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TextView in RelativeLayout improper alignment

I need to implement the following UI:
For this, I am using the following layout:
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#android:color/white">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/news_image0"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:minHeight="#dimen/news_cell0_imageview_min_height"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:scaleType="fitXY" />
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/news0_cell_image_overlay_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/news_image0"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/news_image0"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/news_image0"
android:layout_alignStart="#+id/news_image0"
android:layout_alignEnd="#+id/news_image0"
android:layout_alignRight="#+id/news_image0"
android:background="#drawable/news_cell0_overlay_gradient">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/news_title0"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:gravity="center_vertical|start"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:maxLines="3"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:textColor="#color/colorNewsCellType0TitleText"
android:layout_margin="#dimen/news_cell0_textview_margin"
android:textSize="#dimen/news_cell0_title_text_size"
android:typeface="monospace" />
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
Into the ImageView I am loading image using Picasso from a URL. I am getting output correctly in most of the devices, but in some of the devices running android less than Lollipop, this shows up like the screenshot below. The text shows up at the top, instead of bottom. But I have set android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" for the TextView. The RelativeLayout is rendered correctly, and it fits the image(it has a background gradient, which can clearly be seen at the bottom of the image).
What is causing this problem and how can I solve this?

You can try with FRAMELAYOUT
FrameLayout is designed to block out an area on the screen to display
a single item. Generally, FrameLayout should be used to hold a single
child view, because it can be difficult to organize child views in a
way that's scalable to different screen sizes without the children
overlapping each other.
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ImageView
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"/>
<TextView
android:text="Hi.."
android:textSize="17sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center|bottom"/>
</FrameLayout>

You can try this layout,
<?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"
android:background="#android:color/white">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/news_image0"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:minHeight="100dp"
android:scaleType="fitXY"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/news_title0"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/news_image0"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="3"
android:padding="12dp"
android:text="fsdsdfdsdsfsdfsdf"
android:textColor="#f00"
android:typeface="monospace"/>
</RelativeLayout>

2 Images On Top of Each Other - XML - Android

So I want to use 2 images. One should be on top of the other but smaller, so that the border of the image that's behind is only shown.
Take a look at these 2 photos.
Image that's behind (The border Image)
[IMG]http://i66.tinypic.com/25zgguh.jpg[/IMG]
Image that should be inside the border
[IMG]http://i67.tinypic.com/10mpgt4.jpg[/IMG]
XML CODE
<com.inthessaloniki.cityguide.view.SelectorRelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/fragment_poi_list_item"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/fragment_poi_list_recycler_item_size"
android:minHeight="#dimen/fragment_poi_list_recycler_item_size"
android:listSelector="#drawable/selector_clickable_item_bg_inverse">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/fragment_poi_list_item_image"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/fragment_poi_list_recycler_item_size"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:scaleType="centerCrop" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/fragment_poi_list_recycler_item_panel_height"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/global_spacing_xs"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/global_spacing_xxs"
android:background="#color/fragment_poi_list_recycler_item_panel_bg">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/fragment_poi_list_item_name"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="#style/TextAppearance.CityGuide.Body1.Inverse"
android:fontFamily="sans-serif"
android:maxLines="2"
android:ellipsize="end" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/fragment_poi_list_item_distance"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/ic_grid_distance"
android:drawablePadding="#dimen/fragment_poi_list_recycler_item_icon_padding"
android:textAppearance="#style/TextAppearance.CityGuide.Body1.Inverse"
android:fontFamily="sans-serif"
android:maxLines="1"
android:ellipsize="end" />
</LinearLayout>
I was thinking if I could add an android:background="First Image" and make my Image view center but leaving some space on the edges for the background to be shown.
Would have posted 2 more images showing how the app is and how it should look, but the site won't let me post more than 2 links cause my reputation is lower than 10 -_-
Thanks in advance for the help!!!

Do it like this:
<com.inthessaloniki.cityguide.view.SelectorRelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/fragment_poi_list_item"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/fragment_poi_list_recycler_item_size"
android:minHeight="#dimen/fragment_poi_list_recycler_item_size"
android:listSelector="#drawable/selector_clickable_item_bg_inverse">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/background_image"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/view"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:src="#drawable/foreground_image" />
</RelativeLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/fragment_poi_list_recycler_item_panel_height"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/global_spacing_xs"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/global_spacing_xxs"
android:background="#color/fragment_poi_list_recycler_item_panel_bg">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/fragment_poi_list_item_name"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="#style/TextAppearance.CityGuide.Body1.Inverse"
android:fontFamily="sans-serif"
android:maxLines="2"
android:ellipsize="end" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/fragment_poi_list_item_distance"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/ic_grid_distance"
android:drawablePadding="#dimen/fragment_poi_list_recycler_item_icon_padding"
android:textAppearance="#style/TextAppearance.CityGuide.Body1.Inverse"
android:fontFamily="sans-serif"
android:maxLines="1"
android:ellipsize="end" />
</LinearLayout>

hope I got it clear, you could simply use two layout and adjust margin for the small one.
put your images as RelativeLayout background or use ImageView in layouts
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_margin="25dp"></RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

Android - ImageView overlay another ImageView

I would like to make an ImageView overlay another ImageView like this; only half of the circle green is overlaying the image:
I have tried using RelativeLayout and put both ImageView inside. Then I overlay the circle over the image by using android:layout_alignBottom. It did overlay the but I have no idea how to set the offset so that only half of the circle is overlaying the base image.
EDIT:
Sorry, here is my layout xml code
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginBottom="32sp" >
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_person_black"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:id="#+id/image_view_product" />
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#id/image_view_product"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:background="#drawable/image_view_circle"
android:src="#drawable/ic_circle" />
</RelativeLayout>

I get lots of upvote for this answer.So i try to improve that answer. May be this is the better way to do that compare to other two, because this solution doesn't required to fix the layout or divide screen in equal part so may be this is better to do that.
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/viewA"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/colorPrimary"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/subject"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="20dp"
android:text="Thi"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:textSize="17sp"
/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/viewB"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#android:color/white"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/description"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="20dp"
android:text="Thi"
android:textColor="#android:color/black"
android:textSize="17sp"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
android:id="#+id/fab"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="16dp"
android:clickable="true"
android:src="#drawable/plus"
app:layout_anchor="#+id/viewA"
app:layout_anchorGravity="bottom|right|end"/>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
Alternate way Try this
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
// this is your first layout to put the big image
// use src or backgroud image as per requirement
<LinearLayout
android:background="#color/red_error"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1">
</LinearLayout>
// this is your bottom layout
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1">
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
// This is the imageview which overlay the first LinearLayout
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/success"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:layout_gravity="center"/>
</FrameLayout>
its look like this
found one more solution for that (Edit)
if your big image size is fixed height you can try this
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/layoutTop"
android:background="#color/red_error"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="200dp" >
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/layoutBottom"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_below="#id/layoutTop" >
</RelativeLayout>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/overlapImage"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:layout_above="#id/layoutBottom"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="-20dp"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:src="#drawable/testimage" />
</RelativeLayout>
Refernce :- Android: Placing ImageView on overlap between layouts
Hope this will help.Good Luck

Try out this way:
Just change layout_width and layout_height according to your need.
<?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="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<View
android:id="#+id/viewOne"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="200dp"
android:background="#126989" />
<View
android:id="#+id/viewTwo"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/viewOne"
android:background="#547866" />
<View
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/viewTwo"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:background="#ff7800"
android:layout_marginBottom="35dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
It will look like this:

I would recommend Constraintlayout as it gives excellent control over the positioning of individual view items. Sample based on your example below
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:id="#+id/parentLayout">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_person_black"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:id="#+id/image_view_product"/>
<View
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/image_view_product"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:layout_alignBottom="#id/image_view_product"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:background="#drawable/circle"
android:src="#drawable/ic_add_circle_green_24dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"/>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

Use layout_marginTop = -20dp ( Half of your image size ). It will go up.
android:layout_marginTop="-20dp"

put both the image in Relative layout
first define the image you want to put behind the green circle
than define the green circle as
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/Image1"
Than adjust the position by giving margin to the green circle image.

I recommend you to use a framelayout with these two images.
with the refresh imageview at the bottom and the table fan at the top.
Note : As the framelayout behaves like a stack, the item at the bottom will appear at the top.
And do the set the gravity of the refresh icon to be bottom|center to make it look this way.
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ImageView
android:src="#drawable/ic_fan"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"/>
<ImageView
android:src="#drawable/ic_refresh"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center|bottom"/>
</FrameLayout>

<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginBottom="32sp" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ivBackground"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_person_black"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:id="#+id/image_view_product" />
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:layout_marginTop="-20dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/ivBackground"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:background="#drawable/image_view_circle"
android:src="#drawable/ic_circle" />
I think this should help you i have edited your code and made changes as below
- I change circle imageview height to 40dp and then i give margin top -20 dp so that image will overlay half as you need on background image.
I did not run this code so if you face any issues just let me know i hope this works well for you..

Screenshot:
activity_main.xml:
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/rl_image"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="200dp">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/thumbnail"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="160dp"
android:background="?attr/selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
android:clickable="true"
android:contentDescription="null"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:src="#drawable/album9" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView_round"
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:src="#drawable/user_profile" />
</RelativeLayout>

GridLayout design style with icons and text using material design?

What is the best way to achieve a design icons with text with the support library for the design material.It would look something like the image of link above
enter link description here

As Karakuri said in comments, nested LinearLayouts will render your the required view like this
Here is the code for layout
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:weightSum="3"
android:padding="16dp"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_action_repeat_48d"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Repeat"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_action_heart_48d"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Favourite"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_action_shuffle_48dp"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Shuffle"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
The code is just a layout structure, you have to add paddings and ImageView width-height as you want. You have to do a little work for your desired layout. If you want two rows likewise your uploaded picture, just replicate the layout twice.
Hope it helps or drop a comment if any trouble implementing.
Cheers!

equal width for overlaying TextView and ImageView

I've got a TextView (text) overlaying my ImageView (image). My Problem ist that they do not have the same width. In other words - I want the red areas to appear white:
Here is my layout file so far:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#FFFFFF" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/image"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Title"
android:padding="10dp"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#9988FF88"
android:textColor="#000000"/>
</RelativeLayout>
I am quite new to android and tried to add different tags to the textview like android:layout_alignLeft="#id/image" which couldn't fix it and also tried to configure the layout_width settings, but this didn't help me either. Also this solution couldn't solve it (I guess that is because of my android:layout_width="match_parent" in my ImageView). The solution was about adding these lines to the TextView:
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/image"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/image"
I was also looking for programmatical solution, which also couldn't fix it:
image = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.image);
text = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text);
text.setWidth(image.getWidth());
Any ideas how to get rid of my red areas? Every idea will be appreciated and I would be happy about either an xml solution or a programmatical solution ! Thanks in advance :)
EDIT
I should specify that the image inside the ImageView does get replaced alot so that some images do fill the full horizontal screen in their width. So at some images there shall be a margin on the left and the right, but on others there shall not (in other words - the title shall always be as big as the image). (Btw: Thank you for your fast responses!)
UPDATE
I worked around this issue simply giving the header a white background color.

Try this
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_margin="26dp"
android:background="#FFFFFF" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/image"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:scaleType="fitXY" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Title"
android:padding="10dp"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#9988FF88"
android:textColor="#000000"/>
</RelativeLayout>

The best solution I can think of is:
Cut the white bourders out of your image (You will then set some Margins in yout ImageView, to simulate the borders)
Then, change your layout so:
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#ffffff"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/image"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Title"
android:padding="10dp"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#9988FF88"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
/>
</RelativeLayout>

Your imageview is set to match_parent but there are still white areas around imageview. Are you sure your image doesn't have white areas around it?
Also, try using fill_parent instead of match_parent.

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"/>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="8">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/image"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Title"
<!--android:padding="10dp" -->
android:textSize="25sp"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#9988FF88"
android:textColor="#000000"/>
</RelativeLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"/>
</LinearLayout>