Fixing siblings to bottom with expandable edittext - android

I have a relative layout that sits at the bottom of screen
It has 3 elements horizontal
firstElement - fixed width
middleElement - width as fill_parent
last element - fixed width
MiddleElement is edit text with maxLines = 5. It starts with fixed width and then expands as typed.
With the layout below, I use center_vertical for left/right and they adjust accordingly to center.
My goal is to keep left/right elements to bottom while the edit text expands. I could not make it work,
Below is just one example of layout I tried. I have tried align_parentBottom, layout_gravity=bottom, gravity=bottom.
I could not make it work.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/bottomComponent"
android:background="#color/red"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:minHeight="50dp">
<LinearLayout
android:background="#color/green_theme"
android:id="#+id/firstElement"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:clickable="true"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp">
<LinearLayout
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_width="20dp"
android:layout_height="20dp">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:src="#drawable/firstImage" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/middleElement"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginTop="7.5dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="7.5dp"
android:maxLines="5"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:minHeight="35dp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/lastElement"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/firstElement"
android:paddingLeft="6dp"
android:paddingRight="0dp"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/lastElement"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_width="65dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:textColor="#color/title_gray"
android:background="#color/green_theme"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:textAllCaps="false"
android:text="#string/lastElement" />
</RelativeLayout>

Ok this post solved my issue Android LinearLayout fill-the-middle
What I did not know that for linearlayout layout_weight=1 will work as fill_parent in relative layout

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Android textview not fit for all the screen

i developed one of application and now am facing problem that it show perfectly in my nexus7 but when i viewing other device screens the text view not fitting
i want all the screen as same as nexus7. its anyone can know the better solution for this please. unfortunately i don't have enough reputation so i cant post any screenshot here this my 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="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:background="#color/white">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:paddingBottom="16dp"
android:paddingLeft="64dp"
android:paddingRight="64dp"
android:paddingTop="16dp" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/pointer"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:src="#drawable/point" />
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="bottom"
android:paddingBottom="16dp"
android:paddingLeft="64dp"
android:paddingRight="64dp"
android:paddingTop="16dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/name2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="97dp"
android:text="#string/numberusers"
android:textColor="#color/no_users"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="19dp"
android:text="#string/number"
android:textColor="#color/no_users"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:paddingBottom="16dp"
android:paddingLeft="64dp"
android:paddingRight="64dp"
android:paddingTop="355dp" >
<ListView
android:id="#android:id/list"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:clickable="false" >
</ListView>
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
I m Not Sure But Remove Relative Layout And Use Linear Layout Its More Better Than Relative
The two textViews that you have in your layout use android:layout_width="wrap_content".
Use android:layout_width="match_parent" in the one you want to fill the screen.
every children relative layout in your xml has height and width as match_parent. Do you need it? Because if first layout have height as match_arent than it will not leave space for others. Try using "wrap_content" as height for inner relative layouts.
If I got your question, you have to set the width of the textview as
android:layout_width="match_parent"
But in my opinion, the hole screen is wrong. Use a LinearLayout (vertical or horizontal) and place there your first two textviews. And if you want more accuracy use the gravity feature in each text view and of course set a layout_weight for each TextView and weightSum in the LinearLayout.

How to to center TextView to be always in center of Layout?

I need to create navigation bar (which I include in many activities.xml) with background which has TextView at center with titlw and back button (sometimes Back button is visible sometimes is not). How to to center TextView to be always in center of Layout ? At the moment when Back is visible TextView is moved slightly to right.
<?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:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:background="#drawable/header_background"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnPrevious"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/selector_previous_arrow"
android:visibility="gone" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/title"
style="#style/title"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:text="Title" />
</LinearLayout>
A RelativeLayout will suit your needs better:
<?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="#drawable/header_background" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnPrevious"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:background="#drawable/selector_previous_arrow"
android:visibility="gone" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/title"
style="#style/title"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:text="Title" />
</RelativeLayout>
Attribute layout_centerInParent will only work if the width and height are set to wrap_content. Alternatively, you can set the height and width to fill_parent and set the TextView's android:gravity="center".
Why your original layout was not working:
A LinearLayout does not allow overlapping of views. So, even though you set the TextView's height and width to fill_parent, it actually only fills up the space leftover after placing the back button. So, when the button is not visible, TextView is centered. When the button is visible, TextView is centered in the remainder of space: thus shifted a bit to the right.
Edit: Correction made (replaced android:layout_alignLeft="true" with android:layout_alignParentLeft="true")
<TextView
android:id="#+id/title"
style="#style/title"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="Title" />

Android: Menu on bottom of layout

I am developing an Android application for the SPen . I am having some trouble getting the bottom menu within a LinearLayout to show up below the SCanvasView within a ReletiveLayout. It must be an attribute I set within canvas_container since I can show the bottom menu when I set the height of the canvas_container to a specific size.
The attribute I am giving the bottom menu is android:layout_alignParentBottom="true".
To simplify the layout: I just want a menu bar on top and the bottom (both containing ImageViews) and the space in between them to be filled with a SCanvasView and an ImageView (both the same size).
Here is some simplified code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/menu1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:gravity="left"
android:id="#+id/iv_top1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:src="#drawable/topimage1"
android:layout_weight=".25"/>
<ImageView
android:gravity="left"
android:id="#+id/iv_top2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:src="#drawable/topimage2"
android:layout_weight=".25"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/menu4"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:weightSum="1.0"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
<ImageView
android:gravity="left"
android:id="#+id/iv_bottom1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:src="#drawable/bottomimage1"
android:layout_weight=".25"/>
<ImageView
android:gravity="left"
android:id="#+id/iv_bottom1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:src="#drawable/bottomimage1"
android:layout_weight=".25"/>
</LinearLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/canvas_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<com.samsung.spensdk.SCanvasView
android:id="#+id/canvas_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imgView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:visibility="gone"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
I think I misunderstood but a LinearLayout with vertical orientation would probably be better in this situation. This way you can use weightSum. Set the weightSum to 4 then the weight of each LinearLayout for the menus to 1 and the RelativeLayout weight to 2 or adjust that according to what you want.
Also note that RelativeLayout doesn't have an orientation property. And when using weights and weightSum you want your width for each View to be 0 dp for horizontal orientation and height set to 0dp for vertical orientation

layout_centerHorizontal is not centering

I have a relative layout, and inside it i place 3 items, 2 imageviews and one scrollview.
My layout is like this...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:baselineAligned="true"
android:background="#drawable/background">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/logosLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_margin="16dp"
android:gravity="center">
<!-- An image will be placed here -->
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#33ffffff"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:src="#drawable/up" />
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_margin="8dp"
android:fadingEdgeLength="32dp"
android:scrollbars="none" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/hotelBtn"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:background="#drawable/button_background"
android:contentDescription="#string/hotelBtnDesc"
android:gravity="center"
android:src="#drawable/icon1" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/hotelBtnDescTxtVw"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/hotelBtnDesc"
android:textColor="#ffffff"
android:textSize="14sp" />
<!-- more scrollview items -->
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:src="#drawable/down" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
The above code produces the view shown here:
You may note that the arrows are not aligned in the center, but are slightly moved to the right. Why is that, and how can I fix it ? Note that i have already used android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" to my imageviews.
Thank you in advance
Its problem with your
android:layout_margin="8dp"
remove it from both scrollview and imageView
and pass it to RelativeLayout direct.
or add
android:layout_marginTop="8dip"
android:layout_marginBottom="8dip"
in your RelativeLayout.
and pass
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
to your scrollview
they are aligned to the center if you put the marginRight into consideration, try adding android:layout_margin="8dp" to the arrows.
u need to set image view that is under the Relative layout set this image view width fill parent.
Try removing android:layout_weight="1" from your RelativeLayout and see if it works.
In your LinearLayout, the attribute android:orientation="horizontal" causing your display to be aligned horizontaly. Therefore your RelativeLayout is in center but since its shared with another layout thats why you cant note the difference. If you completely remove the first RelativeLayout (the one with id logosLayout) then i hope you'll see the second layout in center.
So, first you need to define the hierarchy of layout you require and then adjust your views accordingly.
It seems problem with your android:layout_margin="8dp" for your scrollview only and pass it to RelativeLayout direct but instead of using margin use padding = "8dp".

Android vertical center

Why aren't these centered vertically? I am struggling with this and cannot make it work..
This is in a relativelayout and on the bottom of the display.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="46dp"
style="?headerfooter"
android:id="#+id/linlay2"
android:layout_below="#+id/ListView01"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/mainrel">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/EditText_AddNewList"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/dialog_addnew_lists_listnamehint"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_weight="1">
</EditText>
<Button
android:id="#+id/bSQLUpdate"
android:layout_width="40dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_marginLeft="2dp"
android:layout_marginRight="2dp"
style="?button_add"/>
</LinearLayout>
Two suggestions:
1) What if you set the layout_height of your LinearLayout to wrap_content?
2) I suspect that your EditText may be slightly too big (I've run into similar issues before) so if you change its height from wrap_content to match_parent you might have better luck.
Have you tried using just "center" rather than "center_vertical"? Also, if you're looking to center things down an imaginary line running from the top of the screen to the bottom of the screen, center_horizontal would be what you're looking for.
Here's some code that places an item dead in the middle of the screen:
<?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:orientation="vertical" >
<ProgressBar
android:id="#+id/electionsProgressBar"
style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleLarge"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent" android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"/>
</LinearLayout>

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