ScrollView adds large space at the bottom - android

My main Activity has a number of buttons, that fit below each other on a large Tablet screen, but not on a smaller Phone screen. I added a ScrollView, so that the user can scroll down to the other buttons if the screen size requires it:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#drawable/bg"
android:gravity="center_horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/trackSelectorText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"/>
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center_horizontal">
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="foo" />
<!-- More buttons -->
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
This kinda works, however I have a large blank space below the last button (i.e. the ScrollView can scroll down too far). Both on an actual Tablet and on the emulator with a Phone configuration. If I center the inner LinearLayout (instead of center_horizontal), the space is evenly spread between the top and the bottom, which I don't want neither. How do I fix this layout?
I hope this image makes it more clear, imagine that the ScrollView has been completely scrolled down and showing the last buttons. The blank space I mean is the one below Button 6 on the right image:

Try adding this attribute to your ScrollView element.
android:fillViewport="true"
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:fillViewport="true" > ... </ScrollVIew>
Ref: ScrollView Ref

Actually, it wasn't really related to the layout (unless I'm missing something). I tried commenting out the background attributed, and it suddenly worked. The background imaged (#drawable/bg) was simply too big and caused the scrolling. I converted the background into a 9-patch image, so it could be scaled automatically, and voilà, the additional space was gone.
Still, if this would've been achievable without 9-patch, I'd still be interested to hear if this can be done in the XML file.

you can use this attribute in scrollview to avoid extra padding at bottom of view
android:overScrollMode="never"

I have checked with my code..Work perfectly:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#drawable/bg"
android:gravity="center_horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/trackSelectorText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"/>
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center_horizontal">
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="foo" />
<!-- More buttons -->
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
May be Help you.......!!

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I want to place image approx full height and a fixed footer.
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<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.aaaa.com.EditView">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="0dp"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="8dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:id="#+id/footerEdit"
android:weightSum="2">
<Button
android:id="#+id/addBackground"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/icon_content" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
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android:background="#drawable/icon_camera"/>
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android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
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When you are working with relative layouts, you still can manage Header and Footer (this last for you) indicating and order between the layouts.
For your main content area add:
android:layout_above="#id/lytFooter"
to be set stacked over your footer
and
android:layout_below="#id/lytHeader"
to be set stacked below your header.
For your main content area set height to match_parent.
Hope it helps.

Android: Layout Problems with LinearLayout

I must be doing this all wrong, and layouts confuse me, so I hope someone might guide me in the right direction. This whole thing is a mess because I've been fiddling with it non-stop since I created it a month ago, trying to fix little issues here and there, so I apologise quite a lot in advance for this disaster.
Literally all that I want is a LinearLayout where everything is centred horizontally and vertically.
This is how it shows up in my Design page.
Before I dump in my layout, allow me to explain what's going on.
I have a TextView that shows status messages above the ImageButton. Below the ImageButton, I have a TextSwitcher and finally a circular ProgressBar.
I've had to put android:adjustViewBounds="true" and android:scaleType="fitCenter" on my ImageButton because the image is much bigger than would fit, otherwise.
Anyway, here's the dump. Hoping someone might be able to make suggestions.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:paddingBottom="0dp"
android:paddingLeft="0dp"
android:paddingRight="0dp"
android:paddingTop="0dp"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_gravity="fill_vertical|center"
android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize"
android:screenOrientation="nosensor"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
tools:context="com.gesslar.threshvote.MainActivity"
android:background="#color/colorFaded"
tools:showIn="#layout/activity_main">
<TextView android:id="#+id/textStatusMessage"
android:textColor="#color/colorText"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center" />
<ImageButton android:id="#+id/buttonVote"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:clickable="false"
android:src="#drawable/ic_vote_button_image"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:onClick="onVotePressed"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
android:adjustViewBounds="true" />
<TextSwitcher android:id="#+id/textCountdown"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:textColor="#color/colorText"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:textSize="#dimen/countdown"
android:includeFontPadding="false"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ProgressBar android:id="#+id/loadingBar"
style="#style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar"
android:layout_gravity="end"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:visibility="invisible"
android:indeterminate="true"/>
</LinearLayout>
If you still like using LinearLayout, you can order your layout like this to have a layout center both horizontally and vertically
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#0ff"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="Button Center Vertical/ Horizontal" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Or simple use RelativeLayout with android:layout_centerInParent="true" to have a layout center both orientation
Hope this help
First of all, LinearLayout can either store everything horizontally or vertically but not both at the same time. So you have to choose specially what do you want. If you want everything to appear in vertical fashion but still some components, say TextView needed to be in a horizontal layout, you may wish to use another LinearLayout (nested inside the main LinearLayout and give it an orientation : Horizontal ).
Apart from this, I don't think there is any problem with that Layout or I did not understand your problem properly, either one.

Android button spacing layout uneven

I have an issue with my app where the button layout is not evenly spaced when used on different devices.
As shown, the first screenshot shows the layout evenally spaced out on an older, smaller screened android smartphone.
The second screenshot from a Nexus 4, shows the large white space under the bottom button that is uneven.
I thought I had set my layout to be even but it seems it isnt.
UPDATE:
How to set a scroll view with the two linear layouts in it.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="84dp"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imgLink"
android:layout_width="78dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:src="#drawable/appointmentmanimenuicon" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="75dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Appointments"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:textSize="30sp" />
</LinearLayout>
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:fillViewport="true">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="200dp"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnaddAppoint"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_margin="50dp"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/appointmentmenu"
android:src="#drawable/appointmentmenu"
android:text="Add Appointment"
android:layout_weight="1" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="200dp"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnviewAppoint"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_margin="50dp"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/appointviewicon"
android:src="#drawable/appointviewicon"
android:text="View Appointments"
android:layout_weight="1" />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
Your nested linear layout with the buttons has a fixed height of 400dp. On the small device this leaves a smaller amount of space at the bottom then it does on the larger nexus4.
If you change your linear layout with the buttons to use a height value of fill_parent it should place the buttons evenly in the space remaining in the parent layout underneath the header ( contacts).
Your second LinearLayout has a fixed height of 400dp. The bottom edge of that layout will always be at 484dp (taking into account the first LinearLayout), and will leave extra space after it on any screen larger than 484dp tall.
I'm not entirely clear on what your desired layout is, but believe what you want is to center the second LinearLayout within the parent LinearLayout.
To do so, add android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" like so:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="400dp"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" >
You should also consider removing the ScrollView, as that content should never need to scroll.

scrollable and non scrollable images

I'm trying to build a gui for my app. It is comprised of two images, one on top of the other. The bottom image needs to be scrollable, the top image needs to be fixed.
This is the current layout xml for the view:
<?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="match_parent"
android:gravity="right"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="right"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/button_load"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Load" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button_save"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Save" />
</LinearLayout>
<uk.co.test.EditorView
android:id="#+id/EditorView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="top" />
<HorizontalScrollView
android:id="#+id/scroll_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="bottom" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/image_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:src="#drawable/imagemdpi" />
</HorizontalScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
Using this layout, the bottom image does not scroll, it is compressed to the width of the screen. If I remove the EditorView, it does scroll. How can I make the gui act as I want?
Any help gratefully received. Thanks
I'm actually not sure why removing the EditorView makes it work. Also, I only see one image view in your layout. But to make that ImageView scroll horizontally, I would change the layout_width of the scroll view to "match_parent" and add a scale type to your image view.
(see: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ImageView.ScaleType.html )
I would try either "center" or "matrix," although usually I have to play around with these a bit to get it to work just how I want it.
so:
<HorizontalScrollView
android:id="#+id/scroll_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="bottom" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/image_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:scaleType="center"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:src="#drawable/imagemdpi" />
</HorizontalScrollView>
In generally, with scroll views, you want to match_parent for the size of the scroll view, but wrap_content for the view being scrolled. The scroll view will allow the wrapped view to grow bigger than its own bounds, but if the scroll view grows bigger than the screen bounds, it won't scroll because it thinks it's showing everything already.

Android ScrollView and buttons at bottom of the screen

I want to implement this: A ScrollView that contains many elements (ImageViews, TextViews, EditTexts etc) and then after the ScrollView some buttons (which are custom ImageViews) that appear always exactly at the bottom of the screen.
If I use the android:fillViewport="true" attribute, then if the elements of the ScrollView are too big to fit in the screen size the buttons get invisible . If I use the android:Weight=1 attribute then the ScrollView gets only 50% of the Screen when the screen is big and it can fit (I want the buttons to take a small percentage, about 10%). If I set the android:Weight to bigger values then the buttons appear very small.
Please help! Maybe it is something simple that I overlooked but I’ve been banging my head for hours!
Just created and tested it. Looks like you want.
<?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">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/buttons"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Custom Button1"/>
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Custom Button2"/>
</LinearLayout>
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_above="#id/buttons">
<!--Scrollable content here-->
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="test text"
android:textSize="40dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>
<?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="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Hello World"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Hallo Welt"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0">
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Go next page"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
This worked for me. Give the scroll view a weight of 1. Put all the other widgets following the scroll view in a layout. The scroll view will grow enough to not block the rest.
Widgets in scroll view and rest at bottom
scrollview cannot fit the screen because you put it on a linear layout, so linear layout fit in the screen,
just try to make scrollview as root elemen on xml layout
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/scrollView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<!-- Here you can put some XML stuff and BOOM! your screen fit to scrollview -->
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
If you do not want to use RelativeLayout, it is better to use LinearLayout. This method is better in my opinion.
Just set the layout_weight to one

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