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Most fitting View/Layout for placing several text- and image views inside, XML for Android

So I have this ScrollView inside which I have a RelativeLayout on one of my views on my Android app. Inside the RelativeLayout I already have a TableLayout that I'm using, and above it I want; 2 different text views (one header and one longer text, and I want the header to be placed on top of the longer bit of text) aswell as an ImageView that I want to be placed to the right of the 2 TextViews, and I want all 3 views to be placed on a differently colored background than the other stuff on the ScrollView such as the TableLayout for example.
I tried putting another RelativeLayout inside the ScrollView but it tells me ScrollView can only host one direct child, so that didn't really pan out. What would the most fitting way to accomplish this? Because I want this 3-view-background-thingie to scroll with the TableLayout and all the other stuff on the view.
As always, thankful for any answers or tips!
(My design kinda looks like this at the moment, schematically;)
<Container (that doesn't scroll)/>
<ScrollView
<RelativeLayout
*Alot of stuff here, such as a TableLayout for example
</RelativeLayout>
</ScrollView>

Put everything in your RelativeLayout
<ScrollView
<RelativeLayout
<LinearLayout>
<TextView>
</TextView>
<TextView>
</TextView>
<ImageView>
</ImageView>
</LinearLayout>
<TableLayout>
</TableLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</ScrollView>
This way, the only child is the RelativeLayout, the others being children of the RelativeLayout.
Hope this helps!

Layout not pushed up when Soft keyboard appears

I have a fragment of this given layout hierarchy,
Inside the view pager I have a Edit text. When keyboard appears to type in the text to EditText the entire layout is not pushed up. Instead the contents inside ViewPager is pushed up. I want the entire content inside the Outer Linear Layout to be pushed up when keyboard appears.
How can I achieve this?
Thanks.

Put your Parent LinearLayout inside a scrollview. This fixed my issue.

put your base layout inside the ScrollView
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/scrollView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/llPlayersName"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
// do here the layout work
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
remember scrollView cannon be used as the base layout, so you have to put the scrollView inside the LinearLayout or RelativeLayout.

In your activity's manifest entry, add
<activity ...
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan">

Android : how to show both ListView and TableLayout inside same ScrollView?

I have a data set and I need to show them using ListView and TableLayout in same xml file.As both ListView and TableLayout are much longer,I decide to use scrollView. I knew that android scrollview can only have one child. So I Coded as follows.
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="8">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/showClaim_layout2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ListView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/claimList"
android:layout_margin="5dp">
</ListView>
<TableLayout
android:id="#+id/showClaimTable"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#FFEBCD"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:shrinkColumns="0">
</TableLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
When I run the program it's ok. I mean page is scrolling. But it doesn't work as I expected!I need to show all the list element and after end of the list, tableLayout must be show.If the screen size is not enough then we can scroll the page and see the data.
In here ListView does not show all elements of the List and TableLayout show all tableRaws inside ScrollView.
Can anyone tell me that where I got wrong or any other way to do my task easily.
Thanks.

As far as I know, you should never put a ListViewinside a ScrollView, since they implement their own scrolling behavior. Consider changing your design.

"I knew that android scrollview can only have one child." Correct but you forget that that one child should have a height of wrap_content.
Also #haint is correct ListView has its own Scrolling Behavior. Still try android:layout_height="wrap_content" for your LinearLayout

I think you can fix it by using the
layout_weight
set layout_weight for your ListView to 1 and for TableLayour set it to 0;
Be sure after changing set layot*:height to 0dp;
You can check below articles.
first-
second-

listView inside of a linear layout with something else

i was just wondering if it was possible to have in one layout xml file, maybe a vertical linear layout at the top have a horizontal linearLayout and then below that (inside of the vertical layout) have a list view that takes up the rest of the screen?
I couldnt find any information specifically on this, and i'd like to know if its possible before i attempt it, thanks!

Give the ListView layout_height="0dp" and layout_weight="1". It will take up the remaining space not used buy the sibling LinearLayout.
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width:match_parent
android:layout_height:match_parent
android:orientation:vertical >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width:match_parent
android:layout_height:wrap_content
android:orientation:norizontal >
<!-- other views --->
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:layout_width:match_parent
android:layout_height:0dp
android:layout_weight:1 />
</LinearLayout>

android: using adjustPan and without scrolling the title bar

I'm using android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan" in my manifest.xml.
It's doing me the job just fine but there is something retarded about it.
when i focus an EditText view that's, say in the bottom half of the screen, the title bar is also scrolled with the content of the activity.
image here
all i want is to freeze/float the title bar in place when scrolling the content. just like this:
image here
and no, I don't want to use adjustResize It overlaps views on top of each other
any help is greatly appreciated, been looking for the answer for a long time.

Found it!
Simply changing the root view in the layout xml file to a ScrollView does the job.
I don't even need to specify android:windowSoftInputMode
Of course I have to have everything else in a single layout as the child of the ScrollView
Edit
your .xml file should look like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
... >
<LinearLayout> // could be any other layout but linear works well here
//insert all other views of the activity here
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>

The answer suggested by Ace is essentially what is needed. My answer just aims to make things a little clearer.
There are two things you need to do. Firstly in the Manifest set the following on the activity. android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize"
Then, in the activity's layout you'll want to set a ScrollView beneath the Toolbar/Title Bar, as shown in the code below.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
.../>
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
...>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
...>
</RelativeLayout>
</ScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>
From what I understand, here's how it works.
When you open the soft keyboard on your device, it will 'adjustResize' the layout of the activity. As the layout sits in a ScrollView, this is the part which is resized, and made smaller. Therefore the Toolbar/Titlebar will stay in place and the layout in the ScrollView will be scrollable when the keyboard is shown.