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How can I make EditText control take more free space?

In the following UI, I hope the two buttons both btnAddress and btnDelete take minimum space,
and editnumber take max space, how can I do? Need I use RelativeLayout layout? Thanks!
BTW, the following code, the btnDelete button only display a part.
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:gravity="left"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editnumber"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:phoneNumber="true"
android:ems="10" >
</EditText>
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnAddress"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/BtnAddressMin" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnDelete"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/BtnDeleteMin" />
</LinearLayout>

This should do it. Giving editnumber a weight of 1. Leve the rest as it is.
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:gravity="left"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editnumber"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:phoneNumber="true"
android:ems="10" >
</EditText>
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnAddress"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/BtnAddressMin" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnDelete"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/BtnDeleteMin" />
</LinearLayout>

Instead of fixing the length of EditText with ems, use layout_weight to fill the remaining space.
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editnumber"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:phoneNumber="true" />
Edit: I'm not sure if android:phoneNumber="true" is still recommended or not, but I would change it to android:inputType="phone" instead.

Give the android:layout_weight="1 to edit text .No need to change it to relative layout
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editnumber"
android:layout_width="0dp"//no need to specifing the width if parent layout is horizontal
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:phoneNumber="true"
android:layout_weight="1";>
</EditText>
Doing this Edittext will take maximum space and remaing space will be left for other View.Other then this no need to change anything in your xml

Edittext background stretches to fill the entire area

I have an edittext for which I want to set below background
but when I set this as background it stretches itself to fit in whole EditText like below image.
and below is my code for xml file for editext
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/footer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:visibility="visible" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/comment"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:hint="#string/add_your_comment"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:padding="5dp"
android:background="#drawable/bg_search_field"
android:scrollHorizontally="true"
android:singleLine="true" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/post_comment"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:padding="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="#dimen/fifteen_dp"
android:src="#drawable/tick_selection" />
</LinearLayout>
How can I set the background correctly?

Ok So issue resolved simply by using nine patch image i have got from actionBarsherlock library which is using it for it's search view.

This line.-
android:layout_weight="1"
makes your TextView fill the empty width in the LinearLayout. Just try and remove it. You should also replace
android:padding="5dp"
for
android:layout_margin="5dp"

// try this
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/footer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:visibility="visible" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center_vertical">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/comment"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="add_your_comment"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:padding="5dp"
android:background="#drawable/bg_search_field"
android:scrollHorizontally="true"
android:singleLine="true" />
</LinearLayout>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/post_comment"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:padding="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="#dimen/fifteen_dp"
android:src="#drawable/tick_selection" />
</LinearLayout>
// also use my uploaded image which is editext background i'm apply 9-patch so now it not stretched if editext width is large.

Prevent views from overlapping in RelativeLayout

I'm trying to develop an android application, but I'm having some problems with the GUI design. The following part of screenshot is my problem (red and blue lines were generated by Android debug options).
This is the code:
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/caption"
android:layout_below="#+id/caption" >
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/button_edit"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:src="#drawable/content_edit"
style="?android:attr/borderlessButtonStyle" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/myText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:text="#string/num_placeholder"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
</RelativeLayout>
As you can see, the TextView myText overlaps the ImageButton button_edit.
A simple solution would be to use a LinearLayout instead of a RelativeLayout. The problem is that:
I need the edit button on the right
I need the text to fill the rest of the layout (at the left of edit button obviously)
I also tried to set myText's layout_width to 'fill_parent', but it fill the entire rest of the screen at the left of the edit button.
The expected behavior would be myText to increase its height (becoming a two-lines TextView) instead of overlapping 'button_edit'
Can anyone help me? Thanks

use layout_toLeftOf in TextView layout
like this:
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/caption"
android:layout_below="#+id/caption" >
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/button_edit"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:src="#drawable/content_edit"
style="?android:attr/borderlessButtonStyle" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/myText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:text="#string/num_placeholder"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/button_edit" />

Another way of doing is to use android:layout_toEndOf attribute
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/button_edit"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:src="#drawable/content_edit"
style="?android:attr/borderlessButtonStyle"
android:layout_toEndOf="#+id/myText" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/myText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:text="#string/num_placeholder"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

How to place button inside of EditText

I want to place an image button inside of EditText, but I don't have Idea please tell me how to do so as shown in the figure . Thanks

If You dont want click on that Image, Then you can use drawableRight property for EditText..
android:drawableRight="#drawable/icon"
If you want click then use below code.
<?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="wrap_content" >
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Enter search key" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:src="#drawable/search"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:text="Button"/>
</RelativeLayout>

If you want such layout and also image as clickable then you can do something like this
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true" >
</EditText>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:padding="5dp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/editText1"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/editText1"
android:layout_alignRight="#+id/editText1"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
</RelativeLayout>
Output:

In Material, there is that underline under EditText. In most applications the icons appear inside that underlining.
For that purpose, just use padding
android:paddingEnd = "#dimen/my_button_size"
Don't forget paddingRight for sub 4.2 versions.
<RelativeLayout ....>
...
<EditText
...
android:id="#+id/my_text_edit"
android:textAlignment = "viewStart"
android:paddingEnd = "#dimen/my_button_size"
android:paddingRight = "#dimen/my_button_size"
.../>
<ImageButton
....
android:layout_width="#dimen/my_button_size"
android:layout_height="#dimen/my_button_size"
android:layout_alignEnd="#id/my_text_edit"
android:layout_alignRight="#id/my_text_edit"/>
...
</RelativeLayout>
It will limit the text to the image and the image will not overlap the text, however long the text may be.

My solution will fit all screen sizes without the editText going "behind" the imageButton. This also uses android resources, so you do not need to provide your own icon or string resource. Copy and paste this snippet wherever you would like a search bar:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<EditText
android:layout_margin="8dp"
android:id="#+id/etSearch"
android:hint="#android:string/search_go"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ivSearch"
android:background="#color/transparent_black"
android:padding="2dp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="8dp"
android:src="#android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
tools:ignore="contentDescription" />
</LinearLayout>
Restult:

you can Use the Below Code :
android:drawableRight="#android:drawable/ic_menu_search"

How about placing it in a RelativeLayout like this ?:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<!-- EditText for Search -->
<EditText android:id="#+id/inputSearch"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Search whatever..."
android:textSize="14dp"
android:textStyle="italic"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/magnifyingglass"
android:inputType="textVisiblePassword"
android:theme="#style/EditTextColorCustom"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_clear"
android:layout_width="14dp"
android:layout_height="14dp"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_alignRight="#+id/inputSearch"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:background="#drawable/xbutton"
android:visibility="gone"/>
</RelativeLayout>
Also this way you´ll be able to handle the visibility of the Button (GONE / VISIBLE) in code.
Hope it helps.

Place your EditText inside a linear layout (horizontal) and add a Image Button next to it (0 padding). Setting the background color of EditText and ImageButton will blend in.

There's solution with clickable compound drawable. It's working very well - I have tested it
SOLUTION

This is pretty simple I feel. Use relative layout as your parent layout.
Place the editText to left and ImageButton to the right using either,
alignRight property for the ImageButton
by specifying the layout weight for each of the fields

In the accepted answer the ripple effect doesn't work, it stays behind the button in the back.
This example has 2 buttons in the textbox.
The ripple effect works because the parent layout has
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
To make sure the ripple works and doesn't stay on the back, set the imagebutton's parent background to transparent.
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:layout_margin="4dp">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText"
style="#android:style/TextAppearance.Medium"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="2dp"
android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
android:layout_marginRight="2dp"
android:background="#drawable/shape_textbox"
android:hint="text"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:importantForAutofill="no"
android:inputType="text" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/btn1"
android:layout_width="44dp"
android:layout_height="44dp"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:layout_toStartOf="#+id/btn2"
android:background="?android:selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
android:src="#drawable/ic_btn1" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/btn2"
android:layout_width="44dp"
android:layout_height="44dp"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:background="?android:selectableItemBackgroundBorderless"
android:contentDescription="#string/clear"
android:src="#drawable/ic_btn2" />
</RelativeLayout>
Or you can also wrap your button in a frame layout:
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
>
<ImageButton ... />
</FrameLayout>

I don't know why you want to place ImageButton to achieve, which can be done with simple property of EditText
android:drawableRight="your drawable"
Can't it be work for you?

Use the android:drawableLeft property on the EditText.
<EditText
...
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/my_icon" />

How to show the text on a ImageButton?

I have an ImageButton and I want to show a text and an image on it. But when I try on emulator:
<ImageButton
android:text="OK"
android:id="#+id/buttonok"
android:src="#drawable/buttonok"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
I get the image but without the text. How can I show the text? Please help me!

As you can't use android:text I recommend you to use a normal button and use one of the compound drawables. For instance:
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonok"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/buttonok"
android:text="OK"/>
You can put the drawable wherever you want by using: drawableTop, drawableBottom, drawableLeft or drawableRight.
UPDATE
For a button this too works pretty fine. Putting android:background is fine!
<Button
android:id="#+id/fragment_left_menu_login"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/button_bg"
android:text="#string/login_string" />
I just had this issue and is working perfectly.

It is technically possible to put a caption on an ImageButton if you really want to do it. Just put a TextView over the ImageButton using FrameLayout. Just remember to not make the Textview clickable.
Example:
<FrameLayout>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/button_x"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#null"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:src="#drawable/button_graphic" >
</ImageButton>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:clickable="false"
android:text="TEST TEST" >
</TextView>
</FrameLayout>

Guys I need to develop the setting and logout button, I used the below code.
<Button
android:id="#+id/imageViewLogout"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="#dimen/size_30dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:text="Settings"
android:drawablePadding="10dp"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:drawableTop="#drawable/logout" />

Actually, android:text is not an argument accepted by ImageButton
but, If you're trying to get a button with a specified background (not android default) use the android:background xml attribute, or declare it from the class with .setBackground();

I solved this by putting the ImageButton and TextView inside a LinearLayout with vertical orientation. Works great!
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linLayout"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/camera_ibtn"
android:layout_width="60dp"
android:layout_height="60dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:background="#drawable/camera" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/take_pic"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</LinearLayout>

You can use a LinearLayout instead of using Button it's an arrangement i used in my app
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="20dp"
android:background="#color/mainColor"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:padding="10dp">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:background="#drawable/ic_cv"
android:textColor="#color/offBack"
android:textSize="20dp" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:text="#string/cartyCv"
android:textColor="#color/offBack"
android:textSize="25dp" />
</LinearLayout>

you can use a regular Button and the android:drawableTop attribute (or left, right, bottom) instead.

Best way:
<Button
android:text="OK"
android:id="#+id/buttonok"
android:background="#drawable/buttonok"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

Heres a nice circle example:
drawable/circle.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="oval">
<solid
android:color="#ff87cefa"/>
<size
android:width="60dp"
android:height="60dp"/>
</shape>
And then the button in your xml file:
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_send"
android:layout_width="60dp"
android:layout_height="60dp"
android:background="#drawable/circle"
android:text="OK"/>

Here is the solution
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/buttons_line1"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/btn_mute"
android:src="#drawable/btn_mute"
android:background="#drawable/circle_gray"
android:layout_width="60dp"
android:layout_height="60dp"/>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/btn_keypad"
android:layout_marginLeft="50dp"
android:src="#drawable/btn_dialpad"
android:background="#drawable/circle_gray"
android:layout_width="60dp"
android:layout_height="60dp"/>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/btn_speaker"
android:layout_marginLeft="50dp"
android:src="#drawable/btn_speaker"
android:background="#drawable/circle_gray"
android:layout_width="60dp"
android:layout_height="60dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_below="#+id/buttons_line1"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:text="mute"
android:clickable="false"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textColor="#color/Grey"
android:layout_width="60dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<TextView
android:text="keypad"
android:clickable="false"
android:layout_marginLeft="50dp"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textColor="#color/Grey"
android:layout_width="60dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<TextView
android:text="speaker"
android:clickable="false"
android:layout_marginLeft="50dp"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textColor="#color/Grey"
android:layout_width="60dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>

Best way to show Text on button(with image)
Your Question: How to show text on imagebutton?
Answer: You can not display text with imageButton. Method that tell in Accepted answer also not work.
because
If you use android:drawableLeft="#drawable/buttonok" then you can not set drawable in center of button.
If you use android:background="#drawable/button_bg" then color of your drawable will be changed.
In android world there are thousands of option to do this. But here i provide best alternate according to my point of view. (see below)
Solution: Use cardView with LinearLayout
Your drawable/image use in LinearLayout because it shows in center. And with help of textView you can set text on this. We makes cardView background to transparent.
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="99dp"
android:layout_margin="16dp"
app:cardBackgroundColor="#android:color/transparent"
app:cardElevation="0dp"
app:cardUseCompatPadding="true">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/your_selected_image"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:text="Happy Coding"
android:textSize="33sp"
android:gravity="center"
>
</TextView>
</LinearLayout>
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
here i explain some terms:
app:cardBackgroundColor="#android:color/transparent" for make transparent background of cardView
app:cardElevation="0dp" for hide evelation lines around cardView
app:cardUseCompatPadding="true" its provide actual size of cardView. Always use this when you use cardView
set your image/drawable in LinearLayout as a background.
Sorry, for my Bad English.
Happy Coding:)

ImageButton can't have text (or, at least, android:text isn't listed in its attributes).
The Trick is:
It looks like you need to use Button (and look at drawableTop or setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(int,int,int,int)).