Constraint Layout to stretch to edge of the screen - android

here is the image of the pic i want without the space on the rightI have a nested constraint layout.
I am trying to use a drawable as a background for my constraint layout. The only problem is that it does not stretches to the edges of the screen. what I want is to have the drawable on the edge of the screen so that it can be a part of the edge of the screen.
<?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:layout_width="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/img_bg"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/imageButton"
android:layout_width="48dp"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="12dp"
android:translationZ="8dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/innter_constraint"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#id/innter_constraint"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="1.0"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/barrier"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/ic_btn_enter" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="of spa booking"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/tv_termsandconditions">
</TextView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_termsandconditions"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="32dp"
android:layout_marginTop="102dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/terms_and_condititons"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/imageButton"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.736" />
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.Barrier
android:id="#+id/barrier"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:barrierDirection="bottom"
app:constraint_referenced_ids="innter_constraint"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="437dp">
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.Barrier>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:id="#+id/innter_constraint"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:alpha="0.5"
android:background="#drawable/ic_img_bg"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="40dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.51"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toRightOf="#+id/guideline_vertical"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/guideline_vertical"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.499">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="(+91)Enter the mobile number"
android:inputType="phone"
android:textSize="16sp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/imageView"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.5"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/imageView" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="16dp"
android:layout_height="16dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:src="#drawable/ic_icon_phone"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#+id/editText"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.5"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/editText" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/not_verify_short"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingBottom="16dp"
android:text="Hello,"
android:textColor="#color/colorViews"
android:textSize="40sp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="#+id/editText"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.Barrier
android:id="#+id/barrier2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingBottom="20dp"
app:barrierDirection="bottom"
app:constraint_referenced_ids="editText" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.Guideline
android:id="#+id/guideline_vertical"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
app:layout_constraintGuide_percent="0.2" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
as you can see I really don't want the space that is out there and need to just stick it to the right edge of the screen. How can I make sure that it is scalable in all the phones. I used padding but it goes off the screen and is not a recommended practice. What constraint should I add to fill my space on the right side of the screen with the drawable background.

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Guideline does not shift based on change in Views dimensions inside barrier in ConstraintLayout

I have my root layout as ConstraintLayout in my activity. I have added one Guideline which is Percentage based and it is about 35 % from top. The Guideline divides the Layout in 2 section (35% top & 65% bottom). In top 25% section I have 2 TextViews. The textview text is dynamically changing. One Barrier is added in Layout which has my Guideline added in it. Top constraint of Image inside the below Section 65% is given to bottom of Barrier & bottom constraint of textview inside the 25% section is given to top of Barrier. When my Text inside above textview is increased, it is not shifting the Guideline & violating Barrier working. How it can be done ?
<?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:id="#+id/clIntroMainContainer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/intro_screen_background">
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.Barrier
android:id="#+id/mybarrier"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:barrierDirection="bottom"
app:constraint_referenced_ids="imageView,textView4,textView3,guideline2"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="731dp" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="200dp"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:visibility="visible"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.0"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/intro_background_cross" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/imageView"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.50"
app:srcCompat="#mipmap/ic_launcher" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/auto_expense_title"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textSize="#dimen/ExtraLargeText"
android:textStyle="bold"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#+id/imageView2"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/imageView2"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/imageView2" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView4"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/auto_expense_info"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textSize="#dimen/MedText"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="#+id/mybarrier"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#+id/textView3"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/textView3"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/textView3" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iv2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="330dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="#+id/mybarrier"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/guideline2"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.0"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/phone_blue_black_final_intro" />
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.Guideline
android:id="#+id/guideline2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
app:layout_constraintGuide_percent="0.35" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
As I understand the question you want to change top part based on "textView4"'s text size changed, If text is small then above part will not stay 25% in my answer. Let me know if your requirement is different, I will update it.
<?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:id="#+id/clIntroMainContainer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/color_grey">
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.Barrier
android:id="#+id/mybarrier"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:barrierDirection="bottom"
app:constraint_referenced_ids="imageView,textView4,textView3,guideline2"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="731dp" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="200dp"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:visibility="visible"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:srcCompat="#color/browser_actions_text_color" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/imageView"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.50"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/ic_pen" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="auto_expense_title"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textSize="#dimen/_12ssp"
android:textStyle="bold"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#+id/imageView2"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/imageView2"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/imageView2" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView4"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="auto_expense_info auto_expense_info auto_expense_info auto_expense_info"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textSize="#dimen/_15ssp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="#+id/mybarrier"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#+id/textView3"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/textView3"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/textView3" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iv2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="330dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/mybarrier"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.0"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/empty_star" />
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.Guideline
android:id="#+id/guideline2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
app:layout_constraintGuide_percent="0.35" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

How to align TextView in two lines between images in ConstraintLayout

I'm doing some design in constraintlayout that is give me a pain. I have an image at the left, two text in a vertical orientation that is align at the end of this image and I have other constraints at right with an image and text.
If I type a long text in the two text that i have in a vertical orientation the text cover the constraint that I have at right of my view. That I want to do is if this text is long can't cover this constraint, have to expand to other line.
This is my code:
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView
android:id="#+id/image_slider"
android:layout_width="40dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:layout_margin="8dp"
android:scaleType="centerInside"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
tools:src="#drawable/ic_error" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_title_animation_native_cart"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:textColor="#color/app_primary_medium"
android:textSize="15sp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/image_slider"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/image_slider"
tools:text="Title" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_subtitle_animation_native_cart"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
android:maxLines="2"
android:textColor="#color/app_grey_medium"
android:textSize="12sp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/txt_title_animation_native_cart"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/txt_title_animation_native_cart"
tools:text="Subtitle asfda sdfowei oiwue rpoweiru oiwue twoeiu t oiweu t" />
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:id="#+id/constraint_undo_button"
android:layout_width="31dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginEnd="24dp"
android:orientation="vertical"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">
<androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView
android:id="#+id/image_undo"
android:layout_width="14dp"
android:layout_height="16dp"
android:src="#drawable/icon_loop"
android:visibility="gone"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
tools:src="#drawable/icon_loop"
tools:visibility="visible" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Ree"
android:textColor="#color/app_primary_medium"
android:textSize="12sp"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/image_undo" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
I recommend you use only one parent view and read about Guideline view, Constraints Chains and Barriers. So a possible solution could be the next:
And the code:
<?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:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="16dp">
<!-- In the parent constraint group add your custom background -->
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.Guideline
android:id="#+id/guideline_80_percent"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
app:layout_constraintGuide_percent="0.85" />
<androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView
android:id="#+id/image_slider"
android:layout_width="40dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher_background"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_title_animation_native_cart"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#id/guideline_80_percent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#id/image_slider"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#id/image_slider"
tools:text="Title" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_subtitle_animation_native_cart"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="2"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#id/image_slider"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#id/txt_title_animation_native_cart"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#id/txt_title_animation_native_cart"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/txt_title_animation_native_cart"
tools:text="Subtitle asfda sdfowei oiwue rpoweiru oiwue twoeiu t oiweu t adfadf adflkjadfkj adlkjadflk" />
<androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView
android:id="#+id/image_undo"
android:layout_width="16dp"
android:layout_height="16dp"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher_background"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="#id/text_undo"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#id/guideline_80_percent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_chainStyle="packed" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text_undo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#id/image_undo"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#id/image_undo"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/image_undo"
tools:text="Ree" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
First, you don't need two nested constraint layouts, one is enough.
Then just set the text with endToStartoOf image_undo and set the width to 0dp instead of wrap_content
Just do this:
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_subtitle_animation_native_cart"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="4dp"
android:maxLines="2"
android:textColor="#color/app_grey_medium"
android:textSize="12sp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/txt_title_animation_native_cart"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/txt_title_animation_native_cart"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#+id/constraint_undo_button"
tools:text="Subtitle asfda sdfowei oiwue rpoweiru oiwue twoeiu t oiweu t" />

How to ensure views are well constraint even when they grow in context without pushing other views out of the layout

I am trying to achieve the below in my xml but currently when I my textView does not wrap the text as exepcted but instead pushes the the text down and the imageButton far. I am wondering how can I achieve this having in mind the texts can be bigger and need to wrap and fit in nicely without pushing the button away? below is my code sample
<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:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/hospitalButton"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="48dp"
app:image="#drawable/hospital_btn"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#+id/guidelineCenterButton"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.5"
app:startsChecked="true" />
<View
android:id="#+id/buttonDivider"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="1dp"
android:layout_marginStart="32dp"
android:layout_marginTop="42dp"
android:background="#color/white_"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="#+id/hospitalGroup"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/hospitalButton" />
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:id="#+id/hospitalGroup"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="32dp"
android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/buttonDivider">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/idTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginEnd="30dp"
android:text="#string/id_text"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#id/midTextView"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
tools:text="Get ID" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/midTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginEnd="30dp"
android:text="#string/mid_text"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#id/submitButton"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
/>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/submitButton"
android:layout_width="48dp"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="32dp"
android:background="#drawable/submitbackground"
android:src="#drawable/submit_icon"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<com.airbnb.lottie.LottieAnimationView
android:id="#+id/animation"
android:layout_width="30dp"
android:layout_height="30dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
android:elevation="3dp"
android:scaleType="centerInside"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/submitButton"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#+id/submitButton"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/submitButton"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/submitButton"
app:lottie_autoPlay="true"
app:lottie_loop="true"
app:lottie_rawRes="#raw/spinner" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
<View
android:id="#+id/submitGroupDivider"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="1dp"
android:layout_marginStart="32dp"
android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
android:background="#color/white"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/hospitalGroup" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
From your description it's not clear what you wanted to do but here is the solution you can apply to make your view as a picture you uploaded.
Just apply height & width of midTextView to 0dp
Note: don't know what your idTextView will do it's not clear as per your layout structure.
<TextView
android:id="#+id/idTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginEnd="30dp"
android:text="#string/id_text"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
tools:text="Get ID" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/midTextView"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_marginEnd="30dp"
android:text="#string/mid_text"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#id/submitButton"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#id/idTextView"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
/>

How to use constraint layout so the card views are always in one place?

I am using a constraint layout and card views in it, but on different screen sizes the card views are not in the same place. I thought the idea of constraint is that you only have to arrange the card view for one time and it automatically aligns to the different device sizes. The first picture shows the screen I want to have on every device size and the other picture shows you the result of a different size where the CardViews are obviously not in the right place.
I already tried using guidelines but it doesn't help. Or is it better to use another Layout like RelativeLayout? But what's then the point of a ConstraintLayout?
Design as it should be
Result with different size
Thank you for your help!
Here is my 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:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".spielen_uebersicht">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/spieler_suche"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
android:text="Spieler suchen:"
android:textSize="20sp"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.484"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
android:id="#+id/cardView3"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="55dp"
android:layout_margin="8dp"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:foreground="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground"
app:cardCornerRadius="20dp"
app:cardElevation="7dp"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/spieler_suche">
<SearchView
android:id="#+id/searchView_spieler_suchen"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:clickable="true"
android:focusable="true"
android:gravity="center"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:queryBackground="#android:color/transparent" />
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
android:id="#+id/zufälliger_spieler"
android:layout_width="150dp"
android:layout_height="150dp"
android:layout_marginStart="36dp"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
android:clickable="true"
android:focusable="true"
android:foreground="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground"
app:cardCornerRadius="20dp"
app:cardElevation="7dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/cardView3"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.198">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:text="Zufälliger Spieler"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textSize="20sp" />
<ImageView
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
android:src="#mipmap/zufaelliger_spieler" />
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
android:id="#+id/cardView"
android:layout_width="150dp"
android:layout_height="150dp"
android:layout_marginStart="32dp"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:clickable="true"
android:focusable="true"
android:foreground="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground"
app:cardCornerRadius="20dp"
app:cardElevation="7dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/zufälliger_spieler"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/zufälliger_spieler"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/cardView3"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="1.0">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:text="Freunde einladen"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textSize="20sp" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
android:src="#mipmap/freunde_einladen" />
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
android:id="#+id/cardViewFreundesübersicht"
android:layout_width="150dp"
android:layout_height="150dp"
android:layout_marginStart="32dp"
android:layout_marginTop="36dp"
android:clickable="true"
android:focusable="true"
android:foreground="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground"
app:cardCornerRadius="20dp"
app:cardElevation="7dp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/cardView2"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/cardView">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:text="Freundes-\nübersicht"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textSize="20sp" />
<ImageView
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
android:src="#mipmap/freundes_uebersicht" />
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
android:id="#+id/cardView2"
android:layout_width="150dp"
android:layout_height="150dp"
android:layout_marginStart="36dp"
android:layout_marginTop="36dp"
android:clickable="true"
android:focusable="true"
android:foreground="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground"
app:cardCornerRadius="20dp"
app:cardElevation="7dp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/zufälliger_spieler">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:text="Anfragen"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textSize="20sp" />
<ImageView
android:layout_width="60dp"
android:layout_height="60dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
android:src="#mipmap/freundes_anfragen" />
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>```
You don't see your layout the same way on different phones because your cardviews dimensions are a fixed size , why is it bad?
Different phones got different screen size, in your layout you are using fixed size on your view (fixed size is 50dp for example) and the result is that what may look good on one screen (your android studio preview screen) will not look good on another screen (your actual phone).
How to fix it:
You can just use app:layout_constraintWidth_percent and app:layout_constraintHeight_percent on your cardviews to give the size in precents according to the screen.
Something like this:
<?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:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<Button
android:id="#+id/button7"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:text="Button"
app:layout_constraintDimensionRatio="1:1"
app:layout_constraintWidth_percent=".5"
app:layout_constraintHeight_percent=".5"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="#+id/button3"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/guideline"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:text="Button"
app:layout_constraintDimensionRatio="1:1"
app:layout_constraintWidth_percent=".5"
app:layout_constraintHeight_percent=".5"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#+id/guideline"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/button2" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:text="Button"
app:layout_constraintDimensionRatio="1:1"
app:layout_constraintWidth_percent=".5"
app:layout_constraintHeight_percent=".5"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="#+id/button"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#+id/guideline"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button3"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:text="Button"
app:layout_constraintDimensionRatio="1:1"
app:layout_constraintWidth_percent=".5"
app:layout_constraintHeight_percent=".5"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/guideline"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/button7" />
<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="20dp"
app:layout_constraintGuide_percent=".5" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
In this example, I have 4 buttons that represent your cardViews.
They are all equal in size and will be responsive to all screen sizes.
This layout will look like this (the arrow points to the guideline, to make it more understandable):
For Future Visitors, Chains are the magical word when trying to simulate Linear layout form. using horizontal chains with vertical ones along with using dynamic View sizes as Tamir Abutbul mentioned should be the best practice.
<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:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView24"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="32dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Title"
android:textColor="#android:color/black"
android:textSize="?android:attr/actionBarSize"
android:textStyle="bold"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
android:id="#+id/btn1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawableBottom="#android:drawable/ic_media_play"
android:text="text 4"
android:textSize="24sp"
android:padding="50dp"
android:textStyle="bold"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/btn3"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.5"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/btn3"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/btn3" />
<com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
android:id="#+id/btn2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawableBottom="#android:drawable/ic_media_play"
android:text="text 2"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textSize="24sp"
android:padding="50dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/btn4"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.5"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/btn4"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/btn4" />
<com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
android:id="#+id/btn3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawableBottom="#android:drawable/ic_media_play"
android:text="text 3"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textSize="24sp"
android:padding="50dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#+id/btn4"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#+id/btn1"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.5"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/btn4" />
<com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
android:id="#+id/btn4"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawableBottom="#android:drawable/ic_media_play"
android:text="text 1"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textSize="24sp"
android:padding="50dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="#+id/btn3"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#+id/btn2"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.5"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/textView24"/></androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
Best of luck ;)

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<?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">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/cover_photo"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="24dp"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:src="#drawable/ferrari"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#id/user_avatar"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="1.0"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.0" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/user_avatar"
android:layout_width="96dp"
android:layout_height="96dp"
android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:padding="1dp"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:src="#drawable/user_avatar"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.3" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/username"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
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android:textColor="#000"
android:textSize="24sp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/user_avatar" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/manufacturer"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:text="Manufacturer"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/username"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/username" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/model"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:text="Model"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/username"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/manufacturer" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/type"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:text="Type"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/username"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/model" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/bore_stroke"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:text="Bore and stroke"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/username"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/type" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/max_power"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:text="Maximum power**"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/username"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/bore_stroke" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/specific_power"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:text="Specific power output"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/username"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/max_power" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/max_torque"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:text="Maximum torque"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/username"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/specific_power" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/type_value"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
android:text="V8 - 90°"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="351dp" />
<android.support.constraint.Barrier
android:id="#+id/barrier"
app:barrierDirection="right"
app:constraint_referenced_ids="bore_stroke,manufacturer,max_torque,model,max_power,type,specific_power" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
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If the widgets dimensions change, the barrier will automatically move according to its direction to get the most extreme widget:
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<android.support.constraint.Guideline
android:id="#+id/guideline"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
app:layout_constraintGuide_percent="0.5" />
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