comes with the TextView's width and the app:layout_constraintWidth_default attribute. By setting the width to 0dp and the "default width" to wrap, we're telling Android to give the view as much space as it needs to hold its contents as long as it fits the constraints. When the text is really long, the constraints will keep it from pushing the button off the right side of the screen.
Is it possible to achieve negative margin on constraint layout to achieve overlap?
I am trying to have a image centered on the layout and have a Text view such that it overlaps a by x dp. I tried setting negative margin value but no luck.
It would be great if there is a way to achieve this.
Update
ConstraintLayout now supports negative margins with version 2.1.0-alpha2. Simply state
android:layout_marginTop="-25dp"
for a negative 25dp margin. (This will only work if the top of the view is constrained. A margin has no effect in ConstraintLayout if the margin's side is not constrained.)
Clarification: The answer below remains valid, but I want to clarify a couple of things. The original solution will place a view with a de facto negative offset with respect to another view as stated and will appear in the layout as shown.
Another solution is to use the translationY property as suggested by Amir Khorsandi here. I prefer that solution as simpler with one caveat: The translation occurs post-layout, so views that are constrained to the displaced view will not follow the translation.
For example, the following XML displays two TextViews immediately below the image. Each view is constrained top-to-bottom with the view that appears immediately above it.
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="150dp"
android:layout_height="150dp"
android:tint="#388E3C"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/ic_action_droid" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/sayName"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Say my name."
android:textAppearance="#style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Large"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/imageView"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#+id/imageView"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/imageView" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/sayIt"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Say it."
android:textAppearance="#style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Large"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#+id/sayName"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/sayName"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/sayName" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
Now, let's translate the "Say my name" TextView up by 50dp by specifying
android:translationY="-50dp"
This produces the following:
The "Say my name" TextView has shifted up as expected, but the "Say it" TextView has not followed it up as we might expect. This is because the translation occurs post-layout. Although the view moves post-layout, it can still be made clickable in the new position.
So, IMO, go with translationX and translationY for negative margins in ConstraintLayout if the caveat above doesn't affect your layout; otherwise, go with the space widget as outlined below.
Another caveat: As stated by Salam El-Banna in a comment to another answer, translationX will not be a good solution for RTL layouts since the sign of the translation will dictate the direction of the shift (left/right) regardless of the RTL or LTR nature of the layout.
Original answer
Although it doesn't appear that negative margins will be supported in ConstraintLayout, there is a way to accomplish the effect using the tools that are available and supported. Here is an image where the image title is overlapped 22dp from the bottom of the image - effectively a -22dp margin:
This was accomplished by using a Space widget with a bottom margin equal to the offset that you want. The Space widget then has its bottom constrained to the bottom of the ImageView. Now all you need to do is to constrain the top of the TextView with the image title to the bottom of the Space widget. The TextView will be positioned at the bottom of the Space view ignoring the margin that was set.
The following is the XML that accomplishes this effect. I will note that I use Space because it is lightweight and intended for this type of use, but I could have used another type of View and made it invisible. (You will probably need to make adjustments, though.) You could also define a View with zero margins and the height of the inset margin you want, and constrain the top of the TextView to the top of the inset View.
Yet another approach would be to overlay the TextView on top of the ImageView by aligning tops/bottoms/lefts/right and make suitable adjustments to margins/padding. The benefit of the approach demonstrated below is that a negative margin can be created without a lot of computation. That is all to say that there are several ways to approach this.
Update: For a quick discussion and demo of this technique, see the Google Developers Medium blog post.
Negative Margin for ConstraintLayout XML
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="32dp"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:srcCompat="#mipmap/ic_launcher" />
<android.support.v4.widget.Space
android:id="#+id/marginSpacer"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="22dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/imageView"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="#id/imageView"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="#id/imageView" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/editText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Say my name"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/marginSpacer" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
Another way is using translationX or translationY like this:
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:translationX="25dp"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"/>
it will work like android:layout_marginRight="-25dp"
Negative margins have never been officially supported in RelativeLayout. Negative margins will not be supported in ConstraintLayout. [...]
-- Romain Guy on Jun 8, 2016
Follow these two issues:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=212499
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=234866
This is what I figured out after hours of trying to find a solution.
Let us consider two images, image1 and image2. Image2 is to be placed on top of image1 positioned to the bottom-right side.
Overlapping Views Example
We can use Space widget for overlapping views.
Constraint the Space widget's four sides with the four sides of the image1 respectively. For this example, constraint the image2's left side with the Space widget's right side and the image2's top side with the Space widget's bottom side. This will tie image2 with the Space widget and since the Space widget is constrained from all the sides, we can define required horizontal or vertical bias which will move image2 as required.
<?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=".Player">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/image1"
android:layout_width="250dp"
android:layout_height="167dp"
android:src="#android:color/holo_green_dark"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<Space
android:id="#+id/space"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/image1"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#+id/image1"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.82"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/image1"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/image1"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.62" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/image2"
android:layout_width="82dp"
android:layout_height="108dp"
android:src="#android:color/holo_green_light"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/space"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/space" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
Additionally, to position image2 on the center-bottom of image1, we can constraint image2's left and right sides with Space widget's left and right sides respectively. Similarly, we can place image2 anywhere by changing image2's constraints with Space widget.
I found a way to do it much simpler.
Basically have the ImageView, then on the Text View add top constraint to match the top constraint of the image and just add the margin top of the TextView to match to achieve the -ve margin type behavior.
This will help many
In my case i want my design like this:
Means i want my image is display half of their width so the basically i need negative margin of half of the actual image width but my whole layout in constraint layout and constraint layout does not allowed negative margin so i achieved this with below code
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher_background"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#id/guideline"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.Guideline
android:id="#+id/guideline"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
app:layout_constraintGuide_begin="50dp" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
So that ImageView will end at the starting of the guideline. and the effect is same as like negative margin at the start of 50dp.
And also if your view's width is not fixed and it's in percentage so that you can place guideline with percentage and achieve whatever effect you want
Happy Coding:)
You only need to use Space widget in your layout
<android.support.constraint.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">
<Space
android:id="#+id/negative_margin"
android:layout_width="16dp"
android:layout_height="16dp"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toLeftOf="parent"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Widget who needs negative margin"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/negative_margin"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="#+id/negative_margin" />
Place Background View Behind Subject View
I wanted to use negative margin to add a view behind a subject view that is proportionally bigger than the subject view. The solution I found was to scale android:scaleX="1.2" and android:scaleY="1.2" the background view while constraining it to all sides of the subject.
<View
android:id="#+id/subjectBackground"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:scaleY="1.2"
android:scaleX="1.2"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/subjectView"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#+id/subjectView"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/subjectView"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/subjectView" />
This is an old question yet very much asked, the fastest way to achieve this is by constraining the top and bottom to the side of the view you want to anchor to, like so:
<androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView
android:layout_width="55dp"
android:layout_height="55dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/parent_view_id"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/parent_view_id"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.5"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" />
This will center it in the bottom line of the view, centered horizontally.
One can try this way, this is much simpler
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout 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"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
tools:context=".MyProfileFragment">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageViewUserPic"
android:layout_width="#dimen/dp60"
android:src="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
android:layout_margin="20dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</ImageView>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageViewEdit"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/imageViewUserPic"
android:src="#drawable/ic_edit_red_round"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#+id/imageViewUserPic"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</ImageView>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
The layout will be like this..
this is my soluation
<com.oven.test.avatar
android:id="#+id/imageview_a"
android:layout_width="128dp"
android:layout_height="128dp"
android:layout_marginTop="28dp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"/>
<com.oven.test.smallicon
android:id="#+id/small_icon_overlap_a"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="30dp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/imageview_a"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/imageview_a"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="1"
android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"/>
Using translationX and translationY may works for your situation.
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="text"
android:translationX="-15dp"
android:translationY="10dp"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#+id/imageView"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/imageView" />
A Simple Way.
I'm not sure best way.
Just wrap using LinearLayout
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<View
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="-20dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>
This question has been asked many times but never got a correct answer.
How can I build up a layout (that is similar to the most common messaging apps like Whatsapp, Telegram) with following characteristics:
It has a view that acts as container and has a background with a image of a bubble.
In the container there are two elements, a text message and the text date.
The text message start from top left and can have multiple lines.
The text date is aligned to the baseline of the last text message line, and on the right of it.
I've tried to reach it with relative layout.
<RelativeLayout android:id="#+id/message_bubble_container"
android:layout_below="#+id/message_date_separator_container"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:background="#drawable/chat_message_background"
android:padding="4dp">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content">
<TextView
style="#style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Medium"
android:id="#+id/message_text"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
tools:text="This is a message long that causes the date to leave the screen!" />
<TextView
style="#style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Small"
android:id="#+id/message_time"
android:layout_alignBottom="#id/message_text"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/message_text"
android:textColor="#color/material_grey_900"
android:textSize="12sp"
tools:text="18:58"
android:paddingLeft="4dp"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
It works good when the text message is on one single line, but when it grows to fill the width of the container, it pushes out the date from the screen. How can I avoid this behavior and make the text message keep a margin on the right for the date?
If this was CSS I was just needed to add a margin-right: 40px; to the .message_text. Of course this is Android and not CSS so...
Moreover, I dislike to use a maxWidth on the #id/message_text because I don't know how many dp will the screen be.
Lastly, I've heard some talking about FlowLayout. Is there a way?
Thanks to anyone will try to solve this problem that affects anyone that is tring to develop a chat layout.
Use Linear layout with vertical orientation instead of Relative layout. Something like this:
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/message_bubble_container"
android:layout_below="#+id/message_date_separator_container"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#drawable/chat_message_background"
android:padding="4dp">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
style="#style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Medium"
android:id="#+id/message_text"
android:gravity="right"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
tools:text="This is a message long that causes the date to leave the screen!" />
<TextView
style="#style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Small"
android:id="#+id/message_time"
android:layout_alignBottom="#id/message_text"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/message_text"
android:textColor="#color/material_grey_900"
android:textSize="12sp"
tools:text="18:58"
android:paddingLeft="4dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Try, and let me know f it worked. :)
take that date text view out of inner relative layout and keep that in parent relative layout with alignparentbottom true and align parentright true
Happy coding
Below is how I have designed my xml. Now what I am trying to fit a textview inside the white box shown below. But am being restricted by FrameLayout (at least I think so) that I need to hard code values to make the text view fit in the middle or some where inside the white box. I cannot use Relative or other layouts for this purpose as I have understood by my trials as this whole is a single image.
Here is my layout,
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:visibility="visible" android:layout_marginTop="60dip"
android:layout_gravity="center" android:id="#+id/xxx">
<ImageView android:id="#+id/calloutquizImage"
android:background="#drawable/callout" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:scaleType="fitCenter" />
<ImageView android:id="#+id/triviaImage"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/calloutquizImage" android:layout_gravity="left"
android:src="#drawable/trivia" android:background="#drawable/trivia"
android:layout_marginTop="50dip" android:layout_marginLeft="85dip"></ImageView>
<TextView android:text="TextView" android:id="#+id/triviAnswerText"
android:layout_marginTop="125dip" android:layout_marginLeft="85dip"
android:layout_gravity="left" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textColor="#000000"
android:typeface="sans"></TextView>
<ImageButton android:id="#+id/triviaanswercloseButton"
android:src="#drawable/closebtn" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="#drawable/closebtn"
android:layout_marginRight="8dip" android:layout_marginTop="43dip"
android:layout_gravity="right" android:onClick="triviaanswerClose"></ImageButton>
<ImageView android:id="#+id/buttontoclose"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:visibility="visible" android:onClick="triviaanswerClose"
android:layout_marginTop="50dip" android:layout_marginLeft="75dip"
android:layout_width="230dip" android:layout_height="170dip"></ImageView>
</FrameLayout>
Because of this the text view looks in different positions in various handsets.
Any guesses what can be done for this instead?
Below is my image :
I think you are not doing the right thing. If you want a text to appear inside a white box (or even resize it, if there is to many text to fit to it) - you can still avoid any layouts ad do it with only one TextView.
Please have a look what is NinePatch image in Android:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/graphics/NinePatch.html
http://developer.android.com/tools/help/draw9patch.html - drawing tools
So basically you will need only 1 textView and your image, properly converted to 9-patch with 2nd link. (Basically - just add a few black pixels on image border).
No just set this 9-patch as a background of textView. It will place text right where you need, and will shrink white box if you'll define so in 9-patch.
UPD:
Please find the resulting screenshot:
As you can see, textView not handles
WhiteBox" itself, filling it with text and resizing the box if necessary.
Here is how to make it work:
<RelativeLayout 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">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/first"
android:background="#drawable/back"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Manymanymany text
Manymanymany text
Manymanymany text
Manymanymany text
Manymanymany text
Manymanymany text" />
<TextView
android:layout_below="#+id/first"
android:background="#drawable/back"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Not so many text" />
</RelativeLayout>
And here is your image, converted to 9patch. Just place it to "drawable/" folder. Note: it MUST have "back.9.png" name.
For details of how 9patch works you can check links above. The main idea: by making black dots on left and top border - you specify which part of the image will be stretched when image must be upscaled. By making dots on right/bottom side you tell the View where to place the content. In our case content is a text of the TextView.
Hope it helps, good luck
I think you can use a RelativeLayout within the FrameLayout for the ImageView and the TextView, and by using the parameters, you can navigate the TextView to the white box. Refer to the LayoutParams documentation for details.
for eg. you can add the ImageView block first and then the TextView, so that the TextView will lay over the ImageView, and by using align bottom, and specifying top margin with a negative value, you can make the TextView go over the image. Or rather, if you are using eclipse, you can directly move the text view in the graphic layout.
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/xxx"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginTop="0dp"
android:visibility="visible" >
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margintop="0dp" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/user2" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/Textviewtitle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/hello_world"
android:layout_below="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_marginTop="-10dp"
app:context=".TestActivity" />
</RelativeLayout>
</FrameLayout>
Similar to above, you can specify margin left and right to properly position your TextView as you want. Check with graphic layout for feedback to know the correct position.
Please reply if this helped.
Use your images and values for the height and width. I just tried for testing.