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ImageView with spacing even with `wrap_content`

Can someone help me? My ImageView gets huge spacing for no apparent reason. Xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/fragment_container_3"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ScrollView
android:layout_marginTop="50dp"
android:id="#+id/scroll"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/cv1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="6dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
card_view:cardElevation="10dp"
card_view:cardCornerRadius="4dp">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/img"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="0dp"
android:padding="0dp"
android:src="#drawable/list_cli2"
android:contentDescription="123" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/totalCli"
android:layout_width="300dp"
android:paddingBottom="10dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:text="Total de Clientes: Buscando..."
android:textAllCaps="false"
android:textAppearance="#style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Title" />
<com.github.mikephil.charting.charts.PieChart
android:id="#+id/cliChar"
android:layout_width="300dp"
android:layout_height="200dp"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="21dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
...
</RelativeLayout>
</ScrollView>
<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
android:id="#+id/refresh"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_gravity="bottom|right"
android:layout_marginRight="18dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="60dp"
android:clickable="true"
app:backgroundTint="#android:color/background_dark"
app:fabSize="normal"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/refresh"/>
</FrameLayout>
Stays like this:
If I set the android: layout_height = "" with a low value, type 200dp, the spacing goes away, but in this case, on smaller devices, the view will be out of date. Already tried:
Placing the image as the background of a LinearLayout but the spacing was both above and below.
Placing the ImageView inside the LinearLayout however has done the same thing as above.
Does anyone know how to solve it?
If I put it outside the ScrollView, ImageView is centered in the middle of the screen

Add this to your imageview:
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
The scale type property will tell how the image should fit within the available space. Center crop will make it fill the whole space, but as a trade off the image will seem zoomed. There are other scale types you can try here.

It looks like your list_cli2 drawable already has the white space. Check it by open it with the image editor and see if the white space is there.

View width and height is always zero in RelativeLayout in Android

I am developing an Android app. In my app, I am trying to set overlay on an image. But the size of the view in a relative layout is always zero in with and height even I set match_parent to both width and height.
This is my XML layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/di_card_container"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/di_iv_image"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:id="#+id/di_name_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<View
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:background="#color/blue"
android:id="#+id/destination_item_overlay"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
<TextView
android:padding="10dp"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:id="#+id/di_tv_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
This is the result
As you can see, there is no blue color background for name because width and height of view in relative layout is zero. But if I set width and height explicitly like below, it is working.
<View
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:background="#color/blue"
android:id="#+id/destination_item_overlay"
android:layout_width="300dp"
android:layout_height="30dp"/>
But it is not compatible with all devices. Why with and height is always zero? I am adding that view because I need to programmatically control that view. How can I set width and height of that background view to match the parent?

Thats because you have a circular dependency. The <RelativeLayout> is asking its child to tell the height and the <View> is telling its parent to make it as tall as himself. If we fix the height, we can fix the issue immediately.
Try this here:
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:id="#+id/di_name_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<View
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:background="#color/blue"
android:id="#+id/destination_item_overlay"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_alightTop="#id/di_tv_name"
android:layout_alightBottom="#id/di_tv_name"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
<TextView
android:padding="10dp"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:id="#+id/di_tv_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</RelativeLayout>

How to make an item layout with a fixed aspect ratio background on multiple types of devices in Android?

What we want to make:
Display a sub layout on the screen of the TV. The width of the TV layout is match_parent.
What I Tried:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:src="#drawable/bg_tv_left" />
<include
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="200dp"
android:layout_marginTop="13dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="13dp"
layout="#layout/content" />
</RelativeLayout>
The Result:

Your ratio looks good, you need both child have the same layout_width and layout_height to get the perfect position, try this one:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:src="#drawable/bg_tv_left" />
<!-- adjust the margin to get the best positioning -->
<include
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginTop="13dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="13dp"
layout="#layout/content" />
</RelativeLayout>
You may need one more layout to wrap them, depend on your UI design

Android : 3 elements side by side

I don't know how to align 3 elements side by side. I would like to have :
One view with a thin width on the left
One linearLayout with text content on the middle
One imageView always on the right
Like this :
And today, i got this :
Here is my code :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/gris_clair"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:background="#color/blanc" >
<View
android:id="#+id/view1"
android:layout_width="7dp"
android:layout_height="90dp"
android:background="#color/green_normal" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TextView" />
</LinearLayout>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="90dp"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:src="#drawable/test2" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

You can simplify your layout by setting the root LinearLayout to a horizontal orientation:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/gris_clair"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<View
android:id="#+id/view1"
android:layout_width="7dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/green_normal" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:text="TextView" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="90dp"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:src="#drawable/test2" />
</LinearLayout>
You may want to tweak the colors or sizes to fit your desired end result.
I set the parent View's height to wrap the content, first two Views to match the parent view's height and the image to your size. This means that your image will decide the parent View's height.
If you want to evenly space/scale the views horizontally on your screen and use up all the space they have available you should look at the android:layout_weight attribute. You would set android:layout_width="0dp" for each View you want to scale with screen size and add android:layout_weight="x" where x is a number.
The number you choose will depend on how you want to divide up the available space each View will use. As an example if you wanted one View to use 1/3rd of the available space with a second using 2/3rds then set the first to 1 and the second to 2. 1+2=3 so 1 of a total 3 units and 2 of a total 3 units.

For your textview use weight to fill up space:
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TextView" />

You can use relative layout for that. and for the image view add alignparentright rule.
<RelativeLayout >
<View />
<LinearLayout/>
</LinearLayout>
<ImageView
android:alignParentRight="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
or use the weight for linearlayout, put 1 for textview and rest 0.

You can easy solve this problem using weight in LinearLayout, or make your parent RelativeLayout and place middle layout toLeftOf your left view and toRightOf your right view.

You can use relative Layout instead of linear layout to design custom design of your page.
It might help you.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/gris_clair"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:background="#color/blanc" >
<View
android:id="#+id/view1"
android:layout_width="7dp"
android:layout_height="90dp"
android:background="#color/green_normal" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TextView" />
</LinearLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="90dp"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:src="#drawable/test2"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
check this it might help you

How can I make a `View` fill a `RelativeLayout`?

I have a RelativeLayout with some stuff in it, and I want a background view to fill the whole thing. This is what I would expect to work:
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#000" >
<View
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_margin="1px"
android:background="#fafafa" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/im"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:src="#drawable/ic_blank_profile" />
.... and so on.
That doesn't work. It fills the width but the height gets set to zero. However, if I change layout_alignParentBottom to layout_alignBottom="#+id/im" then it does work (sort of; that's not a satisfactory solution but at least it isn't 0 height any more).
What's going on? Is this a bug?

You need to change the relative layout from
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
to
android:layout_height="match_parent"
Because you are wrapping the height of the parent to the child, and the child to match the parent, it will come up 0.
if you are wanting to have other things above/below the relative layout, then use android weights.
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0px" <!-- or 0dip -->
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#000" >

Try setting the layout_height property of you relative layout to match_parent
And what happens if you remove all the alignParent properties from the view and just use match_parent for the width and the height of the view?
Rolf
Final Edit?:
Small example, something like this?
Using a container? When the content of the inner RelativeLayout grows the View will just stretch with it.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<View
android:id="#+id/view1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/relativeLayout1"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_margin="1px"
android:background="#fafafa" />
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/im"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:src="#drawable/ic_blank_profile" />
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>