CardView vs LinearLayout - images scalling issue - android

Please look at following 2 layouts.
First, cardview:
http://pastebin.com/iYzUiDQ7
Second, LinearLayout only (layout is actually the same as the one inside my CardView):
http://pastebin.com/xijHZCPw
So, second layout contains WebView component + single LinearLayout under it that should represent the same layout as single CardView item.
It works, however... I'm having problems with scaling images. If I set very large image as image for my ImageView placed on CardView, it will be scaled nicely to fit on my CardView. CardView's height won't be changed, instead, image will be scaled proportionally to fit.
But when I'm trying to do the same with second layout I linked, my LinearLayout changes its height if I set large image. How should I change my second layout to get the same effect for my LinearLayout, placed at bottom of my screen?

I get the difference between the two layout.
you had set the layout_height with 100dp in CardView. so the height of LinearLayout in CardView will does not beyond that. But you set the layout_height with wrap_content in you second LinearLayout.
Try to set maxHeight or layout_height with digit to deal with you problem.
Hope this can help you.

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