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Adding a Button at the end of ListView

I want to add a button at the end of a list view. I have the following xml file. The list view appears with its contents, but the button does not show up.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:minWidth="25px"
android:minHeight="25px">
<ListView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/myListView" />
<Button
android:text="Project Download"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/download" />
</LinearLayout>

The problem is with the attribute android:layout_height="match_parent" in your ListView. match_parent means that the listview will fill all the space. The correct way is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:minWidth="25px"
android:minHeight="25px">
<ListView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:weight="1"
android:id="#+id/myListView" />
<Button
android:text="Project Download"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/download" />
</LinearLayout>

Your button is not shown because your ListView took the whole space hiding your button as you set its layout_height to match_parent. match_parent will take the whole available space. So change it to wrap_content like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:minWidth="25px"
android:minHeight="25px">
<ListView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_parent"
android:id="#+id/myListView" />
<Button
android:text="Project Download"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/download" />
</LinearLayout>
wrap_content will wrap your view to the least available height/width without hiding anything or making anything unclear.

i have the same problem, and solved.
you only need wrap that layout into ScrollView
<ScrollView 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" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/rv_transaction_history"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1">
</android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView>
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_history_load_more"
style="?borderlessButtonStyle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:fontFamily="sans-serif-medium"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/margin_big"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/margin_large"
android:text="#string/text_btn_load_more"
android:textColor="#009CDE"
android:textSize="#dimen/text_size_medium" />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:minWidth="25px"
android:minHeight="25px">
<Button
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:text="Project Download"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/download" />
<ListView
android:layout_above="#id/download"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/myListView" /></RelativeLayout>

scrollview a table under full scroll viewd intent (view)

<?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"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:text="Mesaj Başlığı"
android:padding="20dp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/textExtendHeader"
android:layout_marginBottom="2dp"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textSize="22sp" />
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="400dp"
android:layout_x="0dp"
android:layout_y="0dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|top">
<TableRow
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="000dp">
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/scrollView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fillViewport="true"
android:gravity="top">
<ListView
android:id="#+id/ListC"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:cacheColorHint="#FFDAFF7F" />
</ScrollView>
</TableRow>
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>
i got two scrollview elements;
first whole pages goes and up while scroll and second scrollview element is a tableview, when i try to scrollview table, doesnt sense only whole page scrolls.
is there a trick to scroll separate table view and page?

android can't put linearlayout under listview

i want to put a linearlayout under a listview, if i put it above the listview i got an exception and the activity stop working suddenly, and when i put it under the listview it doesn't appear, what am i doing wrong?
<?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" >
<ListView
android:id="#+id/lvRestaurants"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
</ListView>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/llButtons"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/bDone"
android:layout_width="153dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:text="Done" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/bCancel"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:text="Cancel" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Add android:layout_weight=1 to your ListView.
The reason why the other layout doesn't appear is because your listview takes all the place in the parent layout (android:layout_height="fill_parent")

I suggest using RelativeLayout instead. Using LinearLayout and specially android:layout_weight is expensive performance wise. This layout accomplishes what you need. The key is android:layout_alignParentBottom and andoid:layout_above properties. Try it out.
<?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/llButtons"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/bDone"
android:layout_width="153dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:text="Done" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/bCancel"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:text="Cancel" />
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/lvRestaurants"
android:layout_above="#id/llButtons"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
</ListView>
</RelativeLayout>

you can try using weight Concept.
I did some changes in your code
<?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"
android:weightSum="10" >
<ListView
android:id="#+id/lvRestaurants"
android:layout_weight="8"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dip" >
</ListView>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_weight="2"
android:id="#+id/llButtons"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dip"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/bDone"
android:layout_width="153dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:text="Done" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/bCancel"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:text="Cancel" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Do changes according to your requirement

To save the overhead, provide listView with layout_weight="1"
<ListView
android:layout_weight="1" // The MagicLine
android:id="#+id/myListView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
and you LinearLayout with gravity="bottom"
<LinearLayout
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="bottom"
android:orientation="horizontal">
// here will be views, you want to put with in your LinearLayout
</LinearLayout>
Also you can put a LinearLayout beneath a list view, would be the use of a Relativelayout.
Here is a sampleStructure.
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ListView
android:id="#+id/myListView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginBottom="constantHeightofLinearLayout" /> // here the constant height of the linear Layout or buttons, should be inserted
<LinearLayout
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" //this is the line, that would put this linearLayout beneath your Listview
android:layout_height="constantHeight" // this height should be the marginBottom of ListView
android:gravity="bottom"
android:orientation="horizontal">
// here will be views, you want to put with in your LinearLayout
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

How to prevent other View being pushed out of the screen

this is the example XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_margin="5dip" android:background="#FF992222">
<ScrollView android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent">
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:text="TextView"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textSize="24dip"></TextView>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_margin="5dip" android:background="#FF555555">
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:text="TextView"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textSize="24dip"></TextView>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
The result is like this :
If you notice, the text in upper LinerLayout are wrapped in LinearLayout and ScrollView.
If the upper content keep added, it will look like this
Bottom Linearlayout will be pushed out of the screen before the ScrollView become active and make the first content become scrollable.... And I don't want that to be happened...
What should I do to make the Scrollview before the bottom View being pushed out of the screen like this :
(this is edited image and not created by Android Layout editor)
Hope the question clear enough.. Thanks :)

It took me an insane amount of time to figure this out, there is no info on the net, but I finally got it. Enjoy!
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/mainlayout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/LL"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:weightSum="1" >
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/scrollView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/TV1"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:fillViewport="true" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/TV2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center" />
</ScrollView>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:text="TextView"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textSize="24dip"></TextView>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Try this. The key is using layout_weight within the linear layout.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ScrollView android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent">
....
</ScrollView>
<TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:text="TextView"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textSize="24dip"/>
</LinearLayout>

Well, if I understand you question clearly, you want the TextView in grey to remain stationary, while the textViews in red can be scrolled around, correct me if I'm wrong here. If thats what you want, then you can use RelativeLayout to achieve that. Following is the code to produce an output like:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/836/device20111011012652.png/
The ListView entries are scrollable while the button(in your case it should be a TextView) stays where it is.
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ListView android:id="#android:id/list"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#+id/newtask" android:layout_alignParentTop="true">
</ListView>
<Button android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:id="#+id/newtask"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Add New Task" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
</Button>
</RelativeLayout>
Just change the bottom button to a TextView and it would match what you wanted.

How can I layout a secondary fixed footer, underneath a ScrollView?

I'm attempting to build an Android layout that has a fixed footer, with the remaining area taken up by a ScollView. Where this gets tricky is that at the bottom of the ScrollView, I need a second "footer", where there's another image, but but fixed to the bottom of the ScrollView, and which sits behind the ScrollView (and have contents scrolled over it.) Here's a visual example.
When I use the RelativeLayout method to create a fixed footer, that works, but it seems like the space that's taken up by it isn't removed from the overall screen size. I've tried what seems like a seemingly endless combination of methods, and I can't seem to come up with one that works.
Here's what I've been working with.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:gravity="top" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:background="#drawable/background_image" android:orientation="vertical">
<ScrollView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:gravity="fill" android:layout_weight="1">
<FrameLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1">
<ImageView android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="#drawable/scroll_footer_image" android:layout_gravity="bottom" android:layout_weight="1"></ImageView>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_weight="1">
<!-- content for the scrollview goes here. -->
</LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>
</ScrollView>
<RelativeLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="#drawable/footer_background_image" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
<ImageView android:scaleType="centerInside" android:layout_gravity="center" android:clickable="false" android:src="#drawable/footer_contents" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_centerInParent="true" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:layout_centerVertical="true" android:layout_weight="0"></ImageView>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Ok, so finally, it appears that answer appears to be to use android:layout_gravity and android:layout_weight. This appears to do the trick for me, with no padding on the images.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:background="#drawable/background_image" android:orientation="vertical">
<FrameLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1" android:layout_gravity="fill">
<ImageView android:src="#drawable/scroll_footer_image" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:gravity="bottom" android:layout_gravity="bottom"/>
<ScrollView android:fillViewport="true" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical">
<!-- additional content goes here -->
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</FrameLayout>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_weight="0" android:gravity="bottom">
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="#drawable/footer_topper_image" android:orientation="vertical"/>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="#drawable/footer_background_image" android:orientation="vertical" android:gravity="center">
<ImageView android:src="#drawable/footer_contents" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></ImageView>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>