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Move View to "next line" if it doesn't fit

So, idea in this: I have two TextViews, first can expand whatever it wants, second always 5 chars (time). Problem is in that first TextView can easily push second out of the screen.
So, what I need is something like adjustable LinearLayout, or maybe some GridLayout that will move second TextView on some sort of second line if it doesn't fit parent.
For example you can watch at message bubbles in Viber and WhatsApp. Thanks for any advise.
Update 1
Here is XML that i have now (Only message part)
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/messageBox"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:gravity="center_vertical">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:textAppearance="#style/Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Medium"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:text='#{mess.message}'/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|end"
android:gravity="center_vertical|end"
android:paddingLeft="8dp"
android:textSize="12sp"
android:textAppearance="#style/Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Small"
android:text='#{Utils.parseMillsToHoursAndMins(mess.date)}'/>
</LinearLayout>
Update 2
So I added layout_weight to first TextView, that helped with my first problem, but now I have new one. This two TextViews are in LinearLayout which is in another LinearLayout with another TextView. Parent LinearLayout have width set to wrap_content so if top TextView will be bigger than 2 TextViews it will cause child LinearLayout to be less than it's parent, and 2nd TextView (from that 2) wouldn't be in the end of parent. But when child LinearLayout is bigger, all appears to be OK. I know it's complicated, so this is XML
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:minWidth="0dp"
android:id="#+id/contentPanel"
app:bringToFront="#{true}"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#{(mess.isMine?#drawable/chat_bubble_right:#drawable/chat_bubble_left)}">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text='#{!mess.authorRole.equals("Client")?(mess.authorRole + " - " + mess.author):mess.author}'
android:textColor='#{mess.authorRole.equals("Lawyer")?#color/colorPrimary:mess.authorRole.equals("Admin")?#color/red:#color/green}'
android:textSize="12sp"
android:id="#+id/author"
android:fontFamily="sans-serif-medium"
android:textAppearance="#style/Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Small"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/messageBox">
<TextView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_weight="0.7"
android:textAppearance="#style/Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Medium"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:text='#{mess.message}'/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingLeft="8dp"
android:textSize="12sp"
android:gravity="bottom|end"
android:textAppearance="#style/Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Small"
app:checkFit="#{false}"
android:text='#{Utils.parseMillsToHoursAndMins(mess.date)}'/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

The new approach for achieving such behaviour is using ConstraintLayout with Flow. Here is an example of usage:
<androidx.constraintlayout.helper.widget.Flow
android:id="#+id/socialsButtonsFlow"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="6dp"
app:flow_horizontalGap="8dp"
app:flow_verticalGap="4dp"
app:flow_wrapMode="aligned"
app:flow_horizontalStyle="spread_inside"
app:constraint_referenced_ids="vkButton,twitterButton,facebookButton,youtubeButton,instagramButton,odnoklassnikiButton,tiktokButton"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="#id/socialsLabel"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="#+id/socialsLabel"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/socialsLabel" />
For small screens it looks like this:

I am not sure this will help you or not but:
Use: https://github.com/ApmeM/android-flowlayout
<org.apmem.tools.layouts.FlowLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</org.apmem.tools.layouts.FlowLayout>
Inside FlowLayout you can put your view's and it will auto move to next line if not fit.

if your textviews in linearlayout you can add weightSum method

TextView and EditText overflow

I've got a need to display and TextView (label), EditText(Input) and TextView(suffix) in a line.
The issue I have is - if the label TextView is too long it The EditText and Suffix TextView and not drawn.
Here's my code.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:layout_weight="0"
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="Label"
android:id="#+id/label_text_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<EditText
android:layout_weight="1"
android:id="#+id/input_edit_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColorHint="#color/dark_grey"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:hint="text.." />
<TextView
android:padding="5dp"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:text="Suffix.."
android:background="#color/lite_grey"
android:id="#+id/suffix_text_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
So what I want is - even if the label is over 2-3 lines, for an EditText to appear followed by another TextView.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Edit:
I've added some 'diagrams' so you can understand what I want to do a bit better.
The label to the EditText can be arbitrary length(2/3 lines), so whenever the label finishes I want an EditText to start (which is followed by another TextView showing a suffix..)
..
![This shows a 2 line label and TextView..]
Edit 2: Thanks for the responses guys!! I think #questioner has really understood what I want to do i.e. I want your 3 views to move to other lines so that they behave like they were one view - and as he has suggested i'll have to find a library for this!

How about this:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="Label"
android:id="#+id/label_text_view"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<EditText
android:layout_weight="1"
android:id="#+id/input_edit_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:textColorHint="#color/dark_grey"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:hint="text.."/>
<TextView
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="Suffix.."
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:background="#color/lite_grey"
android:id="#+id/suffix_text_view"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>
If you want your 3 views to move to other lines so that they behave like they were one view - you should use external library for that.

Why not use a RelativeLayout instead of LinearLayout and then use android:layout_below="#+id/..." or android:layout_above="#+id/..." also android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/..." or android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/..."

Set
android:layout_weight="1"
for each view so that they all occupy the same amount of horizontal space.

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:weightSum="1">
Try this or please expand a little more.

Button size and padding within RelativeLayout

I'm attempting to create a a Heading + button similar to the Google Music App, e.g. where there is a "Songs" Header on the Left and then on the right there is a Button with the text "X more"..
I've using a RelativeLayout for the TextView and Button
My problem is that the button is taking up the size of the layout that contains the text the height is all wrong and the padding doesn't seem to do anything.
<ScrollView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
[REMOVED for clarity]
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/list_foreground"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10dp"
android:text="#string/photos"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/photo_button"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:background="#color/actionbar_background"
android:padding="10dp"
android:text="test" />
</RelativeLayout>
What am I doing wrong here?

RelativeLayouts are designed to have children in the layout "relative" to each other. In other words, if you want the Button to the right of the Textview, you need to tell it.
Because you are aligning relative to the parent LEFT / RIGHT, it appears that things are "kind of" working.
You may be better off with a LinearLayout, depending on your needs. LinearLayouts use "orientation" not RelativeLayouts.
You should look over some tutorials (like this one: http://mobile.tutsplus.com/tutorials/android/android-layout/) but ultimately you will probably put your button in first and then your text view so that the textview content will wrap appropriately.

To get the same effect as the Music App I ended up using a RelativeLayout but instead of a Button I'm using another TextView, this is giving the impression it's a button but it gives me more scope to format the background etc. I think just setup a OnClickListener in the code
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/photo_title">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:text="#string/photos"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/more_photo_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:background="#color/actionbar_background"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:paddingRight="5dp"
android:text="10 MORE"
android:textColor="#color/button_text"
android:textSize="12sp" />
</RelativeLayout>

Image + Text to be centre alligned in button

I have a Button with its width as match_parent. And I want a image/icon with a text in its center. I have triedandroid:drawableStart attribute but its of no help. I don't know what I am missing. Is there any one who is also facing the same problem.
Note:This link is not solving my problem. I am attaching my button portion of xml
<Button
android:background="#drawable/blue_button"
android:id="#+id/btn_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/ic_list"
android:text="#string/btn_schedule"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
After adding these attribute my text is coming on center but image/icon is still on left side of button. Can any body help!!!

You might want to check my answer to this question:
Android Button with text and image
Its an ugly solution but it you want the image and text to be centered as a group in the button rather than text center and drawable padded from the side then its the only way I have found.

100% working
<FrameLayout
style="?android:attr/buttonStyle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
style="?android:attr/buttonStyle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:background="#null"
android:clickable="false"
android:drawableLeft="#android:drawable/ic_delete"
android:focusable="false"
android:gravity="center"
android:minHeight="0dp"
android:minWidth="0dp"
android:text="Button Challenge" />
from here

This works for me. Basically play with the paddingLeft and PaddingRight of the button to get the text and image close together to the center.
Note: Might be an issue with rather long texts.
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<Button
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="search button"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/ic_action_search"
android:paddingLeft="60dp"
android:paddingRight="60dp"/>
</LinearLayout>

I had the same problem and I hadn't found anywhere clear solution. BUT I got some information which also help me to provide following solutions (I have chosen the second one):
Create image which will contain your image and text
<Button
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawableTop="#drawable/YOUR_IMAGE"
android:gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical" />
It is not so clear and you have to add more complicated changes to your layout but it is easier to modify the text later
<FrameLayout
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<Button
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent" />
<TextView
android:text="sample"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/YOUR_IMAGE"
android:gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical" />
</FrameLayout>

I tried android:drawableTop
The image shown in the center of the button

How to center image and text in a RadioButton?

I have two custom RadioButtons side by side that fill the width of the screen. I want to have text and an image to the right of the text, centered in the button.
drawableRight draws the image way off to the right of the button, not near the text. I can't use drawableEnd because I don't have Android 4.0
I've tried using a Spannable, but the problem with that is that the image is bigger than the text. I don't want it aligned with the bottom or baseline of the text; I want it to be centered in the button on its own.
The best solution I've found is making a clickable RelativeLayout with a TextView and ImageView centered in it. This makes the button look the way I want it to, but it seems like a lot of work to do that, and to program each RelativeLayout to act like a RadioButton in a RadioGroup.
Is there an easier way, or something that I'm missing? Or should I keep my RelativeLayout idea? Here's my xml for this:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/first_relativelayout"
android:clickable="true"
android:background="#drawable/radio_button"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/first_textview"
android:text="#string/first_radiobutton_label"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceButton"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"></TextView>
<ImageView
android:contentDescription="#string/image_description"
android:id="#+id/first_imageview"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:src="#drawable/it"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/first_textview">
</ImageView>
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/second_relativelayout"
android:clickable="true"
android:background="#drawable/radio_button"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/second_textview"
android:text="#string/second_radiobutton_label"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceButton"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"></TextView>
<ImageView
android:contentDescription="#string/image_description"
android:id="#+id/second_imageview"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:src="#drawable/it"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/second_textview">
</ImageView>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>

I kept going with the RelativeLayout solution. It takes more work than it seems should be worth it, but it works perfectly.