I have a relative layouts for some parts of my app, made up of a checkbox, a button, some text, and another button (please see first screenshot, ex: [5min] after screen off [except]).
The problem is for other languages, the text to the left of the last button could be much longer, pushing the "except" button slightly or completely off screen. How else could I do this so that the button (along with the text) wrap around to the next line? Right now only the text does. Here is the code:
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/layout_after_time"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp">
<Button
android:id="#+id/button_set_time_turn_off"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="35sp"
android:paddingTop="0dp"
android:paddingBottom="0dp"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:textSize="16sp"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView_data_check_minutes"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="3dp"
android:layout_marginStart="3dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/button_set_time_turn_off"
android:layout_toEndOf="#+id/button_set_time_turn_off"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textColor="#android:color/primary_text_dark"
android:text="#string/text_disable_after_time" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button_set_disable_exceptions"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="35sp"
android:paddingTop="0dp"
android:paddingBottom="0dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/textView_data_check_minutes"
android:layout_toEndOf="#+id/textView_data_check_minutes"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:text="#string/button_disable_except"
android:textSize="16sp"/>
</RelativeLayout>
Normal layout:
"except" button pushed off screen:
You can wrap these in a LinearLayout instead since, after all, they are just linear. Then position the LinearLayout how you need to according to your needs.
This will allow you to make use of layout_weight which will make sure that each View only takes up as much space as needed. You would need to play with the weights to get what you want but something like 1|2|1 looks close to what you want.
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/layout_after_time"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp">
<Button
android:id="#+id/button_set_time_turn_off"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="35sp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:paddingTop="0dp"
android:paddingBottom="0dp"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:textSize="16sp"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView_data_check_minutes"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:layout_marginLeft="3dp"
android:layout_marginStart="3dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textColor="#android:color/primary_text_dark"
android:text="#string/text_disable_after_time" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button_set_disable_exceptions"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="35sp"
android:paddingTop="0dp"
android:paddingBottom="0dp"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="#string/button_disable_except"
android:textSize="16sp"/>
</LinearLayout>
Note that I made the width of each "0dp" because you typically need that when using weight for a horizontal layout. I also replaced the android:layout_centerVertical="true" with android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" to match the corresponding attributes of LinearLayout. I also removed the to_right_of and such attributes as those are no longer needed with a LinearLayout.
I haven't tested it but this should get you close.
LinearLayout docs
Another option may be to use the maxWidth property of TextView.
Related
I need to fit 2 TextViews in one line. I tried to use LinearLayout, and now my best approach is to use RelativeLayout.
Here you can see XML for it
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:visibility="visible">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/partner_full_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="left"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:maxLines="2"
android:textSize="12sp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/session_duration"
android:text="#string/dummy_text" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/session_duration"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:maxLines="1"
android:textSize="12sp"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:text="asdadsd"
android:textColor="#android:color/darker_gray"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
And the result
As you can see it's fit's okay, but second TextView is on the right side, when I want it to be after first TextView.
When I used LinearLayout I faced problem with size of first TextView (if it have to many text in it, second TextView will go off screen). Another approach with LinearLayout gave me similar results to RelativeLayout with same problem (wrong position of second view)
This happens because you are using wrap_content. If textView1 needs the space of the whole screen, then textView2 will get nothing. Instead you can use layout_weight to always give a View his space.
<?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="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:gravity="center"
android:visibility="visible"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/partner_full_name"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight=".5"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="left"
android:maxLines="2"
android:text="Super Long String"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:textSize="12sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/session_duration"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight=".5"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:maxLines="1"
android:text="I will always show"
android:textColor="#android:color/darker_gray"
android:textSize="12sp" />
</LinearLayout>
Remove this line from second TextView :
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
I'm having a problem whereby a string in textview is displaying each character on seperate lines. My code is as below. I am hoping to show the text on one line.
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="40dp" >
<NumberPicker
android:id="#+id/numberPicker"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp"
android:background="#drawable/button"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/sectionPicker"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:text="AM"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:background="#drawable/button"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/numberPicker"
android:layout_centerVertical="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
The problem was that like #mbm29414 suggested I had another relative layout that the above was nested in and this layout had a left/right margin that was limiting this layouts size. The parent layout had a horizontal margin set to 40dp. I discovered this by rotating the screen and noticing a change.
I have a horizontal layout with two views in it: an EditText that will show a chosen path, and a "Browse" Button to the right of the EditText.
I want the EditText to expand as required, but not to the extent that it pushes the Button off the screen.
Here is my current xml:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/path_view">
<EditText android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/folder_edittext"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:hint="Folder"/>
<Button android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="60dp"
android:id="#+id/browse_button"
android:text="..."
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
I have tried all types of layout, I have tried using toLeftOf, toRightOf and everything I can think of, I think I now need help if I am to get this working.
You can achieve this using layout weights:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/path_view">
<EditText android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:id="#+id/folder_edittext"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:hint="Folder"/>
<Button android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="60dp"
android:id="#+id/browse_button"
android:text="..."
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
This xml can be interpreted as saying: "let the EditText take up all the horizontal room that is not filled by other views" (in this case, the only other view is the Button).
Try with RelativeLayout:
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/path_view">
<EditText android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/folder_edittext"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:hint="Folder"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/browse_button"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
<Button android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="60dp"
android:id="#+id/browse_button"
android:text="..."
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
I want to put in the same row a TextView, and Edittext and a button but I am having the problem that the button is not aligned properly to left and in small screens edittext fills entire with.
Small screen:
Big Screen:
My codification is as follows:
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/layout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/address_textview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/address_textview"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/address_edittext"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/address_textview_hint"
android:imeActionLabel="#string/search_button"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:inputType="textCapWords"
android:nextFocusDown="#id/address_edittext"
android:nextFocusUp="#id/address_edittext"
android:singleLine="true" />
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:gravity="right" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/go_button"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="35dp"
android:text="Go" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Apply a weight to your EditText so it will take up as much room as it can while letting the other two elements do the normal wrap_content. To do this, remove the relative layout container and then change the EditText width to "0dp" and give it a layout_weight of "1" as follows:
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/layout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/address_textview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/address_textview"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/address_edittext"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/address_textview_hint"
android:imeActionLabel="#string/search_button"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:inputType="textCapWords"
android:nextFocusDown="#id/address_edittext"
android:nextFocusUp="#id/address_edittext"
android:singleLine="true" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/go_button"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="35dp"
android:text="Go" />
</LinearLayout>
First, many people will tell you that hint is Android's solution for not needing the label. I don't care if you use the label or not but it does save you space, especially on smaller screens. That was just an FYI.
Now, your RelativeLayout that only has a Button appears to be useless...I would remove that. You can use layout_weight so that each View takes up the appropriate amount of space. Make sure to make the layout_width="0dp". So it may look something like
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/layout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/address_textview"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/address_textview"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/address_edittext"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="3"
android:hint="#string/address_textview_hint"
android:imeActionLabel="#string/search_button"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:inputType="textCapWords"
android:nextFocusDown="#id/address_edittext"
android:nextFocusUp="#id/address_edittext"
android:singleLine="true" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/go_button"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="35dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="Go" />
</LinearLayout>
Here I used 2,3,1 for the weights of your TextView, EditText, and Button respectively. You may need to change those to get exactly what you want but that should give you a start.
Layout weigth is ideal for designing layouts that adjust to screen size. However, make sure to set layout_width to 0dp, or it won't work properly.
Use like this:
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
I'm going to assume you mean the button is not properly aligned to the right.
It's because your RelativeLayout's android:width="wrap_content", but it should be android:width="match_parent".
Also, you'd be better off setting your EditText's android:width="0dp" and adding android:weight="1" so that it expands/contracts between screen sizes.
Is there a way to specify that a view should lie strictly to the left of the center (or strictly to the right of the center)? I have two textviews, one for LOGIN and one for REGISTER. I have them as children of RelativeLayout. No matter what I do I can't get them to behave. The one configuration that works in the Graphical Layout of eclipse, only shows the registration button on a real device. Here it is
<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="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/login_bckg"
android:padding="10dip"
tools:context=".LoginActivity" >
...
<View
android:id="#+id/center_btns"
android:layout_width="1dp"
android:layout_height="20dp"
android:layout_below="#id/text_fields"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/login_btn"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_below="#id/text_fields"
android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#id/center_btns"
android:background="#drawable/btn_bkg"
android:clickable="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:onClick="login"
android:padding="10dp"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:paddingRight="10dp"
android:text="Login"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/register_btn"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_below="#id/text_fields"
android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/center_btns"
android:background="#drawable/btn_bkg"
android:clickable="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:onClick="register"
android:padding="10dp"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:paddingRight="10dp"
android:text="Register"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
...
</RelativeLayout>
If I set them as children of a horizontal linearLayout, how do I specify their relationship to get it to work? I already tried that and no avail.
I wish I could post this as a comment but I don't quite have the rep... Anyway, to clarify, do you want the items to be right next to each other on the same line? If so the LinearLayout should work just fine...
<LinearLayout
...android:orientation="horizontal"
android:gravity="center">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
/>
Should work just fine. If not you may try playing with weights depending on which one you want to take up more space. For weights to work you will need to see the width of both to fill_parent.