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Expand and Collapase in Android

I want to create a Layout that have the feature of expand and collapse .Expand should be like that at a time only one row can be expanded ,if user clicks on other first should be closed by itself.In each row i have to show different layout design .
Please help me in this ,i have searched but i am not getting i how could i create this functionality .Please take this as a reference how it will be like .Please suggest me the best approach to get this

You can use a lib Accordion-View screenshot is :

I have implemented some code as the answer suggested by #Super User. So from that i think you will sure get your solution.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:accordion="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto/com.sentaca.android.accordion"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#android:color/white"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/main_header"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:background="#ff0000"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Offline Booking Request"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</LinearLayout>
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1" >
<com.sentaca.android.accordion.widget.AccordionView
android:id="#+id/accordion_view"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
accordion:header_layout_fold_button_id="#id/foldButton"
accordion:header_layout_id="#layout/accordion_header"
accordion:header_layout_label_id="#id/foldText"
accordion:section_bottom="#layout/accordion_footer"
accordion:section_container="#layout/accordion_section"
accordion:section_container_parent="#id/section_content"
accordion:section_headers="#array/accordion_sections"
accordion:section_visibility="#array/accordion_visibility"
android:background="#fff5f5f5"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Please specify offline car details if you need any cars of travels"
android:textSize="14sp" />
<CheckBox
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingLeft="45dp"
android:text="Plase click the checkbox to send the details"
android:textColor="#ff0000" />
<include layout="#layout/radio" >
</include>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/example_get_by_id"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Item 2" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Item 3" />
</LinearLayout>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Item 4" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<RatingBar
android:id="#+id/ratingBar1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<SeekBar
android:id="#+id/seekBar1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Item 4" />
</com.sentaca.android.accordion.widget.AccordionView>
</ScrollView>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<Button
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="Review" />
<Button
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="Confirm" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Now just remember one thing whenever you want to add layout items then add item in Linear Layout and make different layout for different sections and after that include that layout in your Linear layout. I have tried for one section named radio.xml file which is included in Linear Layout above.
radio.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RadioGroup
android:id="#+id/radioGroup1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<RadioButton
android:id="#+id/radio0"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="30dp"
android:checked="true"
android:text="Domestic"
android:textColor="#ff0000" />
<RadioButton
android:id="#+id/radio1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="30dp"
android:text="InterNational"
android:textColor="#ff0000" />
</RadioGroup>
<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:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="Pick Up Location"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="30dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:ems="10" >
<requestFocus />
</EditText>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="DropLocation"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="30dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:ems="10" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:text="Car Type"
android:textColor="#000" />
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinner1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="35dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:text="Remarks"
android:textColor="#000" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText3"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="textMultiLine" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

You can start with ExpandableListView and customize it to your need. I think this would be a good way to start. Please follow a link below to customize ExpandableListView :
http://androidexample.com/Custom_Expandable_ListView_Tutorial_-_Android_Example/index.php?view=article_discription&aid=107&aaid=129
You can google for more links on customizing expandablelistview. Hope it helps.

You can use scaleAnimation where you can add in each section a layout panel and inside the layout textview or anything as your requirement. See this. Hope it might help you.
http://wwwpriyaandroid.blogspot.in/2013/10/accordion.html

Formatting xml for buttons at bottm

I am trying to make a layout where the last button will always be at the bottom and will be able to scroll if needed. Here is what I have so far:
<?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"
android:background="#drawable/gradient_bg" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<!-- Name Label -->
<TextView android:id="#+id/NameDesc"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Spot Name:"
style="#style/black_text"/>
<!-- Input Name -->
<EditText android:id="#+id/inputName"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="5dip"
android:layout_marginBottom="15dip"
android:singleLine="true"
android:capitalize="words"/>
<!-- Button Create Product -->
<Button android:id="#+id/btnDate"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Set Date"
android:tag="3"
android:onClick="onClick"
android:visibility="gone"
style="#style/btnStyleBreakerBay"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtDate"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Date of Event:"
style="#style/black_text"
android:visibility="gone"/>
<Button android:id="#+id/btnTime"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Set Time"
android:tag="4"
android:onClick="onClick"
android:visibility="gone"
style="#style/btnStyleBreakerBay"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtTime"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Time of Event:"
style="#style/black_text"
android:visibility="gone"/>
<!--Type in info^ -->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtType"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Event Type:"
style="#style/black_text"
android:visibility="gone"
/>
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinner_event"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:entries="#array/event_arrays"
android:prompt="#string/event_prompt"
android:visibility="gone"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Pavement Type:"
style="#style/black_text"
/>
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinner_pavement"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:entries="#array/pavement_arrays"
android:prompt="#string/pavement_prompt" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Amount of Traffic:"
style="#style/black_text"
/>
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinner_traffic"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:entries="#array/traffic_arrays"
android:prompt="#string/traffic_prompt" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Environment Type:"
style="#style/black_text"
/>
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinner_enviro"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:entries="#array/enviro_arrays"
android:prompt="#string/enviro_prompt" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnCapturePicture"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Take a Picture"
android:tag="1"
android:onClick="onClick"
style="#style/btnStyleBreakerBay"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtPreview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Image Preview:"
style="#style/black_text"
android:visibility="gone"/>
<!-- To display picture taken -->
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imgPreview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:visibility="gone" />
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1">
</FrameLayout>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal">
<!-- Button Create Product -->
<Button android:id="#+id/btnCreate"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Create Spot"
android:tag="2"
android:onClick="onClick"
style="#style/btnStyleBreakerBay"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
But I cannot get the last button to go at the bottom. Could someone please help me? I have tried a couple answers on here but none seemed to work. Maybe it was because of how I set the height of the other layouts but I'm not too sure on that.
Thank you in advance,
Tyler

Look this my implementations in some projects i think it will help you to determine your layout ,
may help you and feel free to feed me back in any issue
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<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" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/header"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:background="#FC9"
android:gravity="center" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:text="Fixed Header"
android:textColor="#000"
android:textSize="20sp" />
</RelativeLayout>
<!-- Footer aligned to bottom -->
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/footer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:background="#FC0"
android:gravity="center" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:text="Fixed Footer"
android:textColor="#000"
android:textSize="20sp" />
</RelativeLayout>
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/scrollableContents"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_above="#id/footer"
android:layout_below="#id/header"
android:background="#005" >
</ScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>

I think the best way I can think of is to use RelativeLayout. It has the member android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" which you can use in your Button within the RelativeLayout. This will always keep it at bottommost.

Not happy with my Android UI layout

I am having a heck of time trying to get my UI to look the way I want. Here's what I've got ...
I would like the TextView, the XX:XX:XX, text font to be larger and centered between the EditText and Button. Also how come the user gets the phone keyboard instead of a qwerty keyboard to use to enter text?
Here's my layout XML:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/new_bookmark_name"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="0.5"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="text" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/new_bookmark_clock"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="0.3"
android:text="#string/xx_xx_xx" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_add_new_bookmark"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="0.2"
android:text="#string/add"/>
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/bookmark_list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>
</LinearLayout>

Use the following code to achieve what you want:......
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/new_bookmark_name"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="text" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/new_bookmark_clock"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="#string/xx_xx_xx" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_add_new_bookmark"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="#string/add"/>
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/bookmark_list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>
</LinearLayout>

please refer this xml all the changes is done tested is also done.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/new_bookmark_name"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="number" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/new_bookmark_clock"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="hello" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_add_new_bookmark"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="add"/>
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/bookmark_list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>
</LinearLayout>

You can use relative layout to do that. You can change the font size with android:textSize
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/new_bookmark_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:ems="10"
android:inputType="text" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/new_bookmark_clock"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/new_bookmark_name"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/btn_add_new_bookmark"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:text="#string/xx_xx_xx" />
<Button
android:id="#id/btn_add_new_bookmark"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:text="#string/add"/>
</RelativeLayout>

Replace android:layout_gravity="center" by
android:gravity="center" in your TextView.
and regarding the keyboard layout, it looks like you are trying in the emulator. The emulator shows up 12pad keyboard in portrait mode. You can try in the device.

Please follow below, i have made a sample UI exactly what you have asked for using Relative Layout and by using minimum number of lines. Please have a look and check if can solve the purpose. I have also attached snapshot for the same.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<RelativeLayout
android:padding="4dp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/ed_name"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="number" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/ed_name"
android:text="XX:XX:XX"
android:textSize="18dp" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:text=" add " />
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
About the keypad :Check it on actual device , the device will open its own default keypad.

ListView with button at the bottom in Activity with fixed header and footer

I am developing an Android Application and I have an Activity that looks like this. I have a header and a footer that have fixed positions, and a ListView with clickable items in the middle. Below the ListView, I have a button.
It is working when I have a few items, but as I add more items, the button begins to disappear, like this.
When I have more items in that list that can be shown in the page, I have a scroll in the list. If I scroll down like this I can see all the items in the list, but the button is hidden.
I have had a lot of problems before trying to add a ListView inside a ScrollView, so I know it doesn't work. As I am new in Android development, perhaps my XML layout files are a bit confusing, but I have a parent LinearLayout with two RelativeLayouts inside, one for the header and one for the middle and footer. The XML is something like this:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#FFFFFF">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:gravity="center_vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/title"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:text="#string/baseTitle"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:textStyle="bold"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonHelp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:background="#drawable/button_help"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"/>
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_gravity="fill_vertical">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/buttonBar"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#bdbdbd"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/bottomButtomBar"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<Button
android:id="#+id/myGroups"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:text="#string/myGroups"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="13dp"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:background="#layout/button_meus_grupos"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/createGroups"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:text="#string/createGroups"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="13dp"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:background="#layout/button_criar_grupos"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/configurations"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:text="#string/configurations"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="13dp"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:background="#layout/button_configuracoes"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_above="#id/buttonBar"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/listContent"
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:background="#ffffff"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/searchBarLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:background="#ffffff"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:clickable="true"
>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/myGroupsLabel"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/myGroups"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:textColor="#bdbdbd"
android:textSize="16dp"
android:textStyle="bold"
/>
<ImageView
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/ic_search" />
</RelativeLayout>
<View android:layout_height="2dip"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:background="#cccccc"
/>
<ListView android:id="#+id/listview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:cacheColorHint="#000000"
/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonCreateGroup"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
android:background="#layout/button_confirm"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="#string/createOneGroup"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="22dp"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Does anyone have any tips on how can I keep the footer fixed, scroll down until the end of the list and then show the button? I want that it looks like the button is the last item at the List.
EDIT: Entire XML posted

The ListView and the Button should be in a RelativeLayout and in the Button you should set android:layout_below="#id/listview"
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:cacheColorHint="#000000"
android:textColor="#000000" />
<Button
android:layout_below="#id/listview"
android:id="#+id/buttonCreateGroup"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:background="#layout/button_confirm"
android:text="#string/createOneGroup"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="22dp" />
</RelativeLayout>

Try it in the following manner:
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<RelativeLayout //Header
android:layout_alignParentTop="true">
</RelativeLayout>
<ListView
android:layout_below="#+id/header" />
<RelativeLayout //Button(footer)
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/listView" >
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

The only way I could achieve the exact requirements I explained above was doing the following:
-In the XML file with the layout of the list items, I added a button with android:visibility="gone".
-In my custom ListView adapter, I always add an empty object in the last position. I simply add an object with a flag that shows it is the last in the list.
-In the method getView() that I override in the custom Adapter, I check if the object in the current position has the flag indicating that it is the last in the list. If so, I set the button visibility to VISIBLE, otherwise I fill the other components.
If anyone is facing the same problem and needs some sample code from my solution just ask here.

Try this:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/title"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:text="baseTitle"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonHelp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" />
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="fill_vertical"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/buttonBar"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/bottomButtomBar"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/myGroups"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="myGroups"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textSize="13dp" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/createGroups"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="createGroups"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textSize="13dp" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/configurations"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="configurations"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textSize="13dp" >
</Button>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_above="#id/buttonBar"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/listContent"
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="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/searchBarLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:clickable="true"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/myGroupsLabel"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:text="myGroups"
android:textColor="#bdbdbd"
android:textSize="16dp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginRight="15dp" >
</ImageView>
</RelativeLayout>
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/scroll"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="280dip"
android:layout_margin="7dip"
android:scrollbars="none" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:cacheColorHint="#000000"
android:textColor="#000000" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonCreateGroup"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:text="createOneGroup"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="22dp" />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Layout does not match preview

I have designed an action sheet that appears when a user press a button. It is a separate xml file that I am including in another layout file. In the layout preview, it looks exactly as I want it. However, when it runs on my phone, the layout is messed up.
Here is how it should look:
And here is how it does look:
Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening?
Here is the layout code for the action sheet. The section that isn't displaying right is in the last linear layout
<?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:orientation="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/sheet_header" >
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/left_justified"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/center_justified"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/center_justified"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:src="#drawable/alignment_left" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/center_justified"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="13dp"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:src="#drawable/alignment_center" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/right_justified"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/center_justified"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/center_justified"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:src="#drawable/alignment_right" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/close_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/center_justified"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/center_justified"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:src="#drawable/sheet_done_btn"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/sheet_background"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/font_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1.0"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Font"
android:textColor="#806014"
android:textSize="20sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/size_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1.0"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Size"
android:textColor="#806014"
android:textSize="20sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/color_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1.0"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Color"
android:textColor="#806014"
android:textSize="20sp" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
And here is how it is included:
<FrameLayout
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/edit_text_frame">
<include layout="#layout/edit_text"/>
</FrameLayout>
Edit: In addition to a fix for this specific problem does anyone know why the preview doesnt match the way it actually shows up on the phone?
Thanks for the help!

<?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:orientation="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/sheet_header" >
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/left_justified"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/center_justified"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/center_justified"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:src="#drawable/alignment_left" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/center_justified"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="13dp"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:src="#drawable/alignment_center" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/right_justified"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/center_justified"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/center_justified"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:src="#drawable/alignment_right" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/close_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/center_justified"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/center_justified"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:src="#drawable/sheet_done_btn"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:background="#drawable/sheet_background"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/font_text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Font"
android:textColor="#806014"
android:textSize="20sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/size_text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Size"
android:textColor="#806014"
android:textSize="20sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/color_text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Color"
android:textColor="#806014"
android:textSize="20sp" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

You could place the font, size, color TextViews into a Table Layout.