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Fit 2 TextViews

I need to fit 2 TextViews in one line. I tried to use LinearLayout, and now my best approach is to use RelativeLayout.
Here you can see XML for it
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:visibility="visible">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/partner_full_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="left"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:maxLines="2"
android:textSize="12sp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/session_duration"
android:text="#string/dummy_text" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/session_duration"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:maxLines="1"
android:textSize="12sp"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:text="asdadsd"
android:textColor="#android:color/darker_gray"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
And the result
As you can see it's fit's okay, but second TextView is on the right side, when I want it to be after first TextView.
When I used LinearLayout I faced problem with size of first TextView (if it have to many text in it, second TextView will go off screen). Another approach with LinearLayout gave me similar results to RelativeLayout with same problem (wrong position of second view)

This happens because you are using wrap_content. If textView1 needs the space of the whole screen, then textView2 will get nothing. Instead you can use layout_weight to always give a View his space.
<?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:layout_gravity="start"
android:gravity="center"
android:visibility="visible"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/partner_full_name"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight=".5"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="left"
android:maxLines="2"
android:text="Super Long String"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:textSize="12sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/session_duration"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight=".5"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:maxLines="1"
android:text="I will always show"
android:textColor="#android:color/darker_gray"
android:textSize="12sp" />
</LinearLayout>

Remove this line from second TextView :
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"

Android Textview moves other views out of the layout

In my layout I need to have a textview with two buttons next to that and one cancel button at right side (refer below image)
But when the text view is too long then the buttons near to the textview goes behind the cancel button(refer the below image)
Attached xml file for your reference,
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Hello World, MActivity"
android:singleLine="true"
android:paddingTop="10dp"
android:textAppearance="#android:style/TextAppearance.DeviceDefault.Large"
android:ellipsize="end"/>
<Button android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="yes" />
<Button android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="no" />
</LinearLayout>
<Button android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="cancel" />
</LinearLayout>

This question has been asked multiple times, but there should have no basic layout solution to handle this. You have to write custom code to completely solve this problem.
You can use a workaround, set android:maxWidth for TextView
e.g.
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:maxWidth="150dp"/>

Block elements in android development

I am going through the tutorials at developer.android.com and they do not cover something I want to try.
In my XML file (LinearLayout) I have 3 elements, a textblock and 2 buttons.
I would like to have the TextBlock taking up all available width. IN HTML terms I would like it to be block.
Then underneath I would like the 2 buttons to be on the same line. In HTML terms I would like it to be inline.
My XML:
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/app_name" />
<Button
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<Button
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>

Another option:
Create a linearlayout and add textview and another linearlayout with orientation horizontal within that the 2 buttons.
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/app_name" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<Button
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<Button
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

you can sort of do it in one linear layout, but it's not going to be very flexible. You'd either want to use a relative layout and position the button below the text view or you can use two linear layouts (first is vertical orientation containing the textview and the second linear layout, that one is a horizontal linear layout containing the two buttons)

Simple fixes:
<TextView
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/app_name" />
<Button android:id = "#+id/thisbutton"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<Button
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="thisbutton"
/>
That's the basic idea.
Look up all the features that are available in the layouts. Because there are a lot, and they are quite flexible.

Wrap single line with multiple TextViews in a RelativeLayout

I have a custom row for a listview that contains four TextViews.
Here is a screenshot of the layout I am creating:
The reason for multiple TextView is because I need to use different styles on each textview. Bold Name for example.
Here is the XML layout:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imgPhoto"
android:src="#color/Red"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="80dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_margin="10dp" />
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/imgPhoto"
android:padding="10dp"
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Name"
android:id="#+id/txtName"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="viewed a promotion by"
android:id="#+id/txtAction"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/txtName" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Dominos Pizza"
android:id="#+id/txtMerchant"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/txtAction" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="14 seconds ago"
android:id="#+id/txtAgo"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/txtMerchant" />
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
This is a screenshot of what I am trying to achieve:
The question is how do I wrap the TextViews so that it fits inside the RelativeLayout just like in Picture 2? Or is there any other alternative I can use to achieve what I am looking for here?

I think it's possible through HTML code. You should be use to CSS for the wrap the text and then set into the view.

Use only one TextView and change the style with html. Example:
textView.setText(Html.fromHtml("<h2>This</h2><br><p>is an example.</p>"));

Android Listview Row Layout

I'm developing what I thought would be a simple listview row layout, but I'm having some trouble getting my views to line up properly. There are 4 TextViews all using layout_weight within a LinearLayout to size themselves appropriately. What I can't figure out, however, is how to align them consistently so that each TextView begins in the same position as the one above and beneath it.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#AAAAAA88">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/quality"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|right"
android:textColor="#ffffff"
android:padding="5px"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/route_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="3"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|right"
android:textColor="#ffffff"
android:padding="5px"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/route_grade"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|right"
android:textColor="#ffffff"
android:padding="5px"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/route_distance"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|right"
android:textColor="#ffffff"
android:padding="2px"
/>
</LinearLayout>
My attempts to use the :gravity tag don't seem to work. Is LinearLayout the wrong approach here?
As an edit, I'm making some headway using specific width values in dips. Now to test if it looks the same across different screens.

The gravity distributes the remainder of space available after minimum constraints not the total space.
So align different row above and below make sure the remaining space is equal on each row. A good way to accomplish this is to hard-code the minimum space each element needs:
android:layout_weight="2"
android:layout_width="1dip"
Make each TextView on every row 1dip width and split the remaining space according to weight.

you can try using RelativeLayout. Try 4 of the TextViews to be placed relatively, 3 can have fixed width in dp and the 4th can take up rest of the available space. that way each textview will start at a fixed position every time.
something like:
<?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" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text_1"
android:layout_width="60dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:gravity="left"
android:padding="8dp"
android:text="Text 1"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text_2"
android:layout_width="60dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/text_1"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/text_1"
android:gravity="left"
android:padding="8dp"
android:text="Text 2"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text_3"
android:layout_width="60dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/text_1"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/text_2"
android:gravity="left"
android:padding="8dp"
android:text="Text 3"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text_4"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/text_1"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/text_3"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:gravity="left"
android:padding="8dp"
android:text="Text 4"/>
</RelativeLayout>