Here is a small gif of my current situation. I guess many images are better than many words.
As you notice, when I switch for the smaller image, the seekbar size changes. I know this is because of the seekbar's width being set to match_parentand the image's width to wrap_content.
What I don't know is how to overcome this problem, as I can't really hardcode width value otherwise it'll probably get messed up on various screensizes.
So my question is :
Is there a way to prevent this behaviour that is clean? I could simply get the width at runtime and set it as minimal width and it would probably work (heck, I could try it now to make sure), but that is just a horrible thing to do code-wise.
Ideally, I'm guessing there is a way to prevent this in the .xml file, but I couldn't figure it out, playing with the different paddings, margins, scaling and layout sizes.
Here is what you're looking at :
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp">
<ImageButton
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:scaleType="center"
android:id="#+id/playButton"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:src="#drawable/play"
android:onClick="PlayButtonClicked" />
<SeekBar
android:max="100"
android:id="#+id/volumeSeekBar"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_margin="15dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/playButton"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/muteButton" />
<ImageButton
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:scaleType="center"
android:id="#+id/muteButton"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_marginRight="30dp"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:onClick="MuteButtonClicked"
android:src="#drawable/sound" />
</RelativeLayout>
Ideally it would be nice for the volume icons to be of the same size.
If that is not an option, try replacing android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/muteButton" with android:layout_marginRight="15dp+30dp+largest_icon_width_in_dp"
where 15dp is your seekbar right margin, 30dp is the mute button right margin.
The third option would be to set a fixed width for the mute button equal to the width of the largest image.
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I am trying to create a custom top view using anImageView where buttons stays always at the same position and scale in proportion of the resolution of the device. I have been trying to put my elements inside a RelativeLayout using margins without any success the button always move from it position and its not scaling.
How could achieve this?
This is the example I am trying to get for all resolutions:
and here my XML:
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
app:srcCompat="#drawable/settings_red_btn"
android:id="#+id/settings_btn"
android:contentDescription="settings btn"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:cropToPadding="false"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_marginEnd="9dp"
android:layout_marginTop="11dp"
android:layout_width="43dp"
android:layout_height="43dp" />
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/top"
android:id="#+id/imageView17"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:cropToPadding="false"
android:adjustViewBounds="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
You have 2 options here :
You need to have the same padding right in the images themselves resources settings_red_btn & top. That way, you set to them alignParentRight = true, and they will align with the same padding.
You need to specify padding right for imageView17, according to screen resolutions. This is done by defining dimens.xml file on all resolutions. There are many blogs and stackoverflow hits on this. You can start with : http://android4beginners.com/2013/07/appendix-c-everything-about-sizes-and-dimensions-in-android/
How can I get an ImageButton that has a fixed height and is only as wide as it needs according to the ratio of its source image?
I tried the following:
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="8pt"
android:minWidth="0pt"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:src="#drawable/list_download"
android:background="#android:color/black"
android:padding="0pt"/>
I set background to black just to see the boundaries of it exactly, and here is the outcome.
I have seen some solutions that suggest to use negative paddings but it is not an elegant solution. There should be a better one.
I tried similar configurations on an ImageView too, but it also had extra padding. So it's not an ImageButton specific problem (i.e. it is not related to this nine-patch issue).
EDIT: If I change scaleType from fitCenter to fitStart, then the outcome is like this. So there is somehow a minimum width.
It's because you've set a limited height. That limits the image height, but when Android calculates the width of the content (the original unrezised image), it's wider.
You'll get the image without the black "padding" on the side if you use wrap_content for the height as well.
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:minWidth="0pt"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:src="#drawable/list_download"
android:background="#android:color/black"
android:padding="0pt"/>
So, if you want the picture to be a specific size, you could resize it in your drawable folder to the size you want.
you just need use android:scaleType="fitXY" and set padding 0dp.
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:padding="0dp"/>
you can put it in a Frame like so :
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:background="#android:color/black"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:src="#drawable/list_download"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_width="8dp"/>
</FrameLayout>
it will be much easier to play with it like so
I am trying to create a sort of progress bar for my Android app, however, I would like it to be an image moving from right to left. The image itself needs to preserve its original size.
Basically, what I am looking for is this (don't have enough rep to post image):
http://postimg.org/image/5e7w5vd7h/
The problem is that the image, which is 2000px wide, will not load when run on my device (Sony Xperia S). If I use an image with width <= device width, it works.
I have tried using HorizontalScrollView and ScrollView inside a RelativeLayout, as well as setting scaleType to center, centerCrop, fitXY and all the others, adjustViewBounds true/false etc., basically every combination there is.
First and foremost, I would just like the image to appear on my device - the animation in itself is not prioritized right now, but I am thinking of a solution where I increment the ImageView's paddingRight regularly.
Below is a snippet of my XML thus far:
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<HorizontalScrollView
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/horizontalScrollView"
android:layout_marginLeft="12.5dp">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/imageView"
android:src="#drawable/rolling_bar"
android:scaleType="center" />
</HorizontalScrollView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/countdown_time_text"
android:text="01:22:58"
android:textColor="#color/countdown_color"
android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textSize="28sp"
android:typeface="normal"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp" />
I apologize for any syntactical / semantic errors, I am quite new to Android. Thanks in advance!
I want to have two buttons at the top of my program taking users to different activities. I'm having a lot of trouble with the formatting.
How can I make it so that the buttons will stretch proportionally based on the screen size? Right now, they will look OK for one screen size, then I will switch to a different one and it will appear all smushed or stretched. I've tried all of the different ScaleTypes and none seem to make a difference. I also went though and proportionally saved all of the images to the correct sizes regardimg xhdpi, hdpi, etc using Shubhayu's answer.
Here's my code so far:
<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:background="#drawable/brushed_metal_background_dark"
tools:context=".HomeActivity" >
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/incidentsSelect"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/incident_bar2"
android:contentDescription="Incidents"
android:onClick="chooseIncident"
android:scaleType="center" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/operationalPeriodsSelect"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/operationalperiod_bar2"
android:contentDescription="Operational Periods"
android:onClick="chooseOperationalPeriod"
android:scaleType="fitCenter" />
Change android:background to android:src that will keep the aspect ratio. Use android:scaleType="centerInside" to fit whole image inside button area and optionally use android:adjustViewBounds=true to remove empty spaces. Example:
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/incidentsSelect"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:contentDescription="Incidents"
android:onClick="chooseIncident"
android:src="#drawable/incident_bar2"
android:scaleType="centerInside"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"/>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/operationalPeriodsSelect"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:contentDescription="Operational Periods"
android:onClick="chooseOperationalPeriod"
android:src="#drawable/operationalperiod_bar2"
android:scaleType="centerInside"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"/>
I am guessing that you are trying to size the buttons evenly on the top of the screen. If that's the case then you should set android:layout_width="0dp".
Just use android:layout_width = "wrap_content"
I don't know why, but layout is shown well on device with Api 11+, isn't for older.
This is xml:
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/workers_linearlayout"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:layout_weight="1" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/workers_relative_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:src="#drawable/workers_small" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:scaleX="0.5"
android:scaleY="0.5"
android:src="#drawable/ic_cerchio_rosso"
android:translationX="25dp"
android:translationY="-20dp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/workers_number"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:text="9"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:translationX="25dp"
android:translationY="-20dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
This is result on API 11+:
This on API 10-:
I tried to fix it playing with layouts and I can obtain a quite good result, but never like the first one.
Can someone help me?
EDIT:
Photo on devices:
EDIT2
Triangle warning are:
String "9" should use string resource
ImageView1 and 3: missing content description attribute
RelativeLayout or it's parent possibly useless
Nested weights are bad for performance
By the way, nothing of these fixed solving my problem i think
Ok. I fixed it. Playing with the layout and following NikkyD's suggestion about "center in parent" feature, I followed this policy:
It's not possible to use scale and translation properties because older Apis (maybe) don't recognize them. So, I deleted translation and scaling options and scaled image by setting a fixed height and width for IV3 (30dpx30dp). Now dimension is right, but if I call "align parent Top" with "align parent Right" for IV3 and TextView, their position is good, but TextView is not positioned at the center of IV3. Exactly like this:
For fixing it, I added a new relative layout inside "workersRelativeLayout" and I put inside it IV3 and TextView and set, for each one, "center in the parent" to TRUE. Then, I set for a new relative layout "align parent Top" and "align parent Right". This is the final result:
This is new xml layout:
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/workers_linearlayout"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:layout_weight="1" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/workers_relative_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:src="#drawable/workers_small" />
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_width="30dp"
android:layout_height="30dp"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:src="#drawable/ic_cerchio_rosso" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/workers_number"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:text="9"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Hope this helps someone :)
EDIT
Pay attention to parent width size. If you set weight's parent to 1, naturally size is dynamic according to display size. The image is positioned always at the center parent and relative Layout of IV3 and TextView will be always top|right. So if parent width size grows, the distance between image centered and new relative layout grows too, and can happen something like this:
The first LinearLayout has a weight. If it has a weight, then it needs to have one dimension set to 0dp, that would be the dimension in which it is scaled by its weight.
All 3 elements of the Relative Layout have "centeredinparent" true. The parent is the RelLayout.
IV3 has a height of match_parent, so it will be stretched to the height of the rel-layout. I am pretty sure that this overrides your scale 0.5 options.
Im not that sure but id guess the rel-layout centeredinparent overrides the translation as well.
Layouts are VERY ugly with options. Some are considered superior to others and they dont take effect. I played around a fair bit of time with relative layouts and found out, that in my case i could only arrange them with "below" but never "above" because for some reason the above positioning would not work (not even in the eclipse preview!!) but there was absolutely nothing wrong with the xml.
So im guessing some of your options overrule the others and this comes to bear on more modern APIs as they might be even more restrictive (or more broken, its still android ;) )