Android Drawer Layout with main activity - android

was trying the drawer layout example mentioned in here
After trying this out, I added a few elements, like a button, to the main layout. This is what I did :
<?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"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:onClick="openTestButtonActivity"
android:text="#string/testing" />
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
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</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
Now, the drawer works good, but I am not able to activate my button. Is there anything in the ordering of layouts that I am doing wrong ?

Yes, layout order is wrong. In relativeLayout views are ordered like are added in code. So if you add button first and then you add drawerLayout, drawerLayout overlays button. So you should add DrawerLayout first and then Button.

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I create a Navigation Drawer activity in Android. When the user clicks on the menu items, each menu item opens up a fragment.
Each fragment is set to:
fragment.xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#android:color/transparent"
tools:context="com.go.tutorial.Fragment">
<!-- TODO: Update blank fragment layout -->
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:text="hello fragment"
android:textSize="30sp"/>
</LinearLayout>
content_main.xml
<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"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
tools:context="com.go.tutorial.MainActivity"
tools:showIn="#layout/app_bar_main"
android:id="#+id/relative_layout_for_fragment"
android:background="#color/fragmentBackground">
</RelativeLayout>
However, the fragments expand to fit their contents instead of maximizing or becoming "fullscreen"?
This results in a shadow that borders the fragment and makes the design look ugly.
Is there any way to fix or work around this?
I don't want it to become true "fullscreen" per se. But, I would like to maximize to the space of its parent activity.
I'm sure a lot of people would like fragments that automatically maximize to the full width and height of its parent activity right?
A feature like this should be built in since it seems like many would use it?
Replace you LinearLayout with FrameLayout , and make your fragment layout match parent .

Pressing button through fragment

I'm trying to create an application with fragment on the side as a menu bar.
My main problem is that when I open the fragment I can see the buttons behind it and even press them.
Of course I don't want that. I tried adding the property android:clickable="true" to the layout but it didn't help.
This is my code:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context="ibuy.ibuy.AddUpdateItem">
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.
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<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/search_image"
android:id="#+id/btnBrows"
android:onClick="openItemTable"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/imageView"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />
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<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="ibuy.ibuy.AddUpdateItem"
android:clickable="true">
<fragment
android:id="#+id/navigation_drawer"
android:layout_width="#dimen/navigation_drawer_width"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:name="Menus.smallMenu"
tools:layout="#layout/fragment_navigation_drawer"
android:alpha="255" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
This is the code of the listView of the fragment on other file:
<ListView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"
android:background="#cccc"
tools:context="Menus.smallMenu"
android:clickable="true"/>
What am I doing wrong?
Thank you in advance!
I don't know what you meant by "I can see the buttons behind it". I assume you meant behind the DrawerLayout UI.
1)
In that case, you can use the attribute like android:layout_below="#id/btnBrows". As far as I know, all the UI elements should be positioned, otherwise they may be displayed one on top of another, like what you are seeing.
2) Also an issue is that both android:layout_width and layout_height of DrawerLayout is match_parent which fills up the whole screen. It competes screen space with the button. If the button is inside DrawerLayout, that would not be an issue but this might be your intentional design.
If you're into Android Studio, create a new Navigation Drawer Activity. Take a look at the main XML layout.
The DrawerLayout should be your root view. Inside it, you have the RelativeLayout with the buttons and the Fragment that is your navigation drawer.
That way, both are separated and the navigation drawer overlaps correctly when opened.

Where the right place to set layout in android?

I have 2 files in the res.
Activity_main.xml is
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.example.test2.MainActivity"
tools:ignore="MergeRootFrame" />
fragment_main.xml is
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context="com.example.test2.MainActivity$PlaceholderFragment" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/hello_world" />
</RelativeLayout>
I plan to change the layout where I problem in this current layout when I drag and drop all item just overlap on each other how to make a nice form type layout? What adjustment and which file must I adjust?
It sounds like you are using the Eclipse GUI tools to create your layout. I strongly suggest that you read about Android Layouts. If you want, you can edit the XML layout text directly or at the very least this will help you understand the properties you can set for your controls to get the exact look that you want.

android action bar overlay issue for Up button

I have been following the tutorial #
Add Up Button for Low-level Activities for a display_message_activity (I also set the action bar as transparent), and then tried to Specify Layout Top-margin using ?attr/actionBarSize, but the action bar ("My Message") seems covers the entire message ("Hello World") as follows
So I wonder how to solve the issue? The following is activity_display_message.xml in layout:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
tools:context=".DisplayMessageActivity"
android:paddingTop="?attr/actionBarSize" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/hello_world" />
</RelativeLayout>
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Setting up layout with multiple fragments

I am currently working on an android project and I am trying to make use of fragments. I've got it mostly working, however, I can't get the layout right.
In the layout there should be a slide in navigation drawer from the left and a slide in navigation drawer from the right.
At the top of the activity there should be a fragment and underneath that another fragment. The top fragment being smaller than the below fragment.
Even though I have set the height for the fragment it is taking up the whole screen and both fragments are overlapping below. Below is an image which should hopefully highlight what I am trying to achieve.
Below is the XML for the FragmentActivity
<?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="fill_parent">
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<fragment android:name="com.BoardiesITSolutions.MysqlManager.QueryEditor"
android:id="#+id/fragment_query_editor"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="10dp"/>
<fragment android:name="com.BoardiesITSolutions.MysqlManager.MainContentFragment"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp" />
<ListView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/left_drawer"
android:layout_width="280dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/list_padding"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/list_padding"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#4e4e4e"
android:dividerHeight="1dp"
android:background="#111" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
I've taken out the slide in nav menu from the right for the time being just while I get the basic layout correct
Below is the XML for the query editor fragment
<?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"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#c1c1c1c1" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="QUERY EDITOR"/>
</LinearLayout>
Thanks for any help you can provide
Your drawer layout should be the outermost parent. You should then have a layout with matchparent height and width that you can use to contain your inner UI fragments. The 2nd and 3rd layouts should be your slide in drawers with the relevant left and right layout_gravity set.
In summary, an outer drawer that contains 3 inner layouts.
Sorry I am on a tablet so can't show this for you but it is all explained here.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/widget/DrawerLayout.html

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