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Background fit LinearLayout

I want the background picture not to be deformed, but everytime I try, ImageView appears in front of other UI elements.
I already tried with an image view android:src and scaleType=center,
and when I try with another layout, then I can't make the picture fit.

try settings scaleType=matrix, if that didnt help either then there is issues with intrinsic padding , i will post customImageview Then.
cheers!

Try this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:contentDescription="#string/xxxx"
android:src="#drawable/xxxx" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/xxxx"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/today"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="xxx"
android:textSize="xxsp" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Make ImageView take up all available vertical space and grow width to scale up/down proportionally in RelativeLayout

I'm targeting API level 21 and min is also 21 (I support Lollipop only for now, it's a pet project to learn).
I'm having problems with a custom ListView item layout. Here is my XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginEnd="10dp"
android:background="#FF0000"
android:src="#drawable/ic_test"
tools:ignore="ContentDescription"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toEndOf="#id/test_list_item_icon"
android:textSize="50sp"/>
</RelativeLayout>
And here is what it looks like (the icon's red background color is only to see how big the actual view is):
I would like the image view to behave like the following: take up the available vertical space at the 'start'/left of the layout, have the image scale proportionally, and have the width be grown so that the image can be fully shown, like this (pardon my gimp skills):
Is it possible?

Try this for your ImageView
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 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">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginEnd="10dp"
android:background="#FF0000"
android:src="#drawable/ic_test"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
tools:ignore="ContentDescription"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toEndOf="#id/test_list_item_icon"
android:textSize="50sp"/>
</RelativeLayout>

In the end I decided to create one more icon size, xxxhdpi, and it all looks nice now.
Many thanks to #corsair992 for information about the bug in one of the comments.

HI wujek the reason for your problem is you set height as wrap content for your relative layout . so it will take the textview's height as its height .then image view will use this as its height .so change relative layout height to match parent. Please try and let me know thanks
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<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="wrap_content" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginEnd="10dp"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:background="#ff0000"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher"
tools:ignore="ContentDescription" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/layout_1"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="bhsbd"
android:textSize="50sp" />

try this
if u want to image should capture imageview size use background insted src.
if red background is mandatory use another relative layout as parent for imageview.
hope it works fo u..
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/layout_1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:background="#FF0000" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginEnd="10dp"
android:background="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
tools:ignore="ContentDescription" />
</RelativeLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/layout_1"
android:textSize="50sp" />
</RelativeLayout>
edit 2
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/layout_1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/test_list_item_name"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/test_list_item_name"
android:background="#FF0000" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
tools:ignore="ContentDescription" />
</RelativeLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="10dp"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/layout_1"
android:textSize="50sp"
android:text=" text 5>" />
</RelativeLayout>

Define a LineatLayout with weightsum.
<LinearLauyout
----
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="5">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1">
<TextView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="4">
</LinearLayout>
you can adjust the weightsum as per your requirement.

Problems with RelativeLayout Android

I am new to Java and Android and I am facing this problem:
I would like to add a photo to the top/left corner of a Rectangle. However, the ImageView of my photo gets always more space and so, it creates a blank space on top that I would not like to have. Here is a screenshot:
The code of my Layout is:
<?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:padding="25dp">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:src="#drawable/profile_frame" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:src="#drawable/foto_facebook_juan_mejorada" />
</RelativeLayout>

Try this:
android:scaleType="fitStart"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"

It may be because of
size of the image. If the image not fit in the space given it will add blank space.

// try this way
<?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:gravity="center">
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_margin="30dp">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:src="#drawable/profile_frame" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:src="#drawable/foto_facebook_juan_mejorada" />
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Can not get ImageView to display

My intent is to create a list of widgets on a scroll view, with an ImageView in the centre of the screen behind them. Here is what I have, there will be more buttons when all is said and done:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ImageView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:contentDescription="#string/description"
android:src="#drawable/myImage"
android:id="#+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:scaleType="centerInside" />
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:background="#android:color/transparent">
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#android:color/transparent">
<Button xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/newButton"
style="#style/homeScreenButton"
android:text="#string/new_profile" />
<Button xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/loadButton"
style="#style/homeScreenButton"
android:text="#string/load_profile" />
<Button xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/calculatorButton"
style="#style/homeScreenButton"
android:text="#string/calculator" />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>
On eclipse's xml graphical layout interpreter, the screen is shown as expected. The same is true with the 2 different emulators that I tried, Android 2.2 and Android 4.0.3. But when I send to my actual device, Droid 4 w/Android 4.1.2 the image simply does not show up. I even tried making the ScrollView transparent (android:alpha="0") thinking that it was somehow covering the image up, but nothing. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

try eliminating this line from ImageView,
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
it should be present only in the RelativeLayout
so your xml file become
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ImageView
android:contentDescription="#string/description"
android:src="#drawable/myImage"
android:id="#+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:scaleType="centerInside" />
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:background="#android:color/transparent">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#android:color/transparent">
<Button
android:id="#+id/newButton"
style="#style/homeScreenButton"
android:text="#string/new_profile" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/loadButton"
style="#style/homeScreenButton"
android:text="#string/load_profile" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/calculatorButton"
style="#style/homeScreenButton"
android:text="#string/calculator" />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>

I figured it out, the code was fine. My problem was that the image was in /res/drawable but it needed to be in /res/drawable-hdpi.

Button positioning using Layouts in Android

After many hours I can't fix button on the bottom of activity. Either is invisible or at the top. I tried also without relative layout, I tried adding another linear layout, but I still don't know how set this button.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 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"
tools:context=".News" >
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/news" />
<WebView
android:id="#+id/webView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/newsbutton"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:text="Chiudi" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

<RelativeLayout
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:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/news" />
<WebView
android:id="#+id/webView1"
android:layout_below="#id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/newsbutton"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:text="Chiudi" />
</RelativeLayout>

First, you have a warning in Legacy Android Layout Editor, that either RelativeLayout or LinearLayout is useless. That should be a hint for you. Pay attention to warnings, they're helpful in most of the times.
Indeed, you can get rid of LinearLayout.
So, the solution is:
Remove LinearLayout.
Add android:layout_below="#+id/imageView1" to the WebView.
Add android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" to the Button.
Add android:contentDescription to ImageView.
Use #string instead of hardcoded strings.
Optional steps are not bolded, they will remove warnings.
Whole working code, tested under Android 4.1.2:
<RelativeLayout
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:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:contentDescription="TODO: DESCRIPTION"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<WebView
android:id="#+id/webView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/imageView1" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/newsbutton"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:text="Chiudi" />
</RelativeLayout>

copy paste the following in your button component ;)
android:layout_marginBottom="147dp"
android:layout_marginTop="50dp"
android:layout_marginleft="50dp"
android:layout_marginRight="47dp"
play only with the numbers and Im sure ull get the hang of it :)

Just add android:layout_below="#id/webView1" in your button.
If you would use LinearLayout, you could set the Widget that should fill the empty space like this: layout_height="0dp" and layout_weight="1". This should do the job too.