I'm struggling to come to grips with android layouts, firstly can anyone point me to a good basic tutorial on working with the layouts on screen. I understand the concepts when i read the google layout dev ref, but come to practice and I don't quite get it.
I have the below layout that I am trying to replicate in an Android screen, I believe I need to nest different layouts within others, but I can't quite get what I have to look like this:
http://screencast.com/t/GFw7OSzvbmX
Any suggestions on code out there similar and also the tutorials to get me going would be great thx
(Black - LinearLayout Vertical )
(Red - LinearLayout Horizontal )
(Green - ImageView )
(Yellow - TextView )
(Brown - Button )
Visualize like this first . Then write your xml .
Use TextView,Button,ImageView as child and use LinearLayout as parent with weight which handle area allocation child content :
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="10dp">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="0.40">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="textview"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="textview"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="0.60"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="textview"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="textview"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp">
<TextView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="textview"/>
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="button"/>
</LinearLayout>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="textview"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
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I am trying to get the TextView, "tv_amount" to stay on the right side of the screen. I have tried using android:gravity="right" but that hasn't been working for me. Anyone have any suggestions?
Image of emulator running this code:
<?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="45dp"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iv_icon"
android:layout_width="40sp"
android:layout_height="40sp"
android:background="#drawable/circle_border"
android:padding="6sp"
android:layout_marginLeft="6dp"
android:src="#drawable/food"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_label"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_marginStart="12dp"
android:text="Yummy Pizza"
android:textSize="20sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_amount"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginEnd="12dp"
android:gravity="end"
android:text="$25"
android:textSize="25sp" />
</LinearLayout>
I am expecting the transaction or "tv_amount" to stay be right justified so that end of the number is staying towards the right side of the screen.
I tried using :
android:layout_weight="0"
android:layout_gravity="end"
android:gravity="right"
but these don't seem to work obviously. I am a beginner when it comes to android development and can't seem to find any answers that have helped anywhere else. They all say to use android:gravity or some other alternative. Maybe there is something in my code that doesn't allow that.
Try it like this:
Splitting the content into left and right will result in the weight and gravity properties working. Check out this layout below.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_title"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Title"
android:textSize="20sp" />
<!--Separate layout aligned to the left, containing an image and a yummy pizza label. -->
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iv_icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_text_left"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Text Left"
android:textSize="16sp" />
</LinearLayout>
<!--Display the pizza price on a separate label aligned to the right -->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_text_right"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="right"
android:text="Text Right"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textSize="16sp" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
I am dumb. The issue wasn't with the code in my individual recycler view layout code. It was with my activity_main.xml. I set the recycler_view width to "wrap_content" when it should have been "match_parent." Rookie mistake.
I have stuck in some xml code and i hope you can help me out.
So here is what I need/what I have done by now.
I have 3 images of 650px width and I need them one below another while keeping aspect ratio.
I did that with the following code and it looks as it should. No problem here.
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/ll"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#3afa3f"
android:weightSum="3">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/krk_history"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/povjestkrka_vintage_yellow600" />
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:id="#+id/krk_frankopan"
android:background="#drawable/frankopan2_vintage_sundown600" />
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:id="#+id/krk_turizam"
android:background="#drawable/krk_turizam_vintage"/>
The problem is. I need to put three textviews in a left bottom corner of each image. Imagine it like image menu with text description on each image.
So, I can not use relative or frame layout because images won't play nicely with each other :) There is always a gap between or not aspect ration etc. I need weightsum.
Second, I can't hardcode the text on each image in photoshop because the app will be translated and text needs to change for each language.
I can have different images for each language but I am trying to avoid that.
Ah yea, one more last thing.
I tried to put entire linearlayout in relative layout and put the text between but the text appears beneath the image and I can't bring it upfront.
Any suggestions?
Thanks a lot,
Xsonz
just copy this :
<?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">
<FrameLayout android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="left|bottom"
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="Text 1" />
</FrameLayout>
<FrameLayout android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="left|bottom"
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="Text 2" />
</FrameLayout>
<FrameLayout android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="left|bottom"
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="Text 3" />
</FrameLayout>
Take three FrameLayout inside your LinearLayout and inside FrameLayout keep the ImageView and TextView.
Or Else You can use RelativeLayout and give dependency to Views
You can use frame layout inside linear layout. create imageview inside the linear layout and create textview in another frame layout below it.
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/frameLayout_image"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/krk_history"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/povjestkrka_vintage_yellow600" />
</FrameLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/frameLayout_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="-5dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="string" />
</FrameLayout>
Something like this might work for you.
//your layout -> LinearLayout>
....
<RelativeLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/image1"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/A1" />
<TextView android:id="#+id/textview1"
android:layout_margin="0dp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="My Text"
android:layout_below="#id/image1"
android:layout_alignLeft="#id/image1" />
</RelativeLayout>
// end your LinearLayout
You can play with these parameters using Relative Layout Parameters android.com. The relative layout allows you to control the "relative" positioning between your elements.
You can lay your images out side by side, or in whatever fashion you wish.
Then you can adjust the text dynamically.
I have a layout with a image of the card on the left hand side. The right hand side has 2 buttons on top. Then 2 images below them, and one image below the 2 images.
I would like the 2 images and 1 image to get centered.
The row with 1 image gets centred all right.
PARTIAL CODE
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/mainLayout"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/viewfacebook"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/facebook" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/viewmail"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/mail" />
</LinearLayout>
I create a horizontal container for the 2 images and set it's gravity to center. This is not working. I also tried to set the gravty to center on the 2 images. But.... they always stay to the left hand side.
THE WHOLE XML CODE
<?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">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/mainLayout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical"></LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/mainLayout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:orientation="vertical">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/mainLayout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/mainLayout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/cardpic"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:src="#drawable/bio" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/mainLayout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/mainLayout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/buthome"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ok" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/butaffirmation"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/affirmation" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/mainLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:orientation="horizontal" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/viewfacebook"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:src="#drawable/facebook" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/viewmail"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:src="#drawable/mail" />
</LinearLayout>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/vietwitter"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:src="#drawable/twitter" />
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/mainLayout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/housetext"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text=" *A long and happy marriage or commitment is in your future.\n*Emotional security (loyalty and trust) exists in your relationship.\n*You will have a stable home and family life.\nThe marriage card is about a person who is either going get married or who really cherishes the whole institution of marriage."
android:textColor="#ff000000"
android:textSize="18px"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/cardtext"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text=" *A long and happy marriage or commitment is in your future.\n*Emotional security (loyalty and trust) exists in your relationship.\n*You will have a stable home and family life.\nThe marriage card is about a person who is either going get married or who really cherishes the whole institution of marriage."
android:textColor="#ff000000"
android:textSize="20dp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
It's a little hard to follow your XML, but this should get you on the right track, give this a try.
If you are using linear layouts...
Nest the images you want to center side by side in a horizontal linear layout
Assign a layout weight to each image
You might have to play around with the layout_widths and heights using match_parent (or fill depending on your target API), and also with the layout_gravity and gravity params.
<LinearLayout android:gravity="center" ... orientation="horizontal">
<ImageView
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/viewmail"
android:src="#drawable/mail" />
<ImageView
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/vietwitter"
android:src="#drawable/twitter" />
</LinearLayout>
Edited the code within the question. I had a rough time trying to see what you were trying to do. A picture for the question might have been very straight forward (imo). Now to answer your question, understand that LinearLayouts have by default left-justification. If you have multiple LinearLayouts nested, take extra caution when deciding their widths and heights, as they take precedence over gravity.
I have built a layout that can display a picture on three different areas. It didn't matter when I used an imageview but somehow it does not work with a surfaceview. There are basically three areas like below, and the third area(or area no.3) is where I want to put a picture through surfaceview
http://imageshack.us/m/202/3189/000hjb.jpg
A picture made by SurfaceView could be displayed on the area no.1, but not on 2 and 3 like below.
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9891/111lcv.jpg
Below is a screenshot that I tried with an imageview, and they had no problem.
http://imageshack.us/m/199/7231/222mlr.jpg
I have no idea to figure out. What I want to do is putting a picture made by SurfaceView on area 2 and 3 whose id is tableRow_cardImage - TableRow - and assistant_cardboard - LinearLayout.
If anyone has an idea to figure out this, would you please help me?
Thanks in advance and below is my xml code of layout
<LinearLayout 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/header" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="match_parent">
<TextView android:id="#+id/header_life_title" android:textSize="20sp" android:text="Life: " android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content"></TextView>
<TextView android:id="#+id/header_life_value" android:textSize="20sp" android:text="20" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content"></TextView>
<Button android:text="Inc." android:id="#+id/header_btn_inc" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="35dp" android:layout_gravity="center_vertical">
<Button android:text="Dec." android:id="#+id/header_btn_dec" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="35dp">
<Button android:text="Put L." android:id="#+id/header_btn_putLand" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="35dp">
<Button android:text="Remove L." android:id="#+id/header_btn_removeLand" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="35sp">
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:id="#+id/land_space">
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<ScrollView android:id="#+id/scrollView1" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="match_parent">
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/linearLayoutInScrollview"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content">
<TableLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="#+id/cardboard">
<LinearLayout android:layout_height="40dp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="#+id/layout_menu">
<Spinner android:id="#+id/spinner_creature"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="130dp">
<Button android:id="#+id/btn_creature"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:text="Cast">
<Spinner android:id="#+id/spinner_noncreature"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="130dp">
<Button android:id="#+id/btn_noncreature"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:text="Cast">
<Button android:id="#+id/btn_delete"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:text="Del."></Button>
</LinearLayout>
<TableRow android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="#+id/tableRow_cardImage">
<TableRow android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="#+id/tableRow_cardData">
<TableRow android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="#+id/tableRow_cardImage2">
<TableRow android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="#+id/tableRow_cardData2">
</TableLayout>
<LinearLayout android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/assistant_cardboard"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView android:src="#drawable/icon" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="#+id/imageView1" android:layout_width="wrap_content"></ImageView>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
While I was working on it, I think this is the problem of using SurfaceView with ScrollView. Since SurfaceView is a view that can even draw the entire screen(or over the screen), I think android doesn't want to have it in the inside of ScrollView.
You are correct, a SurfaceView is not meant to be placed inside a ScrollView. This confirms and this gives you more advice on what you can do instead.
I would like to create a dialog to display a video title and tags. Below text I would like to add buttons View, Edit and Delete and make these elements same size. Does anyone know how to modify .xml layout file in order to make elements inside LinearView same size?
The current layout file looks like this:
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/txtTitle" android:text="[Title]" >
</TextView>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/txtTags"
android:text="[Tags]" >
</TextView>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/btnPlay"
android:text="View">
</Button>
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/btnEdit"
android:text="Edit">
</Button>
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/btnDelete"
android:text="Delete">
</Button>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
I would appreciate if anyone could show the solution by modifying the pasted file content.
Thanks!
Use android:layout_width="0px" and android:layout_weight="1" on the three Buttons. That says the buttons should take up no more than 0 pixels, but the three of them should split any extra space between them. That should give you the visual effect you wish.
Another way is to make android:layout_width="fill_parent" and android:layout_weight="1" this will also works fine!!!
Use LinearLayout with your desired weightSum and create elements with equal layout_weight. Here is an example ...
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:weightSum="5">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:src="#drawable/ic_share_white_36dp"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:src="#drawable/ic_search_white_36dp"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:src="#drawable/ic_event_note_white_36dp"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:src="#drawable/ic_brush_white_36dp"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:src="#drawable/ic_menu_white_36dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
So, the weight sum of all elements is 5. Here is the screenshot ...
Note that, Google Material Design icons are used. Hope this is helpful.