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How to resize image appropriately and set its height and width in android

I know this may strike out as a dumb question but i bet some of you had this problem before.From the screenshot,i am attempting to set an image in an activity.However my image brings up these spaces i dont know how to get rid of them.I mean is there a way,either in xml or to programmatically resize image to fit the height and width?In short,is there a way i can get rid of these spaces above and below?
My xml:
<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="com.snappy.stevekamau.cosmeticsapp.Categories.Lips">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<include
android:id="#+id/app_bar"
layout="#layout/app_bar"></include>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageTop"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/white_rectangle"
android:src="#drawable/img4" />
<TextView
android:text="#string/hello_world" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

to make the bitmap fill the width and height you can add android:scaleType="fitXY" to your ImageView. This way your bitmap will be scaled in x and y independently, making your bitmap fill entirely the ImageView

Yes, it can be done by a single line of code. Here's the trick :)
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
Add this in ImageView.
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageTop"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:background="#drawable/white_rectangle"
android:src="#drawable/img4" />

LinearLayout ImageView Resize All Image Widths To Fit

I have a horizontal linear layout that contains 3 image views. Each image view contains the same image which is 200x200 pixels. Here is my layout xml:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/image200" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/image200" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/image200" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
And here is what it looks like:
Notice how the third image from the left is resized I assume because there is not enough real estate to contain 3x 200 pixel wide images.
What I would rather happen is instead of shrinking only the last image, all three images are resized evenly so that they all fit across the screen. How do I setup my layout to evenly fit all three images?
Thank you
UPDATE - after changing my settings here is what things look like:
Notice that the border around the image view is still 200 px high. Why is this happening?

Set Width and height to match_parent for imageviews and set layout_weight=1 for all imageviews. Also set Attribute android:scaleType="fitXY"

This worked perfectly for me:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"/>
<ImageView
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"/>
<ImageView
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"/>
</LinearLayout>
Layout width when set to 0dp, layout width is what came into picture. And here layout width of the LinearLayout is match parent. So it will take the whole width, and as per the layout width of the images, they take space in the ratio of there weight.

make your three images a width of 0dp
and add them a layout_weight of 1
;)
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:src="#drawable/image200" />

#JanTacci Regarding your follow up question "Note, however, that even though the image has been shrunk the actual layout height is still 200 px. Why is this happening?"
I just had the same issue and fixed it by adding this property to each ImageView:
android:adjustViewBounds="true"

Scaling an image to max available width, keeping aspect ratio and avoiding ImageView extra space

I have this simple layout XML, and a green_square.png file which is 30X30 pixels
<?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:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:background="#color/red"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:scaleType="fitStart"
android:src="#drawable/green_square"/>
</LinearLayout>
What I'm trying to achieve is scaling the image to fill the parent width, keeping it's aspect ratio with no extra space of the ImageView.
I've added a red background to the ImageView just for reference of the extra space I want to avoid.
Here is my goal

<ImageView
android:id="#+id/game"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:src="#drawable/ic_game"
/>
this works for me. Full width of parent and center crop to keep aspect ratio

It's so simple. Just make the width fill_parent and height wrap_content. Here is the I figured it out.
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/game"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:src="#drawable/ic_game"
/>

In my view, this ImageView extra layout is a bug. I had the same thing happen. As a result, text that I wanted to follow the green_square followed the extra layout. So what I did was specify the text relative to the bottom of the screen. That way, the text would go over the extra layout. I admit, it wasn't the best solution, but it looks much better than having a huge space between the green_square and the text.

There lots of great answers here which actually works. I just what to share the way I do this now with a more modern XML syntax, the constraint view. Trust me constraint view rooks!
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#394BAB"
tools:context="com.appdomain.app.apppro.ActivityName">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/nice_img"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="0dp"
android:src="#drawable/green_square"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"/>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
of course the
tools:context="com.collectsavings.collect.collectpro.LoginAndRegisterPrompt"
and
android:src="#drawable/green_square"
Should all match your app activity context and drawabl resources respectively.

Use scale type "fitCenter" or "fitxy"

Try 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:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#color/red"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:src="#drawable/green_square" />
</LinearLayout>

Android layouts and automatic image resizing

My android app currently has two layouts for its splash screen, portrait and landscape. Both use the same simple format - an image that's the same size as the screen, held in a simple linear layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:src="#drawable/splash_p"
/>
</LinearLayout>
The image used is 320w x 480h and Android automatically resizes it to fit the screen, irrespective of the screen size of the device. Obviously, the image isn't as sharp when resized for a tablet for example.
I should point out here that my goal is to reduce the installed size of the final application as much as possible, and I'm aware that I could include different layouts and sizes of the same images for each differing screen size.
My splash screen is made up of the app's name in the top third of the screen, and then an image in the bottom two thirds of the screen. In order to save memory, I want to crop the app name and the image into two seperate images, and then display them in a linear vertical layout for devices held in portrait mode. I'll then use a linear horizontal layout of image and then app name for landscape mode.
For the portrait layout I've got 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:orientation="vertical">
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/linearLayout1" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical">
<View android:layout_height="45dp" android:layout_width="45dp" />
<ImageView android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:src="#drawable/splashtext"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"></ImageView>
<View
android:layout_height="35dp"
android:layout_width="35dp" />
<ImageView
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:src="#drawable/splashpic"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:scaleType="fitCenter" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_gravity="center"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
When I display the above in eclipse, it looks ok for smart phones, but the images are not scaled up when displayed on a tablet, although I'm using the android:scaleType="fitCenter" argument. I've tried using dips instead of fill_parent in the imageview layout_width and layout_height but that doesn't work either.
What am I doing wrong? Is there another way to do this?
Thanks
I've edited the question to include this revised XML based on #KaHa6u 's help below. So now I have:
<?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:orientation="vertical">
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<View
android:layout_height="15dp"
android:layout_width="15dp"
/>
<ImageView android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/splashtext"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1">
</ImageView>
<View
android:layout_height="15dp"
android:layout_width="15dp"
/>
<ImageView
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:src="#drawable/splashpic"
android:adjustViewBounds="false"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="4"
android:layout_gravity="center"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Which scales up vertically, but not horizontally, so I end up with tall thin images when the screen size increases.

#basinbasin
I just encountered a situation very similar to the one you explained. I needed to have an ImageView on top of the layout, which had to be stretched ONLY HORIZONTALLY and retain its height when the phone gets into landscape orientation. I succeeded with just this:
<ImageView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/main_header"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
/>
and, of course, with activity's attribute:
<activity android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation">
Hope this helps. Thank you.

The fitCenter scaleType maintains the original aspect ratio. Have you tried the fitXY scaleType? Matrix.ScaleToFit Documentation

Did you try "fill_parent" as the android:layout_height and android:layout_width values for the ImageView you want stretched?
I guess that the "wrap_content" setting does not let the system know the bounds to which to resize the image. Please try that and let me know of the results.

Does android:scaleType="fitCenter" only work with fix Layout_width and Layout_height attributes?

I use Layout_width="fill_parent" and Layout_height="wrap content". If an image is bigger than the ImageView, it will be downscaled perfectly.
However, I never got it working to upscale smaller images. I tried any combination of ScaleType and "AdjustViewBounds": it always stays in its own size in the middle of the image view. Here is the code...
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/LinearLayout02"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/content_bg"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginLeft="1px">
<ImageView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/test"
android:id="#+id/ImageViewTest"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:scaleType="center"></ImageView>
</LinearLayout>

I just found a way to make it work.
This works in 2.1(AVD) & 4.1.2(device)
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:scaleType="fitCenter" />
</LinearLayout>

<LinearLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
uses the original size of the image inside.
Try something bigger or fill_parent

Use android:scaleType="FIT_START" or android:scaleType="FIT_END", to Compute a scale that will maintain the original src aspect ratio, but will also ensure that src fits entirely inside dst (from GoogleDev).
More info:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ImageView.ScaleType.html

Adding android:scaleType="fitXY" to ur ImageView should stretch the image if the size is small.