I've created this fragment named searchfragment. Below there is the layout XML file of the searchfragment. Unfortunatelly the design isn't that smooth as I want it to be.
Here's what I wanted it to look like:
First row: Welcoming text (that works)
Second row: Search input field (that works, too)
Thirt row (and here it gets complicated): There should be a text named "Search for" and then a Spinner with the item you can search for (e.g. name, year, price). Then there's the Search button. Next thing is that you can sort the output. Therefore there's a text with "Sort for", a Spinner with the critirion and a Sort button. Best case the search section should be align to the left and the sort for to the right, but still centered.
Forth row: Output field.
Now as the elements are all present on my device, they are not in the graphical layout of Eclipse. I've tried for hours now to get it working but it's kind of hard if you're not sseing your objects.
Long text - short task: Please help me optimise my design.
searchfragment.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout 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:layout_gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="#string/welcome" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/edit_message"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
android:hint="#string/edit_message" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center|center_horizontal"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/search_for" />
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/criterion"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:entries="#array/searcharray"
android:prompt="#string/prompt" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnSubmit"
android:layout_width="136dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:background="#drawable/android"
android:onClick="sendMessage"
android:text="#string/button_send" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/sort_for"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/sort"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="0dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:entries="#array/sortarray"
android:prompt="#string/prompt" />
</LinearLayout>
<Button
android:id="#+id/sort_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:background="#drawable/android"
android:onClick="sortAgain"
android:text="#string/button_send" />
</LinearLayout>
<ScrollView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/showResults"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
I've added a photo of the current design. The space with the red frame around it is the third "row" and should be changed. The second spinner is (I don't know why) much too wide. It should be that wide as the first one. Then all the elements should be about the same heigth and the elements should be centered.
You're on the right track with your layout, but the reason your second Spinner is taking up so much room is that you've set it's layout_weight to 1, and as it's the only one with a layout_weight, it's taking up the rest of the space that's free.
If you want the items to take up a relative amount of space on the screen, then you could stick with using layout_weight and give all of your items that property.
For example, just for your third row you would get rid of the LinearLayout around your Spinner, change some of the layout_width properties and give all of your items a layout_weight.
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center|center_horizontal"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="#string/search_for" />
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/criterion"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:entries="#array/searcharray"
android:prompt="#string/prompt" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnSubmit"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:background="#drawable/android"
android:onClick="sendMessage"
android:text="#string/button_send" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="#string/sort_for"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/sort"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:entries="#array/sortarray"
android:prompt="#string/prompt" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/sort_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:background="#drawable/android"
android:onClick="sortAgain"
android:text="#string/button_send" />
</LinearLayout>
This is going to give all of your items an equal weighting, so the TextViews will be the same size as the Spinners which will be the same size as the Buttons. Play around with the layout_weight attribute to make them more relative, for example if you want the Buttons to be twice the size as the Spinners, set their layout_weight to 2.
Related
I am attempting to create this layout in AXML:
However I am unsure of the easiest way to create this and avoid many nested Layout's. I am thinking to have an outer LinearLayout (horiz) with 2 RelativeLayouts for each column (then add the widgets in there).
So like this:
But with this current layout its not positioning correctly:
Can you suggest the easiest way to achieve this layout (ie, not involving many nested layouts) and why my code below isn't displaying correctly?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:local="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:minWidth="25px"
android:minHeight="25px"
android:background="#161615">
<!-- Listing Details Section -->
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<RelativeLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="0.5">
<Mvx.MvxImageView
android:id="#+id/listingIcon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
local:MvxBind="ImageUrl LlistingIcon"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:text="First name Last name"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/listingIcon" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/datePosted"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:text="2 days ago"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/listingIcon" />
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="0.5">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/likes"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:text="13 likes"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/comments"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:text="4 comments"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
<Mvx.MvxImageView
android:id="#+id/moreInfo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
local:MvxBind="ImageUrl MoreInfoIcon"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
You should be able to accomplish this with the below layout (using a single RelativeLayout). You may need to adjust padding/margin to your needs to get exactly what you want. I haven't tested it but this should get you close.
<RelativeLayout
...>
<Mvx.MvxImageView
android:id="#+id/listingIcon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="use appropriate margin for your needs/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:text="First name Last name"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/listingIcon" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/datePosted"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:text="2 days ago"
android:layout_below="#+id/name" /> <!-- see this change -->
<Mvx.MvxImageView
android:id="#+id/moreInfo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
local:MvxBind="ImageUrl MoreInfoIcon"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/likes"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:text="13 likes"
android:layout_alignPToLeftOf="#id/moreInfo" /> <!-- changed -->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/comments"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:text="4 comments"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#id/moreInfo"
android:layout_below="#id/likes" />
</RelativeLayout>
You can actually achieve this with a single horizontal LinearLayout and three children.
Your first child would be a TextView with a compound drawable.
<TextView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/some_icon"
/>
The text can be either hardcoded or something you set dynamically, but you can use the power of Android's spans if you need different sections of the text to be styled differently. This way you avoid creating unnecessary TextViews.
Your second child would be another TextView, again with spans if you need to style content differently, and your third child an ImageButton.
This approach will require at most two layout passes to succeed. (One if you don't use weights. It may even still be one pass if you specify weight for only one child and give it a width of 0dp, but I can't quite remember).
A single relative layout could also give you what you want, but requires the definition of confusing constraints and requires two measure/layout passes.
This is edited version! I'm new to programming Android apps and I think that this is really difficult, not the java but ui. I am trying to get a list of categories. They can be checkboxes with textview inside the listView or something else. Idea is that an user can just press the boxes/tags/checkboxes/buttons, multiselect. I ended up with checkboxes, because it felt the easiest way, any suggestions how to get easiest solution for end users? User can add categories of his own, so the last row is like button where user can add new categories.
PROBLEM
How can I get a layout where those category checkboxes not overlap settings bar, buttons etc.
Partly solved: I changed the framelayout to LinearLayout and I changed my splash image from imageView to android:background to layout. Now I can see everything but the order is not right. If I move topframe to top (where it should be), I got the error message like this:
ERROR:
java.lang.ClassCastException: android.widget.LinearLayout cannot be cast to android.widget.Button
ACTIVITY.xml
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/buttonContainer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="bottom"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/category"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
android:layout_marginRight="30dp"
android:background="#drawable/white_button"
android:minHeight="40dp"
android:text="#string/category"
android:textColor="#ffffff"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/tak"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
android:layout_marginRight="30dp"
android:background="#drawable/white_button"
android:minHeight="40dp"
android:text="#string/take"
android:textColor="#ffffff"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/list"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
android:layout_marginRight="30dp"
android:background="#drawable/white_button"
android:minHeight="40dp"
android:text="#string/list"
android:textColor="#ffffff"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/topframe"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#99a8b3b9" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/settings_button"
android:layout_width="43dp"
android:layout_height="37dp"
android:background="#drawable/ic_sysbar_quicksettings" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/top_category"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
android:text="#string/no_category_text"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF" />
</LinearLayout>
Don't use a FrameLayout to build an UI like this. A FrameLayout puts all childs in the top left corner, that's why your views are overlapping. What I have seen a LinearLayout with vertical orientation should do the job.
Use one like this for example:
<LinearLayout
...
android:orientation="vertical">
...
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/topframe"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#99a8b3b9" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/settings_button"
android:layout_width="43dp"
android:layout_height="37dp"
android:background="#drawable/ic_sysbar_quicksettings" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/top_category"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
android:text="#string/no_category_text"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF" />
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listView1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="377dp" >
</ListView>
...
</LinearLayout>
I have a vertical layout: 2 text field and a horizontal bar of buttons:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#ff00ff00"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="4dp" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/et_email"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
android:background="#ff00ffff"
android:inputType="textEmailAddress" >
</EditText>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/et_comment"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
android:background="#ff00ffff"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:maxLines="5"
android:minLines="5" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_send"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="OK" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_show"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Some very long text" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_cancel"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Cancel" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
I want the button bar to have wrap_content size policy (can't even have them fixed size because this app has different localizations). I also want the text fields to have the same width as the button box. Here's how the above xml looks in designer (Eclipse + ADT) with platform 17 selected (and how I want it to look). Colors are just for easy debugging:
And here's how it looks on an Android 4.1 tablet:
This layout is used as a custom layout to a Dialog. No manipulations has been done to the Dialog apart from setting content and title.
Interesting fact: it looks exactly as I want it to (and same as ADT designer shows) on Android 3.1 tablet. But not on 4.1.
How can I achieve the desired layout?
You might want to use RelativeLayout to accomplish what you're looking for. Try changing your xml to the following:
<?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="wrap_content"
android:background="#ff00ff00"
android:padding="4dp" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/et_email"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/buttonbar"
android:layout_alignRight="#+id/buttonbar"
android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
android:background="#ff00ffff"
android:inputType="textEmailAddress" >
</EditText>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/et_comment"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/buttonbar"
android:layout_alignRight="#+id/buttonbar"
android:layout_below="#+id/et_email"
android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
android:background="#ff00ffff"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:maxLines="5"
android:minLines="5" />
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/buttonbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/et_comment" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_send"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/btn_show"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/btn_show"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/btn_show"
android:text="OK" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_show"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="Some very long text" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_cancel"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/btn_show"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/btn_show"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/btn_show"
android:text="Cancel" />
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
This seems silly but it seems to work. Try putting in a nested layout. Change your outer layout width/height to fill parent. Then, inside that make another linear layout with all of your views and such. Give the inner LinearLayout the wrap_content values and that should do it. There's got to be a better way to do it than this but I can't think of it at the moment.
This is my custom dialog, there are some textboxs and two buttons.
I'm using a RelativeLayout on it.
I'd like the dialog size to match the content, not all that blank space under there.
I don't want to use explicit pixel heights (it's not good practice).
Another thing, there's a way to have some space between every view?
This is my XML
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_desc"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="8pt"
android:textStyle="italic" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_date"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/txt_desc"
android:textSize="8pt" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_place"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/txt_date"
android:textSize="8pt" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_close"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/txt_place"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/view"
android:text="#string/btn_close" />
<View
android:id="#+id/view"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="1dp"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_edit"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/txt_place"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/view"
android:drawableLeft="#android:drawable/ic_menu_edit"
android:text="#string/btn_edit" />
</RelativeLayout>
First question
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
Second question
Plus use android:marginTop="5dp" if you want to separate a View from Top for 5 dp.
marginLeft|Right|Bottom are also available.
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_place"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp" <-----------------
android:layout_below="#+id/txt_date"
android:textSize="8pt" />
By the way, if I were you, I'd nest some layouts to make order. You can have a general Relative Layout, then 2 linear layouts: one horizontal for TextViews and one vertical for Buttons. You can definely play with your editor and try to make the best appearance for your dialog.
EDIT
Try this one:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#0000"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingBottom="50dp" >
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_desc"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="prova"
android:textSize="8pt"
android:textStyle="italic" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_date"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:text="prova"
android:textSize="8pt" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_place"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:text="prova"
android:textSize="8pt" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_edit"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawableLeft="#android:drawable/ic_menu_edit"
android:text="btn_edit" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_close"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="btn_close" />
<View
android:id="#+id/view"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="1dp" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
I've hard-coded the texts. The main idea is to use a big container layout in background, which is trasparent (background=#0000) and in top of that a layout in wrap_content containing your Views.
If this solution doesn't resolve your problem, I think you could edit height directly in your code. Try to relate to this question
Set your relative layout's height to wrap_content.
For example:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<!-- More XML -->
</RelativeLayout>
Also be aware that fill_parent is deprecated for widths and heights.
You can add either margin (extra space outside a view) or padding (extra space inside a view) with android:layout_margin or android:padding respectively. There are also variants such as layout_marginTop that only apply to a specific side of the view.
Having a lot of trouble getting an icon to huddle into the position I want it in. I looked at 3 different Stack Overflow questions and tried placing the image in a RelativeLayout, LinearLayout, and a TableRow. All with various XML options. Never managed to get the icon to go right and center itself between top and bottom of the allotted space. In the pic below, red is where it is now, blue is where I want it. Here's a pic (of how it looks now, which is incorrect) and the code (imageView1 is what I want to align):
And the code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/loginScrollView">
<TableLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp">
<ImageView android:id="#+id/logoImageView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/logo" android:contentDescription="#string/app_name" />
<TextView android:id="#+id/demoTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/logDetails" android:gravity="center_horizontal|center" />
<EditText android:id="#+id/emailEditText"
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/loginHint" android:imeOptions="actionNext"
android:inputType="textEmailAddress" android:padding="20dp" />
<EditText android:id="#+id/passEditText"
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/password" android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:inputType="textPassword" android:padding="20dp" />
<TableRow android:id="#+id/rememberTableRow"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView android:id="#+id/rememberTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/rememberDetails" android:layout_gravity="center" />
<CheckBox android:id="#+id/rememberCheckBox"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="20dp" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:onClick="showPopup"
android:src="#drawable/abs__ic_menu_moreoverflow_holo_dark" android:layout_weight="1" android:layout_gravity="center|right"/>
</TableRow>
<TableRow android:id="#+id/buttonTableRow"
android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<Button android:id="#+id/registerButton" android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:layout_weight="1" android:text="#string/register" />
<Button android:id="#+id/loginButton" android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:layout_weight="1" android:text="#string/login" />
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>
</ScrollView>
Here are the SO questions I've already looked at and tried to use as solutions:
Aligning ImageView to right of the layout android
Aligning with center in android with hierarchical Layouts
Android ImageButton not displaying on right side of the screen
There are multiple options, as far as I can tell. I'll give you two:
First option is to set a scaletype on the ImageView containing the overflow icon. You make it take up all remaining available space and set the scaletype to fitEnd. This will position the icon all the way at the right.
<ImageView android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="0dp" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" android:scaleType="fitEnd"
android:layout_weight="1" android:onClick="showPopup"
android:src="#drawable/abs__ic_menu_moreoverflow_normal_holo_dark" />
You can accomplish the same effect by setting a weight of 1 on the CheckBox, which will make it 'push' the ImageView with the overflow icon all the way to the right (thanks to a TableRow behaving similarly to a LinearLayout). You can then simply make the ImageView wrap its content. You may want to double check if there are no weird side effects to the clickable region in this case though.
<TableRow android:id="#+id/rememberTableRow"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView android:id="#+id/rememberTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center" android:text="#string/rememberDetails" />
<CheckBox android:id="#+id/rememberCheckBox"
android:layout_width="0dp" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1" android:padding="20dp" />
<ImageView android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" android:onClick="showPopup"
android:src="#drawable/abs__ic_menu_moreoverflow_normal_holo_dark" />
</TableRow>