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relative layout gravity center not aligning correctly

I'm trying to center the chilldren of my relative layout in the center of my screen but it's acting like it's aligned to the top of the parent and I can't figure out why.
my .XML:
<?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"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#f70909">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:src="#drawable/dice"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:id="#+id/textMessage"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/imageView2" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editUserSplash"
android:hint="Username"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/textMessage" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editPasswordSplash"
android:hint="Password"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_below="#+id/editUserSplash" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Login"
android:id="#+id/btnSplash"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/editPasswordSplash" />
<ProgressBar
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/prgSplash"
style="#android:style/Widget.DeviceDefault.ProgressBar.Large"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:indeterminate="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/btnSplash" />
</RelativeLayout>
I've tried making the parent a relativelayout without success and it won't align to the bottom either. Initially I thought the layout wasn't filling the whole screen but since its height and width are match_parent I don't think that's the problem. in android studio it is displaying correctly though so I must be missing something small.
I also tried using the gravity and layoutgravity parameters and a combination of the two but without success
Edit: I need the views to stay in the same formation relative to each other but centered in the screen vertically.
Edit 2:I set the background of the RelativeLayout to red and got this: So the relativelayout isn't filling my screen.
Edit 3:
Edit 4:

try this:
<?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:background="#f70909">
<RelativeLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:src="#drawable/dice"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:id="#+id/textMessage"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/imageView2" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editUserSplash"
android:hint="Username"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/textMessage" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editPasswordSplash"
android:hint="Password"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_below="#+id/editUserSplash" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Login"
android:id="#+id/btnSplash"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/editPasswordSplash" />
<ProgressBar
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/prgSplash"
style="#android:style/Widget.DeviceDefault.ProgressBar.Large"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:indeterminate="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/btnSplash" />
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

Try something like this.
<?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">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"/>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_centerInParent="true">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:id="#+id/textMessage" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editUserSplash"
android:hint="Username"
android:gravity="center" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editPasswordSplash"
android:hint="Password"
android:gravity="center" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Login"
android:id="#+id/btnSplash" />
<ProgressBar
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/prgSplash"
style="#android:style/Widget.DeviceDefault.ProgressBar.Large"
android:indeterminate="true" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
UPDATE:
If setting the xml in an AlertDialog, it's possible that there is a space allotted at the bottom. I google and found this alert_dialog.xml for reference. It seems that there is a buttonPanel at the bottom with a minimum height of 54dip.
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/buttonPanel"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:minHeight="54dip"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
style="?android:attr/buttonBarStyle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:paddingTop="4dip"
android:paddingStart="2dip"
android:paddingEnd="2dip"
android:measureWithLargestChild="true">
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/leftSpacer"
android:layout_weight="0.25"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:visibility="gone" />
<Button android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:layout_weight="1"
style="?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle"
android:maxLines="2"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<Button android:id="#+id/button3"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_weight="1"
style="?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle"
android:maxLines="2"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<Button android:id="#+id/button2"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_gravity="end"
android:layout_weight="1"
style="?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle"
android:maxLines="2"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/rightSpacer"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_weight="0.25"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:visibility="gone" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

I think this may help you
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:gravity="center">
<RelativeLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Login"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:id="#+id/textMessage"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
<EditText
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editUserSplash"
android:hint="Username"
android:layout_below="#+id/textMessage"
android:gravity="center" />
<EditText
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editPasswordSplash"
android:hint="Password"
android:layout_below="#+id/editUserSplash"
android:gravity="center" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Login"
android:id="#+id/btnSplash"
android:layout_below="#+id/editPasswordSplash"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
</RelativeLayout>

Thanks to ank I was able to figure out that the reason why the RelativeLayout didn't fill my screen is that I used it in an alertDialog. So RelativeLayouts parent isn't the screen but the alertDialog. Since an alertDialog wraps its content it doesn't fill the entire screen.

Align linear layouts to the left & right in listview custom row

Here is the situation :
I'm only using LinearLayouts (see code below), and I need the right box to be always stuck to the far right side of the screen. If i use my device in portrait mode, it's fine, but when i turn to landscape or simply go on a larger device, its just ugly.
What can I do? I've tried a 100 things with gravity/layout_gravity/relative layouts and it just does not work.
Note :
This will end as a row in a list.
The problematic linear layout contains two textview which are pretty small (~30dp wide) and on top of each other.
Here is the code for the above screenshot :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imgCtrl"
android:layout_width="68px"
android:layout_height="68px"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:contentDescription="#string/imgTransport"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lbDir"
android:layout_width="180dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:layout_weight="8"
android:hint="TestValueForDir"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:textSize="18sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lbStop"
android:layout_width="180dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:layout_weight="8"
android:hint="TestValueForStop"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:textSize="16sp" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lbTime"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:gravity="right"
android:paddingLeft="20dp"
android:textSize="15sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txRating"
android:layout_width="25dp"
android:layout_height="25dp"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="15sp"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
</LinearLayout>

Try this way,hope this will help you to solve your problem.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="5dp" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imgCtrl"
android:layout_width="68dp"
android:layout_height="68dp"
android:contentDescription="#string/imgTransport"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lbDir"
android:layout_width="180dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:hint="TestValueForDir"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:textSize="18sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lbStop"
android:layout_width="180dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="TestValueForStop"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:textSize="16sp" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp"
android:gravity="center_vertical|right">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lbTime"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingLeft="20dp"
android:textSize="15sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txRating"
android:layout_width="25dp"
android:layout_height="25dp"
android:textSize="15sp"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

relative layout can't wrap and keep stretching

i have this layout
i have set the grey box width to wrap_content but it won't wrap instead it just stretched like usual. this is die xml
<?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:padding="10dp"
android:background="#ffffff" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/item_image"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:background="#drawable/image_photo" />
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:padding="5dp"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/item_image"
android:background="#cccccc" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/item_text_1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:text="Name"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/item_text_2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="30dp"
android:layout_alignRight="#+id/item_text_1"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:text="Message"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
just like chat list item in common, you know, the box should wrap the content inside it right?
so how can i achieve this?
thanks!
UPDATE
this is my right aligned chat item box, xml code
<?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:padding="10dp"
android:background="#ffffff" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/item_image"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:background="#drawable/image_photo" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:padding="5dp"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/item_image"
android:background="#cccccc" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/item_text_1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:text="Name"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/item_text_2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:gravity="right"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:text="Message"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
for the left aligned chat box in case for another user, you just have to remove android:layout_gravity and android:gravity! Thanks!

just remove
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
from
<TextView
android:id="#+id/item_text_1"
...
as you want to align its parent not the view itself

GridLayout - Aligning Element

I am trying to reduce the space between 2 columns, have tried using negative margins, but did not work. Is there a way to bring the 2 elements in the image closer ?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<GridLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:useDefaultMargins="true"
android:alignmentMode="alignBounds"
android:columnOrderPreserved="false"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:stretchMode="columnWidth"
android:background="#color/orange"
android:textSize="12sp"
android:columnCount="8">
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/settings"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_columnSpan="1"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:src="#drawable/settings" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/currentCityName"
android:layout_column="2"
android:textSize="22sp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="City name"
android:layout_columnSpan="4"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
/>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/refresh"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_column="7"
android:layout_columnSpan="1"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:src="#drawable/reload" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/currentWeatherImage"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_columnSpan="8"
android:layout_rowSpan="3"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:src="#drawable/cloud" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/humidityIcon"
android:layout_width="20dp"
android:paddingTop="10dp"
android:paddingLeft="0dp"
android:paddingRight="0dp"
android:layout_marginRight="0dp"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:background="#000000"
android:src="#drawable/humidity" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/humidity"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="13sp"
android:paddingTop="10dp"
android:paddingLeft="0dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="0dp"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/temperature"
android:layout_columnSpan="4"
android:layout_rowSpan="2"
android:textSize="49sp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/windSpeedIcon"
android:layout_width="30dp"
android:layout_marginRight="1dp"
android:paddingRight="1dp"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:src="#drawable/wind" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/windSpeed"
android:textSize="12sp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
/>
<!-- android:layout_width="40dp" -->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/precipitationIcon"
android:textSize="28sp"
android:layout_width="40dp"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/precipitation"
android:layout_column="0"
android:textSize="13sp"
android:layout_width="40dp"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/windDirection16Point"
android:textSize="13sp"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_columnSpan="2"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/weatherDescription"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_row="7"
android:layout_columnSpan="8"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/section_label"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:layout_columnSpan="8" />
<EditText
android:minLines="4"
android:maxLines="4"
android:id="#+id/edit"
android:layout_columnSpan="8"/>

I suggest implementing the entire view using a RelativeLayout, should be the best solution for the entire view.

You are tackling the wrong problem – you are asking how to reduce the space between columns in a grid layout, but maybe you should’t have used such a layout in the first place!
What you should have been using for your specific layout, is a combination of relative positioning and compound drawables (here, with android:drawableStart).
<?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="80dp"
android:background="#d89018"
android:paddingBottom="4dp"
android:paddingLeft="8dp"
android:paddingRight="8dp"
android:paddingTop="4dp"
>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/temperature"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="25 ℃"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="49sp"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/humidity"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/humidity"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="83 %"
android:textColor="#fff"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/windSpeed"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/wind"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="19 km/h"
android:textColor="#fff"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/precipitation"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/precipitation"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="0.1 mm"
android:textColor="#fff"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/windDirection16Point"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#id/windSpeed"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/windDirection"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="NNW"
android:textColor="#fff"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
Not only this layout is simpler, you also let Android take care of all the spacing for you. To change the spacing between the compound drawable and the text, use android:drawablePadding in the layout’s code above; in Java code, that would be TextView.setCompoundDrawablePadding).
Icons used for the sample: water, windsock, rainy-weather and wind-rose.

I think what's happening is that your Views are being stretched because they are trying to match the width of another view in their columns.
Try decreasing the columnSpan of your Views or separate your layout into two separate GridLayouts.
Or, consider using a different layout altogether. I would recommend RelativeLayout here instead of GridLayout, but I don't know how this fits into a larger window.

try this:
<?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="100dp">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_weight="2.4"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col1_row1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="83%"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col1_row2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="1.0mm"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_weight="2.0"
android:gravity="center"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="25'"
android:textSize="50dp"
/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col3"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_weight="2.4"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col3_row1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="19Km"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col3_row2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="NNW"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

I think you should change usedefaultMargins to false and give your own margins to the elements.
android:useDefaultMargins="false";

android LinearLayout - ImageView gets pushed off the screen

I use the layout posted below to show messages by inflating that layout as a row into a ListView. The problem is that it works fine with a single-line message but when there are 2 lines or more the ImageView indicating the message state gets pushed off the screen, can't get the reason. Any ideas? Layout code and screenshot below.
That is the inflated layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/RelativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:padding="5dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvTimestamp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:text="TextView"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
android:textSize="8sp" />
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/rl_message_holder"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/tvTimestamp"
android:background="#drawable/outgoing_bg"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvMessageOutgoing"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="4dp"
android:text="Medium Text"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imgMessageState"
android:layout_width="20dp"
android:layout_height="20dp"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

change you linear layout width fill_parent
and add android:layout_weight="1" in textview

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/RelativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:padding="5dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvTimestamp"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="20"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="10:20pm"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
android:textSize="8sp" />
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/rl_message_holder"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="80" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvMessageOutgoing"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/imgMessageState"
android:padding="4dp"
android:singleLine="false"
android:text="android developer tutorial in the world"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imgMessageState"
android:layout_width="20dp"
android:layout_height="20dp"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:contentDescription="#string/app_name"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>

This worked for me
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvMessageOutgoing"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="4dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="Medium Tesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssseeeeeeeessssxt"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
It gives the textview the remaining space.

Try like this
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="0.6"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imgMessageState"
android:layout_width="20dp"
android:layout_height="20dp"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
</LinearLayout>
Define your image view layout inside of Linear Layout

You can use
android:drawableRight="#drawable/ic_launcher"