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How do I properly align ImageViews on top of one another?

I'm currently trying to make a simple tic-tac-toe game, consisting of ImageViews on top of the board (also an ImageView). However, when I run the app and click on a tile, the picture appears out of place, even though it seems I had lined up the ImageViews correctly.
What I did was I set each original tile to a blank square, and then when the user clicks on a tile, it would change to either "X" or "O," depending on whose turn it was.
I'm pretty sure the problem has to do with dpi scaling on different devices, but I'm not quite sure how to fix it. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I've included an image of my problem below:

Instead of using an image to display the grid, I would suggest to use XML views.
Horizontal line:
<View
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="5dp"
android:background="#android:color/black"/>
Vertical Line:
<View
android:layout_width="5dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#android:color/black"/>
And constraint them between the images.

Android XML ImageView

I've been trying to find an answer to this all of last evening with no luck so I decided to come ask here. I just started getting into front end dev for Android apps and I'm trying to do something really simple that just doesn't work. All I want to do is add an image on the screen and be able to resize it EXACTLY what size I want regardless of proportions. This is the code I'm currently using inside a relative layout:
<ImageView
android:layout_width="400dp"
android:layout_height="200dp"
android:id="#+id/imageView"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:src="#drawable/statsus_logo" />
My image is a horizontal rectangle. When I first add it, it shows up inside a small square centered with a bit of padding all around. When I make the width 400dp that square appears to strech almost 100% across the screen however the logo stays the EXACT same size, centered vertically and horizontally inside this imageview container. When I increase the height of the imageview, the logo increases its size but almost as if it was taking the height and using it as a width. I feel like what its trying to do right now is use the height as its width and the only time when its width is the value i put in, is if the height is also the same value and even then there's some extra unwanted padding.
Again, all I want is for this damn image to be the size I tell it to, so if I want it 5dp wide and 100dp tall, it does just that. Can anyone please help? Thank you very much in advance.

Try to add this attribute to your imageview
android:scaleType="fitXY"
Scale type reference

android:scaleType="fitXY" is the way to scale your image however you want without keeping your proportions however my issue was a little bit different... I'm using android studio and for some reason the settings I was using to "add a new image asset" was making my image act the way I described it above... if I just add an image manually by just click and dragging into the folder, then the image works the way I want it... so long story short, the issue was with how I added my new image asset
thanks to everyone for all of your answers and help!

how to keep aspect ratio with different android devices

So I'm trying to put an image inside a scrollview and have the image stretch to fit different sized screens. It'll stretch horizontally, but vertically it always comes out messed up.
I've read so many pages of people with similar problems, but their solutions never work for me. I've tried every different combination possible using different scaleType,layout_width and layout_height, along with trying changing other things around. The closest I've gotten to getting it to work is shown in the code below, using scaleType="centerCrop". It's the only one that stretches the image vertically in ratio, but it cuts off a big chunk of the image from the top and bottom, it'll scroll up and down the image, but only the middle part shows.
The image is a 480x5500 jpeg, if that matters. Originally before I started messing with all that, the app worked just fine on my phone, but then later I realized the image was crunched when I tried it on a tablet. There's gotta be a way to do this in the xml right? I really don't want to have to do things with the image in the java code part. Also I'm hoping to be able to do this using just one image, I don't want to have use a different image for different screen sizes. Please help, thanks.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/scrollView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<ImageView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:src="#drawable/paper" />
</ScrollView>

may be this help you,
make both height and width wrap_content of ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
and no need ScrollView here.

Try using custom ImageView like AspectRatioImageView mentioned here:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/4688335/944070

the next sample is more than what you ask for :
http://www.androidviews.net/2012/11/photoview/
https://github.com/chrisbanes/PhotoView/tree/master/sample
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.senab.p
hotoview.sample
it fits the image to the screen , plus it allows to zoom in/out using pinching gestures.

How do I display a large png file and scroll around it?

I have a large Png image file that I would like to display and scroll around it as I can do in a WebView. When I load my activity with the image file into an ImageView the image is displayed in the screen but is too small to read. I guess the Zoom controls will help once the image it is at it's normal size. I have tried using the image in a WebView but I don't want the Url displayed.

I've done something similar with a TableLayout. I wrapped it in a ScrollView nested in a HorizontalScrollView and the user is able to scroll around in all directions when my TableLayout takes up more space than what will fit on the screen. I imagine this would work with an ImageView as well. Something like this:
<HorizontalScrollView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</ScrollView>
</HorizontalScrollView>

Create your own Custom Scrollable Image View. I have used this in a game, it works, and you can scroll in x, y directions.

I posted one solution for the same question here: Images in ScrollView in android

You said you tried a WebView but you don't want the URL displayed? Do you mean that you see an address bar at the top? If so, please see the answer to this question.

How to place transparent buttons over an image relatively?

I am looking for a way in Android how to place some transparent buttons over a (background) image so I have good control to position the buttons and they stay were they meant to be also if the screen is much larger.
As you can imagine the image contains also the button art...
The best thing would be if I could position the buttons by using percentage, but sadly this is not possible in Android.
This is my current base of the code:
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#drawable/art_main_background" >
As an alternative, I could also extract the button art and place them over the image, but this would lead to the same problem, how can I control the position if the buttons are not in a 'linear' kind of order, i.e. rather random.

You should definitely make the button art separate pieces, and then place them in as ImageButtons. You can use a FrameLayout to stack them on top of the image (actually, if it's set as a background image, you shouldn't even need the FrameLayout) but I think you'll have more problems than that if I understand you correctly.
Are you trying to make a single image as your controls, and just map buttons to specific positions? Considering the number of variations in screen resolutions and sizes, this is just a bad idea on Android. Consider rethinking your layout to be a bit more flexible. If you do need absolute positioning, you can use a FrameLayout, and just specify left and top margins to position them, but keep in mind what might fit perfectly on one resolution won't necessarily fit into another properly.
If you can post a sample of what you've got in mind, we might be able to give you some ideas.