Android RelativeLayout align element on another elements border - android

Im trying to make a text view to align to the left border of another imageview in a RelativeLayout, but I'm having trouble and I cannot achieve this. Can anyone tell me how can I achieve this?
Here is my current XML layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="15dp"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/main_item_bg"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:contentDescription="#string/app_name"
android:scaleType="fitXY" />
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:background="#drawable/blackalha"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="100" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/main_item_cont"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/main_item_nmb"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/main_item_ic"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:background="#color/app_purple"
android:src="#drawable/bacal" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/main_item_nmb"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/main_item_ic"
android:background="#drawable/saric"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#333333" />
</RelativeLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/main_item_title"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/main_item_bg"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:maxWidth="200dp"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
</RelativeLayout>

Try this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/main_item_bg"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:contentDescription="#string/app_name"
android:scaleType="fitXY" />
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="80dip"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/main_item_cont"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:text="dsgffdufsdfdfsdfdsfsdfsdfdsfdf"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/main_item_ic"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dip"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/main_item_cont"
android:background="#android:color/black"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/main_item_nmb"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/main_item_cont"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/main_item_cont"
android:background="#android:color/white"
android:text="10"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
</RelativeLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/main_item_title"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/main_item_bg"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:maxWidth="200dp"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />

As #Salauyou mentioned, try with android:layout_alignLeft because it "Makes the left edge of this view match the left edge of the given anchor view ID"
and android:layout_toLeftOf means "Positions the right edge of this view to the left of the given anchor view ID."

Now, this is what I achieved:
I used this picture in drawable-mdpi (as the badge) - note the trick of the dual background:
and the standard launcher icon, since I didn't have a wine glass icon handy.
This is my layout:
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#fff"
android:layout_margin="0dp"
android:padding="0dp"
>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_margin="0dp"
android:padding="4dp"
>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtIcon"
android:layout_width="48dp"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="4dp"
android:background="#6b2339"
android:drawableRight="#drawable/ic_launcher"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtBadge"
android:layout_width="48dp"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#id/txtIcon"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="4dp"
android:background="#drawable/wines_crossing_badge"
android:text="8"
android:textColor="#312c23"
android:textSize="16sp"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtDesc"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#id/txtBadge"
android:background="#312c23"
android:gravity="left|center_vertical"
android:padding="4dp"
android:text="Available Androids in stock for rental"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="16sp"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

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I want to set the text field above the black image and i want the width of text field should be equal to image.
I dont want to put hardcoded dimensions. Also both the blocks should qually cover the screen horizontally.
Here is my code `
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:custom="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/RL_childLeft1"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
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android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:background="#000000"
custom:currentSpeed="100"
custom:maxSpeed="300" />
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android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
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android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/PrimaryDark2"
android:gravity="center"
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android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textSize="20sp"
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android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/PrimaryDark2"
android:gravity="center"
android:paddingBottom="5dp"
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android:textColor="#color/white" />
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<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:custom="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
>
<com.ism.eshita.incentivemanagmentsystem.Speedometer.Speedometer
android:id="#+id/Speedometer2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:background="#000000"
custom:currentSpeed="100"
custom:maxSpeed="300" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_bg2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/PrimaryDark2"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="BG"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_performance2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/PrimaryDark2"
android:gravity="center"
android:paddingBottom="5dp"
android:text="Performance"
android:textColor="#color/white" />
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</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

relative layout gravity center not aligning correctly

I'm trying to center the chilldren of my relative layout in the center of my screen but it's acting like it's aligned to the top of the parent and I can't figure out why.
my .XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#f70909">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:src="#drawable/dice"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:id="#+id/textMessage"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/imageView2" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editUserSplash"
android:hint="Username"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/textMessage" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editPasswordSplash"
android:hint="Password"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_below="#+id/editUserSplash" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Login"
android:id="#+id/btnSplash"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/editPasswordSplash" />
<ProgressBar
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/prgSplash"
style="#android:style/Widget.DeviceDefault.ProgressBar.Large"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:indeterminate="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/btnSplash" />
</RelativeLayout>
I've tried making the parent a relativelayout without success and it won't align to the bottom either. Initially I thought the layout wasn't filling the whole screen but since its height and width are match_parent I don't think that's the problem. in android studio it is displaying correctly though so I must be missing something small.
I also tried using the gravity and layoutgravity parameters and a combination of the two but without success
Edit: I need the views to stay in the same formation relative to each other but centered in the screen vertically.
Edit 2:I set the background of the RelativeLayout to red and got this: So the relativelayout isn't filling my screen.
Edit 3:
Edit 4:
try this:
<?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="#f70909">
<RelativeLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:src="#drawable/dice"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:id="#+id/textMessage"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/imageView2" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editUserSplash"
android:hint="Username"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/textMessage" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editPasswordSplash"
android:hint="Password"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_below="#+id/editUserSplash" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Login"
android:id="#+id/btnSplash"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/editPasswordSplash" />
<ProgressBar
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/prgSplash"
style="#android:style/Widget.DeviceDefault.ProgressBar.Large"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:indeterminate="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/btnSplash" />
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
Try something like this.
<?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">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"/>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_centerInParent="true">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:id="#+id/textMessage" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editUserSplash"
android:hint="Username"
android:gravity="center" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editPasswordSplash"
android:hint="Password"
android:gravity="center" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Login"
android:id="#+id/btnSplash" />
<ProgressBar
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/prgSplash"
style="#android:style/Widget.DeviceDefault.ProgressBar.Large"
android:indeterminate="true" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
UPDATE:
If setting the xml in an AlertDialog, it's possible that there is a space allotted at the bottom. I google and found this alert_dialog.xml for reference. It seems that there is a buttonPanel at the bottom with a minimum height of 54dip.
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/buttonPanel"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:minHeight="54dip"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
style="?android:attr/buttonBarStyle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:paddingTop="4dip"
android:paddingStart="2dip"
android:paddingEnd="2dip"
android:measureWithLargestChild="true">
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/leftSpacer"
android:layout_weight="0.25"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:visibility="gone" />
<Button android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:layout_weight="1"
style="?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle"
android:maxLines="2"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<Button android:id="#+id/button3"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_weight="1"
style="?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle"
android:maxLines="2"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<Button android:id="#+id/button2"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_gravity="end"
android:layout_weight="1"
style="?android:attr/buttonBarButtonStyle"
android:maxLines="2"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/rightSpacer"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_weight="0.25"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:visibility="gone" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
I think this may help you
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:gravity="center">
<RelativeLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Login"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:id="#+id/textMessage"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
<EditText
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editUserSplash"
android:hint="Username"
android:layout_below="#+id/textMessage"
android:gravity="center" />
<EditText
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/editPasswordSplash"
android:hint="Password"
android:layout_below="#+id/editUserSplash"
android:gravity="center" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Login"
android:id="#+id/btnSplash"
android:layout_below="#+id/editPasswordSplash"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
Thanks to ank I was able to figure out that the reason why the RelativeLayout didn't fill my screen is that I used it in an alertDialog. So RelativeLayouts parent isn't the screen but the alertDialog. Since an alertDialog wraps its content it doesn't fill the entire screen.

Center a TextView below an ImageView in a TableLayout

how can I center a TextView below an ImageView in a TableLayout? I see that I have to use center_horizontal with a specified layout_width in dp:
android:layout_width="90dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
...but my text value is not always the same, I set it programmatically and if it's too long:
So I set android:singleLine to true:
android:layout_width="90dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:singleLine="true"
So I set layout_width to wrap_content but in this way center_horizontal is not working :(
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:singleLine="true"
This is my TableRow layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TableRow xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/table_row_layout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10dp">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/relative_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:weightSum="1">
<!-- Left column -->
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/left_image"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
android:layout_marginStart="30dp"
android:src="#drawable/item_image" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/left_name"
android:layout_width="90dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/left_image"
android:layout_alignStart="#+id/left_image"
android:layout_below="#+id/left_image"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="ITEM TEXT VIEW"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:textColor="#android:color/black" />
<!-- Right column -->
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/right_image"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#+id/left_name"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_marginEnd="60dp"
android:layout_marginRight="60dp"
android:src="#drawable/item_image"
android:textColor="#android:color/black" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/right_name"
android:layout_width="90dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/right_image"
android:layout_alignStart="#+id/right_image"
android:layout_below="#+id/right_image"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="ITEM TEXT VIEW" />
</RelativeLayout>
</TableRow>
Anyone can help me?
UPDATE: This my real layout element:
You can use two RelativeLayouts instead of one. Check this XML,
<TableRow xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/table_row_layout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10dp">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/relative_layout1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:weightSum="0.5">
<!-- Left column -->
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/left_image"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
android:layout_marginRight="30dp"
android:src="#drawable/item_image" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/left_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/left_image"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="ITEM TEXT VIEW"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:textColor="#android:color/black" />
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/relative_layout2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:weightSum="0.5">
<!-- Right column -->
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/right_image"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
android:layout_marginRight="30dp"
android:src="#drawable/item_image" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/right_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/right_image"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="ITEM TEXT VIEW"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:textColor="#android:color/black" />
</RelativeLayout>
</TableRow>
RelativeLayout is not a best suit for this scenario.It's better to replace with two LinearLayouts. The advantage is, you can avoid most of the magic numbers like margins and paddings. Try this layout,
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TableRow xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/table_row_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10dp">
<!-- Left column -->
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="0.5"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/left_image"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:src="#drawable/circle" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/left_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="ITEM TEXT VIEW" />
</LinearLayout>
<!-- Right column -->
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="0.5"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/right_image"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:src="#drawable/circle"
android:textColor="#android:color/black" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/right_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="ITEM TEXT VIEW" />
</LinearLayout>
</TableRow>

GridLayout - Aligning Element

I am trying to reduce the space between 2 columns, have tried using negative margins, but did not work. Is there a way to bring the 2 elements in the image closer ?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<GridLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:useDefaultMargins="true"
android:alignmentMode="alignBounds"
android:columnOrderPreserved="false"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:stretchMode="columnWidth"
android:background="#color/orange"
android:textSize="12sp"
android:columnCount="8">
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/settings"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_columnSpan="1"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:src="#drawable/settings" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/currentCityName"
android:layout_column="2"
android:textSize="22sp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="City name"
android:layout_columnSpan="4"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
/>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/refresh"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_column="7"
android:layout_columnSpan="1"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:src="#drawable/reload" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/currentWeatherImage"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_columnSpan="8"
android:layout_rowSpan="3"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:src="#drawable/cloud" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/humidityIcon"
android:layout_width="20dp"
android:paddingTop="10dp"
android:paddingLeft="0dp"
android:paddingRight="0dp"
android:layout_marginRight="0dp"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:background="#000000"
android:src="#drawable/humidity" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/humidity"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="13sp"
android:paddingTop="10dp"
android:paddingLeft="0dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="0dp"
android:layout_gravity="left"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/temperature"
android:layout_columnSpan="4"
android:layout_rowSpan="2"
android:textSize="49sp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/windSpeedIcon"
android:layout_width="30dp"
android:layout_marginRight="1dp"
android:paddingRight="1dp"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:src="#drawable/wind" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/windSpeed"
android:textSize="12sp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
/>
<!-- android:layout_width="40dp" -->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/precipitationIcon"
android:textSize="28sp"
android:layout_width="40dp"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/precipitation"
android:layout_column="0"
android:textSize="13sp"
android:layout_width="40dp"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/windDirection16Point"
android:textSize="13sp"
android:layout_width="80dp"
android:layout_columnSpan="2"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/weatherDescription"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_row="7"
android:layout_columnSpan="8"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/section_label"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:layout_columnSpan="8" />
<EditText
android:minLines="4"
android:maxLines="4"
android:id="#+id/edit"
android:layout_columnSpan="8"/>
I suggest implementing the entire view using a RelativeLayout, should be the best solution for the entire view.
You are tackling the wrong problem – you are asking how to reduce the space between columns in a grid layout, but maybe you should’t have used such a layout in the first place!
What you should have been using for your specific layout, is a combination of relative positioning and compound drawables (here, with android:drawableStart).
<?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="80dp"
android:background="#d89018"
android:paddingBottom="4dp"
android:paddingLeft="8dp"
android:paddingRight="8dp"
android:paddingTop="4dp"
>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/temperature"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="25 ℃"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="49sp"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/humidity"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/humidity"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="83 %"
android:textColor="#fff"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/windSpeed"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/wind"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="19 km/h"
android:textColor="#fff"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/precipitation"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/precipitation"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="0.1 mm"
android:textColor="#fff"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/windDirection16Point"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#id/windSpeed"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/windDirection"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="NNW"
android:textColor="#fff"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
Not only this layout is simpler, you also let Android take care of all the spacing for you. To change the spacing between the compound drawable and the text, use android:drawablePadding in the layout’s code above; in Java code, that would be TextView.setCompoundDrawablePadding).
Icons used for the sample: water, windsock, rainy-weather and wind-rose.
I think what's happening is that your Views are being stretched because they are trying to match the width of another view in their columns.
Try decreasing the columnSpan of your Views or separate your layout into two separate GridLayouts.
Or, consider using a different layout altogether. I would recommend RelativeLayout here instead of GridLayout, but I don't know how this fits into a larger window.
try 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="100dp">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_weight="2.4"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col1_row1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="83%"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col1_row2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="1.0mm"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_weight="2.0"
android:gravity="center"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="25'"
android:textSize="50dp"
/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col3"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_weight="2.4"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col3_row1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="19Km"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/col3_row2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="NNW"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
I think you should change usedefaultMargins to false and give your own margins to the elements.
android:useDefaultMargins="false";

I can't get the button to the bottom of the layout

I'm trying to get the button to the bottom the layout, and it just won't work...
The button is displaying it self on the image that should be above it.
Here is the xml code:
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/ScrollView01"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:fillViewport="true"
android:layout_gravity="center"
>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="28dp"
android:layout_marginTop="32dp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtAppName"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_marginLeft="22dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/imageView1"
android:text=""
android:textSize="36px"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtAppAuthor"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/txtAppName"
android:layout_below="#+id/txtAppName"
android:layout_marginTop="5px"
android:text=""
android:textSize="24px"
android:textStyle="normal" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtAppDesc"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_below="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:maxHeight="350px"
android:text=""
android:width="600px"
android:maxLines="10"
android:scrollbars = "vertical"
/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/txtAppDesc"
android:layout_below="#+id/txtAppDesc"
android:layout_marginTop="30dp" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/imageView2" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView4"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/imageView3"
android:visibility="visible" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnInstall"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/imageview4"
android:text="Download & Install" />
</RelativeLayout>
</ScrollView>
And the result is:
Thanx upfront.
You used android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/imageview4"
This means you align the bottom of your button with the bottom of your image.
You have to use android:layout_below="#+id/imageview4"
EDIT: I don't say this is the best solution, because of multiple layouts (for optimisation...) but this should work:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/ScrollView01"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:fillViewport="true"
android:layout_gravity="center"
>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="28dp"
android:layout_marginTop="32dp"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtAppName"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_marginLeft="22dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/imageView1"
android:text=""
android:textSize="36px"
android:textStyle="bold"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtAppAuthor"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/txtAppName"
android:layout_below="#+id/txtAppName"
android:layout_marginTop="5px"
android:text=""
android:textSize="24px"
android:textStyle="normal"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtAppDesc"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_below="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:maxHeight="350px"
android:text=""
android:width="600px"
android:maxLines="10"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/txtAppDesc"
android:layout_below="#+id/txtAppDesc"
android:layout_marginTop="30dp"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/imageView2"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView4"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/imageView3"
android:visibility="visible"/>
</RelativeLayout>
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnInstall"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="Download & Install"/>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
I added a linear layout in which I put the content, and the button.
Hope this will work.
Do you just want the image that the button is over to shrink in order to make room for it? If so, you need to put the Imageview that contains that image as the very last item in your relative layout. It's going to allocate space for everything but the image, and then give the remaining space to the image, which is why it needs to be last.
Also, I suggest giving your imageViews more informative names than "imageView#", since it's kind of difficult to tell which is which.
You might want to wrap you images in a HorizontalScrollView to maintain full height and width of all your images. I changed a lot of the ViewGroups' widths and heights to accommodate the HorizontalScrollView, finally I set the Button below the images:
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/ScrollView01"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:fillViewport="true" >
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="28dp"
android:layout_marginTop="32dp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtAppName"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_marginLeft="22dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/imageView1"
android:text=""
android:textSize="36px"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtAppAuthor"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/txtAppName"
android:layout_below="#+id/txtAppName"
android:layout_marginTop="5px"
android:text=""
android:textSize="24px"
android:textStyle="normal" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtAppDesc"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_below="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:maxHeight="350px"
android:maxLines="10"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:text=""
android:width="600px" />
<HorizontalScrollView
android:id="#+id/images"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/txtAppDesc"
android:layout_marginTop="30dp" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView4"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
</HorizontalScrollView>
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnInstall"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/images"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="Download & Install" />
</RelativeLayout>
</ScrollView>
Understand that nesting a HorizontalScrollView inside a ScrollView (or vica versa) does not create a smooth scrolling effect in the x & y directions simultaneously. But you can create this effect as discussed here: Scrollview vertical and horizontal in android.

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