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Android Increasing View's Layout Weight Decreases Actual Width

I've tried to track down what's going wrong here, and I'm coming up with nothing. If i change my layout weight from 1 to 2, on the first view in my horizontal linear layout, the resulting width actually decreases. Here is the code.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:weightSum="7">
<TextView android:id="#+id/filterButton"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="0dp"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:text="filter"></TextView>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="4"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center" >
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:ems="14"
android:imeOptions="actionDone"
android:inputType="textAutoComplete|textAutoCorrect"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:singleLine="true"
android:gravity="left">
</AutoCompleteTextView>
<ImageView android:id="#+id/clear"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:src="#drawable/close"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:scaleType="fitEnd"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:padding="12dp"
android:visibility="invisible"
android:tint="#android:color/white"/>
</RelativeLayout>
<ImageView android:id="#+id/listButton"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:src="#drawable/list"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:padding="9dp"
android:tint="#android:color/white"></ImageView>
</LinearLayout>
Here is what my action bar looks like with the TextView's layout weight set to 1.
You can see I'm already getting some overflow on the right element. It's getting bumped off screen. Here is what it looks like with the TextView's weight set to 2.
Which is odd because the TextView has actually decreased in size. Here is the action bar without the TextView. The sizes are behaving well here.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

It looks similar to problem i have sometimes.
For layout with weight 7 it would give space like that [[..2..][.5]].
Like in your example making weight smaller actually give more space for layout.
Try to change background color of the middle layout to have better grasp what space exacly is given to your layouts.
Unlucky on my computer your code works normally so I can't help more than that.

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

Android: how to align two text views based on length of text

I have a layout in which two TextViews are to be displayed on the same line such that
If TextView1 is a short text, TextView2 should be immediately right to TextView1(IMAGE1) and if the TextView1 is a long text, TextView2 should be at right corner of the Layout on the same line(IMAGE2)
How can I achieve this ?

i use simple horizontal LinearLayout with android:layout_weight attribute and it worked like you want.
Example:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="teeeeeeeext1"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="text2"/>
</LinearLayout>

Use a layout like this..
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true" >
<requestFocus />
</EditText>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/editText2"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="38dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/editText1" />
</RelativeLayout>
edittext 1 will push edittext2 to its right...depending on text in it..

You can set android:maxWidth property for first text view. So your layout would look like this:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:maxWidth="200dp"
android:text="sdfksdofsdfsdfsdfsadfgwagrswargweqrgeqrgqwergeqrgeqrg"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/textView1"
android:text="text2"
/>

Edit:
I apparently misread (or did not read fully) your question. Just don't mind my answer - I vote for mxy's :)
The last time I had the same problem, I wasn't able to find or hack away a straightforward solution. Counting pixels was not an option (at least not for me). But I found a workaround that eventually led to the same display concept, and that was to use SpannableStringBuilder.
As I'm assuming you want two different TextViews because you want them to have different colors (or size, or style, or typeface).
The idea is to use a single TextView for the whole thing, and prepare a SpannableString before doing setText on your view.
By using combinations of ForegroundColorSpan, TextAppearanceSpan, etc, you can make your single TextView look like different TextViews with different styles, sitting side by side, wrapping to the next line as necessary.
Links:
Setting font color at runtime
TextAppearanceSpan sample

Centering a TextView while keeping it to the right of a button?

I'm pretty sure I've done this before, but I've forgotten how.
Here's the problem:
I've got a button and a textview, and I want the textview to be centered, while the button is on the left side.
No problem? Just put them in a relativelayout, make the textview centerinparent, and the button alignparentleft.
But now I'm going to dynamically change the text, so it can potentially be written on top of the button! I'll just add toRightOf="#id/button" on the textview. No, now it's no longer centered.
I wish I could provide a screenshot, but it seems the computer is out of memory and can't do that.
Here's some code: http://pastebin.com/3N70Vjre (Since I can't paste xml...?)
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/header"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true">
<Button
android:id="#+id/leftbutton"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:text="text!"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/toptext"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/leftbutton"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:text="Text!"
android:singleLine="true"
/>
</RelativeLayout>

Try this (unfortunately I'm at work so can't jump into Eclipse to get you some code) -
Change the layout_width of the TextView to fill_parent.
Set the gravity of the TextView to center (so the text centers inside the TextView)
Set the layout_weight of the Button to 1 and the layout_weight of the TextView to 2. Note that you may have to fudge with these numbers to get the layout you're looking for.
This should center the text of the TextView after the Button, though it will not center the TextView itself. You can accomplish that by replacing the TextView with a container (Linear/Relative Layout) and doing the same method as above on the Layout instead of the TextView. You would then put your TextView inside the container and set the container's gravity to "center".
Hope this helps point you in the right direction :)

You can try this (pseudo-code):
<RelativeLayout>
<Button>
<LinearLayout toLeftOf="toptext" type="horizontal">
<TextView gravity="center">
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
You might have to have the LinearLayout as width="fill_parent". Not sure if that will work nor not. You can subsequently try some of the things listed here: http://thinkandroid.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/how-to-position-views-properly-in-layouts/

Try declaring the TextView first, then aligning the button to the left of the text view. Keep in mind you may run into issues if the TextView becomes too wide.
EDIT: I see, so you're trying to do something sort of like the iPhone's header with back/next buttons (similar anyway). Try this modification. I still believe you're going to run into issues if the TextView gets large enough to hit the Button, though.
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/header"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/toptext"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:layout_alignParentCenter="true"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:text="Text!"
android:singleLine="true"
/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/leftbutton"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:text="text!"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
Try this FrameLayout instead. This may do more what you're expecting:
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/toptext"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:text="Text!"
android:singleLine="true"
/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/leftbutton"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Text!"
/>
</FrameLayout>

android layout: This tag and its children can be replaced by one <TextView/> and a compound drawable

When I run layout on a specific XML file, I get this:
This tag and its children can be replaced by one <TextView/>
and a compound drawable
What change should be done for the following xml code:
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/name_layout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:background="#drawable/grouplist_single_left_grey_area" >
<ImageView android:id="#+id/photo_image"
android:layout_width="#dimen/thumbnail_width"
android:layout_height="#dimen/thumbnail_height"
android:paddingBottom="5dip"
android:paddingTop="5dip"
android:paddingRight="5dip"
android:paddingLeft="5dip"
android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
android:clickable="true"
android:focusable="true"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:src="#*android:drawable/nopicture_thumbnail"
android:background="#drawable/photo_highlight" />
<TextView android:id="#+id/name"
android:paddingLeft="5dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
</LinearLayout>
This is how it looks like on the screen:
The camera icon is the default. Clicking on that will give the user an option to choose another image.

To expand on Romain Guy's answer, here is an example.
Before:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:padding="5dp" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="My Compound Button" />
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/my_drawable" />
</LinearLayout>
After:
<TextView
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="My Compound Button"
android:drawableRight="#drawable/my_drawable" android:padding="5dp" />

Merge the TextView and the ImageView into one, by using TextView's setCompoundDrawable*() methods, or using android:drawableLeft.

Thought I would try to get some extra puntos for this as well: you can add padding between the image and the text using android:drawablePadding. https://stackoverflow.com/a/6671544/1224741

Add tools:ignore="UseCompoundDrawables" to <LinearLayout>.

Sometimes it is possible to replace ImageView (or multiple) and TextView with one TextView with compound drawable(s). There are NOT many parameters which can be applied to compound drawable using native API and this TextViewRichDrawable library, but if you can manage one TextView instead of using LinearLayout you should definitely use it.
The list of attributes and parameters which can be applied to compound drawables:
Size: (YES, really):
<com.tolstykh.textviewrichdrawable.TextViewRichDrawable
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Some text"
app:compoundDrawableHeight="24dp"
app:compoundDrawableWidth="24dp"/>
Even set vector resource as drawable:
<com.tolstykh.textviewrichdrawable.TextViewRichDrawable
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Some text"
app:drawableTopVector="#drawable/some_vector_drawble"
app:drawableEndVector="#drawable/another_vector_drawable" />
Drawable's Padding using native API android:drawablePadding -> link
Here is an example:

A LinearLayout which contains an ImageView and a TextView can
be more efficiently handled as a compound drawable (a single
TextView, using the drawableTop, drawableLeft, drawableRight
and/or drawableBottom attributes to draw one or more images
adjacent to the text).
If the two widgets are offset from each other with margins, this
can be replaced with a drawablePadding attribute.
There's a lint quickfix to perform this conversion in the Eclipse
plugin.
From: Android Official API docs!

When I followed the code above, text inside the TextView doesn't set properly.
You need to set its gravity to center|start to achieve what shown in the asked question.
The textview looks like this:
<TextView
android:id="#+id/export_text"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/up_arrow"
android:drawableStart="#drawable/up_arrow"
android:gravity="center|start"
android:text="....."
android:textSize="#dimen/font_size15" >
</TextView>

the latest correct way at time of writing to add a compound drawable is using app:drawableStartCompat rather than android:drawableLeft.
<TextView
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="My Compound Button"
android:drawablePadding="5dp"
app:drawableStartCompat="#drawable/my_drawable" />

You can refer this code for example
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="#string/myName"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textColor="#color/myColor"
app:drawableTopCompat="#drawable/image_name" />

If you don't want to change the ImageView and TextView, you can change the version in the AndroidManifest.xml as:
<uses-sdk`
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="18"
/>
If your version is android:targetSdkVersion="17" change it s "18".
Hope this will rectify. I did it and got it right

I don't know if this is an efficient solution. But using <androidx.appcompat.widget.LinearLayoutCompat> to wrap the imageView and TextView instead of <LinearLayout> will fix this error. Also by using LinearLayoutCompat, you will be able to adjust the image's width and height which you can't when using a drawableRight, drawableLeft, drawableTop or drawableBottom inside a TextView.

This warning is rather misleading. You can use a compound drawable using a TextView as others have suggested but it doesn't necessarily give you the desired result. You have very littler control over how you want your button to look like using a compound drawable, so it is better to just add tools:ignore="UseCompoundDrawables" and ignore this warning.

Another approach is embed the ViewImage into another LinearLayout (allow handle it with alone id):
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/blue_3"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:paddingTop="16dp" />
</LinearLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvPrompt"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:paddingTop="16dp"
android:text="#string/xy" />

This tag and its children can be replaced by one <TextView/> and a compound drawable
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:focusable="false"
android:contentDescription="."
android:padding="3dp"
android:src="#drawable/tab_home_btn">
</ImageView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="首页"
android:textSize="10sp"
android:textColor="#ffffff">
</TextView>
</LinearLayout>