I was making a settings page and I get this warning: This LinearLayout layout or its RelativeLayout parent is useless; transfer the background attribute to
the other view
Here's the 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="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/background" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_centerVertical="true" >
<ToggleButton android:id="#+id/settings_sound_toggle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:textOn="Sound On"
android:textOff="Sound Off"
android:onClick="soundToggleClick"
android:layout_marginBottom="20dp" />
<Button android:id="#+id/settings_highscore_reset"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="#string/clear_highscore"
android:onClick="highscoreResetClick" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
I want the ToggleButton and Button views to be vertically centered. Is there a simpler & better way to do this that removes the warning?
you can center all views in your LinerarLayout
notice the difference between:
android:gravity="center_vertical"
and
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
"gravity" tells the container to center all the child-views inside the container
"layout_gravity" tells the view how it should be aligned in the parent container
your layout should look like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center_vertical" >
<ToggleButton android:id="#+id/settings_sound_toggle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:textOn="Sound On"
android:textOff="Sound Off"
android:onClick="soundToggleClick"
android:layout_marginBottom="20dp" />
<Button android:id="#+id/settings_highscore_reset"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="#string/clear_highscore"
android:onClick="highscoreResetClick" />
</LinearLayout>
This LinearLayout layout or its RelativeLayout parent is useless; transfer the background attribute to the other view.
This is just a warning because You using RelativeLayout as your parent and then defining only one linear layout inside that.So it would be better for you to just use either LinearLayout or RelativeLayout.
The RelativeLayout has just one child and is therefore useless. You can remove it and make the LinearLayout the top element.
Only the background needs to be specified at the LinearLayout.
You could try getting rid of the linear Layout all together and use this in relative layout?
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
Change to 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="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ToggleButton
android:id="#+id/settings_sound_toggle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
android:onClick="soundToggleClick"
android:textOff="Sound Off"
android:textOn="Sound On" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/settings_highscore_reset"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:onClick="highscoreResetClick"
android:text="#string/clear_highscore" />
</LinearLayout>
I think this is what you want.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/background" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/settings_highscore_reset"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:onClick="highscoreResetClick"
android:text="#string/clear_highscore" />
<ToggleButton
android:id="#+id/settings_sound_toggle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/settings_highscore_reset"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:onClick="soundToggleClick"
android:textOff="Sound Off"
android:textOn="Sound On" />
</RelativeLayout>
Or you can use GridLayout to center it properly.
Or you can use something like
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/background" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/settings_highscore_reset"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:onClick="highscoreResetClick"
android:text="#string/clear_highscore" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true" />
<ToggleButton
android:id="#+id/settings_sound_toggle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:onClick="soundToggleClick"
android:textOff="Sound Off"
android:textOn="Sound On" />
</RelativeLayout>
I know this is not good way to approch the problem. It's just an opinion if its fine with you. I personaly wont use such code in projects. I Hope it helps :D
Also Sandro Machado got the best answer if you fine with using only LinearLayout as parent. because you anyways are not using the relativelayout atributes.
Related
I'm trying to show a vertical line in an android ListView item. I define it in the XML for the cell but when I preview it in the ListView it doesn't appear.
I understand this is an issue because I see alot of questions on here, but don't see any real answer.
The XML is pretty standard:
Cell:
<?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="match_parent"
android:background="#color/appWhite" >
<View android:layout_width="5dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/appGreen"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/cell_trip_info_container"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/vertical_bar" >
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/cell_trip_name"
android:paddingTop="20dp"
android:paddingBottom="20dp"
android:textColor="#2c3e50"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:text="adfadf" />
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/cell_trip_country"
android:layout_below="#+id/cell_trip_name"
android:textColor="#2c3e50"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:text="adfadf" />
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:id="#+id/whole_container"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true" >
<RelativeLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/appGreen"
android:id="#+id/cell_trip_date_box"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/update_buttons"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/update_buttons"
android:padding="20dp" >
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/cell_tripstart_date"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:textColor="#fff" />
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/cell_date_thru"
android:text="#string/thru"
android:layout_below="#+id/cell_tripstart_date"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:textColor="#fff" />
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/cell_tripend_date"
android:layout_below="#+id/cell_date_thru"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/update_buttons"
android:visibility="gone"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/cell_trip_date_box"
android:background="#e9e9e9"
android:padding="20dp" >
<ImageView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/cell_button_edit_trip"
android:src="#drawable/slide_edit"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:contentDescription="#string/content_description" />
<ImageView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/cell_button_delete_trip"
android:src="#drawable/slide_delete"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/cell_button_edit_trip"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:contentDescription="#string/content_description" />
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
I found the cause and the obvious solution/workaround on another post Here
Basically RelativeLayouts for whatever reason won't play nice with the "match_parent" height setting in a ListView Item. One of the answer to the post recommended using a LinearLayout instead. So I just created a new File with the parent view being a LinearLayout. I then created a RelativeLayout child and tossed everything else in there.
It worked fine this time, easily allowing me to create my vertical rule.
In your cell_trip_info_container RelativeLayout you have
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/vertical_bar"
You dont have a View named vertical_bar
Add that ID to your vertical bar view and you should be good to go
<View
android:id="#+id/vertical_bar"
android:layout_width="5dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/appGreen"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
change
RelativeLayout
to
VerticalLayout
In a vertical linear layout, I have 2 textviews, then a button and then a frame layout.
I would like the button to be on the left of the frame layout. I tried putting the button in a relative layout, but how do I tell the frame layout to be on the right?
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/content_container_white"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingLeft="30dp"
android:text="#string/t0"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:textSize="30dp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/editText2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/t1"
android:textColor="#color/black" />
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/RelativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/buybtn"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
android:text="#string/buy_button" />
</RelativeLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|right"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp" >
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/videothumb"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
android:src="#drawable/button_play_on" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/videothumbimage"
android:layout_width="380dp"
android:layout_height="170dp"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:src="#drawable/demo_thumb_home" />
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
You can do it by simply telling your FrameLayout android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/#+id/buybtn", but your FrameLayout must be inside a RelativeLayout too.
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/RelativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/buybtn"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
android:text="#string/buy_button" />
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|right"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/#+id/buybtn" >
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/videothumb"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
android:src="#drawable/button_play_on" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/videothumbimage"
android:layout_width="380dp"
android:layout_height="170dp"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:src="#drawable/demo_thumb_home" />
</FrameLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
Push FrameLayout into RelativeLayout or just put button and frame together in horizontal LinearLayout - what would be more simple
ps - kepp your code clean, use ctrl+shift+F (if using Eclipse) to auto-arrange it
Put your framelayout within Relativelayout and then set property align parent right.
The question makes no sense. From the documentation:
FrameLayout is designed to block out an area on the screen to display a single item.
Emphesis mine.
If you want your layout to contain more than one item, do not use a frame layout. Use something else.
Shachar
i want to design a layout for my app as shown below in image
but im getting problem which is that the properties im applying for relative layout are not going right as in below my xml code there is horizontal ruler image having centerInParent property and a verticle ruler image also having property of centerInParent by doing this the both rulers come to accurate place but when i put a child above the horizontal ruler or a child toLeftOf verticle ruler they dont appear as the graphical view of xml file shows the reason that although by applying centerInParent the both rulers come to center but their reference remains at edges thats why by using layout_above or layout_toLeftOf the childs go outside of layout
My xml code
<?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:background="#FFFFFF"
android:orientation="vertical">
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/title"
>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/icon_img"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dip"
android:layout_marginTop="2.5dip"
android:src="#drawable/smicon"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="15dip"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/icon_img"
android:layout_marginTop="3dip"
android:text="Welcome To JEM"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:id="#+id/wcm_id"
android:textSize="18dip"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#id/wcm_id"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
android:text="APPS BY SAM"
android:id="#+id/app_by"
android:textSize="16dip"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
<!-- This relative layout which is showing the main cross and icon around it -->
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="20dip"
>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/center_hr"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:src="#drawable/horizontal"
/>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/center_vr"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:src="#drawable/verticle"
/>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#id/center_hr"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#id/center_vr"
android:id="#+id/getuser"
android:src="#drawable/adduser"
/>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#id/center_hr"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/center_vr"
android:id="#+id/set"
android:src="#drawable/set"
/>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/center_hr"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#id/center_vr"
android:id="#+id/get"
android:src="#drawable/get"
/>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/center_hr"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/center_vr"
android:id="#+id/ico"
android:src="#drawable/icon"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
so guys please tell me how can i achive this main cross and icon to lef,right and above,below it as shown in image
Try this..
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/vertical_ruler"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/imageView1"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/vertical_ruler"
/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/horizontal_ruler"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/imageView1"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/horizontal_ruler"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView4"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/vertical_ruler"
android:layout_below="#id/horizontal_ruler"
/>
May be it helpful for you..
You could use a TableLayout embedded in a RelativeLayout. The RelativeLayout can be used to center the TableLayout on the screen and in the TableLayout you can add your pictures/buttons and state how many rows and colums you want the TableLayout to have.
i try show layout like image 1 (textView and editText in same line) but my out put shown like image 2 !
i try with this code :
<?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="wrap_content"
android:padding="5px"
>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/label"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="URL:"
android:layout_alignBaseline="#+id/entry"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"/>
/>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/entry"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/label"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:paddingRight="30px"
android:paddingLeft="30px"
android:text="Go..."
/>
</LinearLayout>
please help me
thanks
Try 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
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/label"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="URL:"
android:layout_alignBaseline="#+id/entry"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"/>
/>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/entry"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/label"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
/>
</LinearLayout>
<Button
android:id="#+id/button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:paddingRight="30px"
android:paddingLeft="30px"
android:text="Go..."
/>
</LinearLayout>
Or use RelativeLayout
Use RelativeLayout instead of Linear one and get use of android:rightOf.
As far as I understood, you cannot use such _toRightTop, _BOTTOM attributes with a linear Layout. Use RelativeLayout and all should be fine.
Use relative layout instead of linear layout.One advantage of this is that it improves your performance.if you try to search and id suing a linear layout,it will check with every component of the linear layout and try to match with its id but with relativer layout it will be faster as all elements are defined relative to each other.
Pictures: http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/1402/picse.png
How do I make the layout in Pic. 2 using RelativeLayout ONLY. Below is the xml layout of the first screenshot.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/timer_textview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_marginTop="10dip"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:text="#string/timer_start" />
<ListView
android:id="#+id/questions_listview"
android:layout_below="#id/timer_textview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
<Button android:id="#+id/true_btn"
android:text="#string/true_option"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/false_btn"
android:text="#string/false_option"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/true_btn"
android:layout_alignBaseline="#id/true_btn"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</RelativeLayout>
You could use LinearLayout at bottom to achieve this. But you want to use RelativeLayout layout only so:
<RelativeLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" ... >
...
<View android:id="#+id/helper"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
<Button android:id="#+id/true_btn"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#id/helper"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/false_btn"
android:layout_alignBaseline="#id/true_btn"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/helper" />
</RelativeLayout>
Can't you really use nested layouts?
If you change the buttons to
<Button android:id="#+id/true_btn"
android:text="#string/true_option"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/false_btn"
android:text="#string/false_option"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/true_btn"
android:layout_alignBaseline="#id/true_btn"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
you use at least the full width although the false_btn gets all remaining space.
To increase the width of the first true_btn you could set the minWidth attribute - either use a fixed value or get the screen width and make the minWidth the half of it