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Pressing button through fragment

I'm trying to create an application with fragment on the side as a menu bar.
My main problem is that when I open the fragment I can see the buttons behind it and even press them.
Of course I don't want that. I tried adding the property android:clickable="true" to the layout but it didn't help.
This is my code:
<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="match_parent"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context="ibuy.ibuy.AddUpdateItem">
.
.
.
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/search_image"
android:id="#+id/btnBrows"
android:onClick="openItemTable"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/imageView"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />
.
.
.
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="ibuy.ibuy.AddUpdateItem"
android:clickable="true">
<fragment
android:id="#+id/navigation_drawer"
android:layout_width="#dimen/navigation_drawer_width"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:name="Menus.smallMenu"
tools:layout="#layout/fragment_navigation_drawer"
android:alpha="255" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
This is the code of the listView of the fragment on other file:
<ListView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"
android:background="#cccc"
tools:context="Menus.smallMenu"
android:clickable="true"/>
What am I doing wrong?
Thank you in advance!

I don't know what you meant by "I can see the buttons behind it". I assume you meant behind the DrawerLayout UI.
1)
In that case, you can use the attribute like android:layout_below="#id/btnBrows". As far as I know, all the UI elements should be positioned, otherwise they may be displayed one on top of another, like what you are seeing.
2) Also an issue is that both android:layout_width and layout_height of DrawerLayout is match_parent which fills up the whole screen. It competes screen space with the button. If the button is inside DrawerLayout, that would not be an issue but this might be your intentional design.

If you're into Android Studio, create a new Navigation Drawer Activity. Take a look at the main XML layout.
The DrawerLayout should be your root view. Inside it, you have the RelativeLayout with the buttons and the Fragment that is your navigation drawer.
That way, both are separated and the navigation drawer overlaps correctly when opened.

gmail like Progress bar functionality

I am creating a gmail like progress bar functionality. There seems to be some space between the actionbar and the progress bar.
Following is the code
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<!-- As the main content view, the view below consumes the entire
space available using match_parent in both dimensions. -->
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/content_frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<ProgressBar
android:id="#+id/progressBar1"
style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"
android:indeterminateOnly="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="?android:attr/actionBarSize" />
<ListView
android:id="#+id/left_drawer"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"
android:background="#111"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

DrawerLayout should contain only two children: FrameLayout for your content and fragment for drawer. Thus ProgressBar should be located inside dynamically created content.

To add a navigation drawer, declare your user interface with a DrawerLayout object as the root view of your layout. Inside the DrawerLayout, add one view that contains the main content for the screen (your primary layout when the drawer is hidden) and another view that contains the contents of the navigation drawer. for more Creating a Navigation Drawer.

Cannot cast FrameLayout to LinearLayout

I created my own DrawerLayout here is the XML:
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<!-- The main content view -->
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" />
<!-- The navigation drawer -->
<ListView
android:id="#+id/navigation"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#android:color/white"
android:dividerHeight="1dp"
android:background="#FFF"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
Instead of FrameLayout like you get by default I chose LinearLayout because it allows me to set margins/paddings and automatically adding elements bellow each other. Anyhow when I call:
LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.content);
I get an exception saying cannot cast from FrameLayout to LinearLayout but I don't have LinearLayout defined anywhere.

You have stumbled on an interesting quirk on how Android creates Layouts.
The top-most layout is a FrameLayout that the system puts your layout in to. Its id is android.R.id.content. You probably importing the android.R file into your app so you're referencing android.R.id.content instead of your project's R file which would have the correct ID.

Navigation drawer like Google+

How can I create a navigation drawer like Google+ where there is a header for user profile info and a listview below?
I have the following code in my Activity:
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.br.app.MainActivity">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<fragment android:id="#+id/navigation_drawer"
android:layout_width="#dimen/navigation_drawer_width"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:name="com.br.app.NavigationDrawerFragment" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
Currently, the NavigationDrawerFragment contains just a listview, but I tried to add a RelativeLayout as a container with an inner RelativeLayout to create the profile area and the listview below, but the app is crashing.
I've read the tutorial from but as I could understand, my header would be an item of the listview, and it won't be fixed on top (without scrolling).
How can I create this custom navigation drawer like Google+?

Actually, there are two version of navigation drawer used by google.
the first is the old navigation drawer BELOW the action bar. It is used in Google Play Store and Google Books for example.
HERE you can find a library that implements it.
The second is the new navigation drawer that is showed in Material Design guidelines where the drawer is over the action bar.
HERE you can find a library that implements it.
Actually these two libraries are in developing. But they are almost usable at this time.

You can easily customize the android Navigation drawer once you know how its implemented. here is a nice tutorial where you can set it up.
This will be the structure of your mainXML:
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<!-- Framelayout to display Fragments -->
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/frame_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<!-- Listview to display slider menu -->
<ListView
android:id="#+id/list_slidermenu"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#color/list_divider"
android:dividerHeight="1dp"
android:listSelector="#drawable/list_selector"
android:background="#color/list_background"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

Error strange line between navigation list and fragment DrawerLayout

This strange line appears in my view and don't know the reason
Edit 1: XML
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="320dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<!-- Framelayout to display Fragments -->
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/frame_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<!-- Listview to display slider menu -->
<ListView
android:id="#+id/list_slidermenu"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#color/list_divider"
android:dividerHeight="1dp"
android:listSelector="#drawable/list_selector"
android:background="#color/list_background"/>
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

Go on your XML file, take the DrawerLayout and cut it and put it on the tag before... so you will be able to see how it's designed.
So, put your LinearLayout of the DrawerLayout inside your visible view, edit it, and put it away again.

Sorry all, My Mistake. The shadow was causing this problem
mDrawer.setDrawerShadow(R.drawable.drawer_shadow_rtl, GravityCompat.END);