Why aren't both of my views being displayed? - android

So I've been trying to figure out layouts and using the layout inflater, but I'm running into some issues. I have two relative xml layout files, the one xml file has two textViews, an editText field, and a spinner object:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/firstLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/goalNameView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dip"
android:text="#string/goalName" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/goal_name"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/goalNameView"
android:hint="#string/editText"
android:ems="10" >
<requestFocus />
</EditText>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/goalTasksView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBaseline="#+id/goal_tasks"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/goal_tasks"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/goalNameView"
android:text="#string/goalTasks" />
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/goal_tasks"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/goalTasksView"
android:layout_marginTop="51dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
the other xml file has one textView and one editText field:
<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:id="#+id/tView"
>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/taskNameField"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/taskNameView"
android:ems="10"
android:hint="#string/editText" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/taskNameView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBaseline="#+id/taskNameField"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/taskNameField"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:text="#string/taskName"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
I'm trying to patch the two layouts together with a third xml file (main.xml):
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:id="#+id/theMain"
>
<include android:id="#id/mainLayout" layout="#layout/activity_goal_keeper" />
</LinearLayout>
The way I'm looking to have the layout work is to display the first layout (#id/firstLayout) and then the second layout (#id/tView) directly beneath it. I've read that I need to implement the layouts on a LinearLayout to achieve this which is why I have the third layout (#id/theMain).
As you can see I have an include statement for #id/firstLayout, but I don't have an include statement for #id/tView because I'm trying to inflate multiple versions of #id/tView via my main activity:
public class GoalKeeperActivity extends Activity implements AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener {
public Integer[] items= {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8};
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
super.onCreate(icicle);
//setContentView(R.layout.activity_goal_keeper);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
Spinner numOfTasks=(Spinner) findViewById(R.id.goal_tasks);
numOfTasks.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);
ArrayAdapter<Integer> aa = new ArrayAdapter<Integer>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, items);
aa.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
numOfTasks.setAdapter(aa);
ViewGroup item = (ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.theMain);
for(int i=0; i<3;i++)
{
View child = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.tasks_view, item, false);
child.setId(i);
item.addView(child);
}
My problem is that #firstLayout displays properly, but #tView doesn't show up at all. Can someone please explain what I'm missing?
Thanks in advance.

I figured it out, it was simply an issue of setting the "android:layout_height" attribute equal to wrap_content on the #id/tView xml file. Silly little mistakes...

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