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How to make constraint layout centre and expand when the textview text is bigger

i have a image and a textview in a constraint layout, what what I am trying to do is, to centre both image and textview in the centre and when the text is smaller I want it to expand from the centre when the text is longer
What I want to get to is
What I have at the moment is
When the text is longer it is fine but when the text is smaller I want them at the centre
is that possible please
code I have at the moment
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:id="#+id/tariffTileHeader"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent">
<androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView
android:id="#+id/tariffIconIV"
android:layout_width="36dp"
android:layout_height="36dp"
android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
android:src="#drawable/ic_electricity_circle_logo"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tariffDescTV"
style="#style/Text.Large.Bold"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:lines="3"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/tariffIconIV"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
tools:text="This is a very " />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

You can horizontally chain the two views and set the chainStyle to packed.
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:id="#+id/tariffTileHeader"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">
<androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView
android:id="#+id/tariffIconIV"
android:layout_width="36dp"
android:layout_height="36dp"
android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher_background"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#+id/tariffDescTV"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_chainStyle="packed"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tariffDescTV"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:lines="3"
android:textAlignment="center"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/tariffIconIV"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
tools:text="This is a very " />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

I think you can constraint baseline of your imageView to baseline of your textView
<androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView
android:id="#+id/tariffIconIV"
android:layout_width="36dp"
android:layout_height="36dp"
android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
android:src="#drawable/ic_electricity_circle_logo"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBaseline_toBaselineOf="#id/tariffDescTV" />

your requirement need some trick:
capsulate both ImageView and TextView inside a LinearLayout(Horizontal)
then put linearlayout(here is our parent for ImageView and TextView) as child inside constraintlayout and constraint it by:
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
by this solution,when your text get smaller or get longer, both component(ImageView and TextView) are in center of screen and next to each other
here is my full sample XML file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayoutxmlns: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">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
tools:srcCompat="#tools:sample/avatars" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView4"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="lorium ipsum" />
</LinearLayout>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
I hope this answer help you

ConstraintLayout: How do I flatten this layout?

Is it possible to flatten this layout (only have one ConstraintLayout outside) and preserve the following:
MaterialCardView keeps it square shape and an overall padding of 10dp
ImageView is centered over some squared View (having the background set to a filled oval achieving its cicle-look)
ImageView has a fixed ratio of width/height relative the squared View
TextView is positoned below the squared View with a vertical distance of 10dp
The squared View is centered horizontally inside (or then maybe over?) the MaterialCardView
How it looks right now and should continue to look:
The current layout:
<?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">
<com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
app:cardCornerRadius="10dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintDimensionRatio="1:1"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:strokeColor="#color/primaryColor"
app:strokeWidth="2dp">
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:padding="10dp">
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:id="#+id/imageViewContainer"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:background="#drawable/round_bg"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="#id/textView"
app:layout_constraintDimensionRatio="1:1"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHeight_default="percent"
app:layout_constraintHeight_percent=".58"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintWidth_default="percent"
app:layout_constraintWidth_percent=".58"
app:tint="#color/primaryTextColor"
tools:src="#drawable/ic_qrcode" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textColor="#color/primaryColor"
android:textSize="17sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/imageViewContainer"
tools:text="ItemName" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
</com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Remove parent ContraintLayout, let the MaterialCardview be the parent.
Then keep only one ConstraintLayout since its required if u want to have multiple views inside MaterialCardView.
The second ConstraitLayout aka imageViewContainer can be transformed into View and still it will be pretending to be a container.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView 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:layout_margin="10dp"
app:cardCornerRadius="10dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintDimensionRatio="1:1"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:strokeColor="#color/colorPrimary"
app:strokeWidth="2dp">
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:padding="10dp">
<View
android:id="#+id/imageViewContainer"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:background="#drawable/background_rounded"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="#id/textView"
app:layout_constraintDimensionRatio="1:1"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<ImageView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHeight_default="percent"
app:layout_constraintHeight_percent=".58"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintWidth_default="percent"
app:layout_constraintWidth_percent=".58"
app:tint="#color/gray"
tools:src="#drawable/ic_close" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textColor="#color/colorPrimary"
android:textSize="17sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/imageViewContainer"
tools:text="ItemName" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
</com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView>

Android. ConstraintLayout: constraint end not working

I need to create chain with ConstraintLayout.I want the TextView to be attached to the left side, the text is immediately followed by a ImageView, and another ImageView is attached to the right side of the screen. See an example.
If the TextView contains long text, I need the text to go to another line. That is, so that the TextView does not overlap with the image view on the right, but is limited to margin. See an example.
Here is my code:
<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"
tools:ignore="MissingPrefix">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvTitle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/text"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:textSize="#dimen/text_size_14"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ivFirst"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
android:src="#drawable/ic_first"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#id/ivSecond"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#id/tvTitle"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ivSecond"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_second"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="1"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
If the text is not long, then everything works well, but if the text is long, then it is superimposed on the ImageView and goes beyond the screen. I tried to use chain but nothing worked. Please, help me.

You can achieve this by fixing ivSecond to the end of the parent and then creating a horizontal chain of tvTitle and ivFirst, so long as you apply a packed chain style and a bias of 0 to the chain and use constrainedWidth on the text view.
<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">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvTitle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constrainedWidth="true"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#id/ivFirst"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_chainStyle="packed"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
tools:text="hello world"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ivFirst"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#id/ivSecond"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#id/tvTitle"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ivSecond"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"/>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
When the text is short, the first image is right up against it:
When the text is long, the first image stops at the edge of the second image and the text wraps to another line:

you can do it with layout_constrainedWidth . For this your text view needs to be constrained horizontally . try the layout below i have made few changes in it .
<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"
tools:ignore="MissingPrefix">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvTitle"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="14sp"
app:layout_constrainedWidth="true"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#+id/ivFirst"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ivFirst"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
android:src="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#id/ivSecond"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#id/tvTitle"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ivSecond"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
/>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

You can use FlexboxLayout to wrap the tvTitle TextView & the ivFirst ImageView; So that it controls to wrap the content of the TextView to the next line and avoid pushing the ivFirst to the right/end.
<?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"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<com.google.android.flexbox.FlexboxLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal"
app:alignContent="center"
app:alignItems="center"
app:flexDirection="row"
app:flexWrap="nowrap"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/ivSecond"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#+id/ivSecond"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvTitle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/text"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:textSize="#dimen/text_size_14"
app:layout_flexShrink="10000" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ivFirst"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_first"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"/>
</com.google.android.flexbox.FlexboxLayout>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ivSecond"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_second"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
Also make sure to add the gradle dependency at module level:
implementation 'com.google.android.flexbox:flexbox:3.0.0'
Preview:

I am struggling to control the gravity of a textView inside my CardView items once I put it inside a GridView

Below is a screenshot of my gridView currently:
Even though I have centered the TextField inside the card, they are still pinned to the left. How do I fix this so that the Text is centered in the middle? It seems like once I add an item to a gridView, the gridView attributes overrule their children.
Here is my layout code:
CARDVIEW
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
layout_height=""
android:layout_width="120dp"
android:layout_height="120dp"
app:cardBackgroundColor="#E73737"
app:cardElevation="4dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ivCategoryIcon"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="80dp"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="#+id/tvCategoryTitle"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.498"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/btn_translation_panel_loading" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvCategoryTitle"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
android:text="TextView"
android:textAlignment="center"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/ivCategoryIcon"
/>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
Fragment
<?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/frameLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".ui.fragments.CategoryViewFragment">
<GridView
android:id="#+id/gvCategories"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_marginStart="32dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="32dp"
android:clickable="true"
android:clipChildren="false"
android:gravity="center"
android:horizontalSpacing="8dp"
android:numColumns="2"
android:stretchMode="columnWidth"
android:verticalSpacing="8dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
tools:visibility="visible" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

Add android:gravity="center" in your textview like following.
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvCategoryTitle"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
android:text="TextView"
android:gravity="center"
android:textAlignment="center"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/ivCategoryIcon"/>

use relative layout insists of ConstraintLayout.
use center_horizontal to the text view=true

Can you please try this and change your constraint layout ?
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ivCategoryIcon"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="80dp"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/btn_translation_panel_loading" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvCategoryTitle"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
android:text="TextView"
android:textAlignment="center"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/ivCategoryIcon"
/>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

How to make view center align, without lapping other view [constraintlayout only]

I want my textView to be center align to screen and also don't want it to overlap the image. Can you please help me achieve this using constraint.
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
android:id="#+id/merge"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iv_close"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="#dimen/paa_action_bar_back_margin"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/vc_nav_bar_back" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_actionbar_page_title"
style="#style/db_title_4.semibold"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#{title}"
android:textColor="#color/shade_grease"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:visibility="#{TextUtils.isEmpty(title) ? View.GONE : View.VISIBLE}"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/iv_close"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/iv_close"
tools:text="#tools:sample/lorem"
tools:visibility="visible" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

You need to set margins, as for marginTop, marginBottom, marginLeft, marginRight.
For example:
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_actionbar_page_title"
style="#style/db_title_4.semibold"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#{title}"
android:textColor="#color/shade_grease"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:visibility="#{TextUtils.isEmpty(title) ? View.GONE : View.VISIBLE}"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/iv_close"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/iv_close"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
tools:text="#tools:sample/lorem"
tools:visibility="visible" />
You can configure the different margin values and make it fit your requirements. Or you can even remove some margins. In the end, it depends on you and your design.
Edit: As a reminder constraint layout works in a relative kind of manner. One object depends on the other, so make sure that your lines/guidelines are correct (in the .xml labeled as constraint_toStartOf, etc.)

This should work. Text will never overlap with the Image and Image will be aligned to the start.
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout android:id="#+id/merge"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
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">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iv_close"
android:layout_width="0dp"
app:layout_constraintWidth_default="wrap"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="#dimen/paa_action_bar_back_margin"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="#id/tv_actionbar_page_title"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/vc_nav_bar_back" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_actionbar_page_title"
style="#style/db_title_4.semibold"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#{title}"
android:textColor="#color/shade_grease"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:visibility="#{TextUtils.isEmpty(title) ? View.GONE : View.VISIBLE}"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/iv_close"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#id/iv_close"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/iv_close"
tools:text="#tools:sample/lorem"
tools:visibility="visible" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

Try to constrain your text view to your image and give it android:layout_width="0dp" so it will only expand according to the space available.
Because his new width is not wrap_content your text view will not overlap the image and that's why he will only expand according to his constraints.
So you need to do something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.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">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iv_close"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher_background"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_actionbar_page_title"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="some very long txtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasda"
android:textSize="16sp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="#+id/iv_close"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="#+id/iv_close"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/iv_close" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
If you want your text view to be exactly the same height as the image view add android:layout_height="0dp", now when you will have a long text it will get scrollable and will not expand vertically.
It will look like this:
Edit according to comment:
You can use your layout like this:
<?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/tv_actionbar_page_title"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="some very long txtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasda"
android:textSize="16sp"
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/iv_close"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.0" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iv_close"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher_background"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
In order to get this look:
Or you can use this 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"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_actionbar_page_title"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="some very long txtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasdatxtsadasdasdasdasdasda"
android:textSize="16sp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.0" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iv_close"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher_background"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
In order to get this look: