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Android - How to set margin to custom LinearLayouts in GridLayout?

I have problems with setting margin to a custom made linear layout class that I use multiple times in a GridLayout. The Gridlayout is placed in a fragment.
This is the code of fragment_grid.xml:
<FrameLayout 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="app_a_tize.expressme.Fragment.GridFragment"
android:layout_gravity="center">
<GridLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/orange"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:id="#+id/gridlayout_grid"></GridLayout>
</FrameLayout>
This is the code of the GridFragment.java:
public class GridFragment extends Fragment {
public GridFragment() {
// Required empty public constructor
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// Inflate the layout for this fragment
return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_grid, container, false);
}
#Override
public void onStart() {
super.onStart();
GridLayout grid = (GridLayout) getView().findViewById(R.id.gridlayout_grid);
grid.setRowCount(3);
int tileHeight = (CategoryTileActivity.gridContentHeight -3 * 10) / 3;
int amountofColumns = (int) CategoryTileActivity.gridContentWidth / tileHeight;
grid.setColumnCount(amountofColumns);
grid.setMinimumWidth((amountofColumns * tileHeight) + (5 * 20 ));
for (int i = 0; i < 3 * amountofColumns; i++) {
//fill the grid with the custom LinearLayout:
grid.addView(new TileClass(getActivity(), tileHeight, tileHeight, "ToBeImplemented", "Button"));
}
}
}
This is the code of the custom LinearLayout:
public class TileClass extends LinearLayout {
public TileClass(Context context, int height, int width, String image, String text) {
super(context);
this.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.tile_button); //creates rounded layouts
this.setMinimumHeight(height);
this.setMinimumWidth(width);
this.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
ImageView tileImage = new ImageView(context);
Bitmap bMap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.tilephoto);
Bitmap bMapScaled = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(bMap, 100, 100, true);
tileImage.setImageBitmap(bMapScaled);
tileImage.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
TextView tileText = new TextView(context);
tileText.setText(text);
tileText.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
tileText.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
addView(tileImage);
addView(tileText);
}
}
When I run the Activity, I get this as result:
The code I showed above is responsible for the orange area in the middle. What I need: the blue "buttons"/LinearLayouts, in the orange area in the middle, to have a margin of 5dp. So the rest of the orange space is be taken by the custom LinearLayouts.
I don't know how to fix that, I tried a lot of options but they don't seem to work out for me.. Everything from MarginLayoutParams to params.setMargins(5,5,5,5); On almost every layout in my code.
I use Android Studio 2.1.2, supporting minimum of API 15.
Every help is appreciated!
For your imagination, this must be the end result, I need the margin like this:

You have to make custom view of gridview item as below:-
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="#dimen/categoryHeight"
android:layout_marginLeft="#dimen/margin_5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="#dimen/margin_5dp"
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/margin_7dp"
android:background="#drawable/rounded_bg"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/llRowItem"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:gravity="bottom"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/item_name"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/black_light"
android:padding="#dimen/margin_5dp"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textSize="#dimen/font_size_16sp" />
</FrameLayout>
and inside adapter set color of text view, background, text or image of imageview whatever you want to set.

Issue resizing ImageView programmatically

I am stuck trying to resize ImageView objects.
The issue is that when I set the width/height programmatically, I see the width/height change with the debugger tool in eclipse.
However, the image will not scale to the new size, and maintains its current ratios. In some cases it even puts the original image at its current size, and moving to a different activity will resize it (somewhat) correctly.
Screenshots:
After opening the app
http://imgur.com/ha9s9rL
After opening and closing a different activity
http://imgur.com/DrBIJaI
I would like for the images to sit next to each other, with the same width/height for each image.
onCreate() Method:
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_display_behavior);
listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.display_behavior_listview);
List<Behavior> behaviorList = parseCatagories();
List<View> views = getCatagoryViewsFromBehaviorList(behaviorList);
// Setup array adapter
BehaviorRow behaviorRows[] = getBehaviorRows(views);
int viewCount = 0;
View view;
for (BehaviorRow row : behaviorRows) {
if (viewCount < views.size()) {
view = views.get(viewCount);
row.setBehaviorOne(view);
viewCount++;
view = views.get(viewCount);
row.setBehaviorTwo(view);
viewCount++;
}
Log.i("BehaviorRowDat", row.toString());
}
BehaviorRowAdapter adapter = new BehaviorRowAdapter(getApplicationContext(), R.layout.catagory_row,
behaviorRows);
listView.setAdapter(adapter);
}
onWindowFocusChanged() Method:
#Override
public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasFocus) {
super.onWindowFocusChanged(hasFocus);
ImageView catagoryOne;
ImageView catagoryTwo;
for (int i = 0; i < listView.getChildCount(); i++) {
catagoryOne = (ImageView) listView.getChildAt(i).findViewById(R.id.catagory_space_one);
catagoryTwo = (ImageView) listView.getChildAt(i).findViewById(R.id.catagory_space_two);
resizeImageView(catagoryOne);
resizeImageView(catagoryTwo);
}
}
Resize Image Code:
private ImageView resizeImageView(ImageView image) {
// Set length/width
int length = calculateLengthOfImages();
image.getLayoutParams().height = length;
image.getLayoutParams().width = length;
// Set Padding
int padding = calculatePaddingOfImages();
image.setPadding(padding, padding, padding, padding);
return image;
}
XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/catagory_row_created"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:baselineAligned="false"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:padding="10dp"
android:weightSum="1" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/catagory_space_one"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:contentDescription="#string/catagory_placeholder"
android:scaleType="centerCrop" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/catagory_space_two"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:contentDescription="#string/catagory_placeholder"
android:scaleType="centerCrop" />
</LinearLayout>

Try changing the scaleType attribute in your ImageViews to:
android:scaleType="fitXY"
Alternatively, you can add this line in your resizeImageView() method:
image.setScaleType(ScaleType.FIT_XY);
Hope that helps!

Replace your xml with this:
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/catagory_row_created"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:baselineAligned="false"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:padding="10dp">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/catagory_space_one"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="5dp"
android:scaleType="centerCrop" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/catagory_space_two"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_marginStart="5dp"
android:scaleType="centerCrop" />
</LinearLayout>
In onCreate() of your activity, add this:
final ImageView imageView1 = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.catagory_space_one);
final ImageView imageView2 = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.catagory_space_two);
imageView1.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
imageView1.getLayoutParams().height = imageView1.getWidth();
imageView1.requestLayout();
}
});
imageView2.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
imageView2.getLayoutParams().height = imageView2.getWidth();
imageView2.requestLayout();
}
});
So what basically I did is I have stretched the two images' width equally to take the whole space in xml using layout_weight, then I have set the images' height to be like their respective widths in code. So now they are square-shaped.
Hope that helps.

Dynamically change View Stub layout_height attribute?

I am using view stub in my application. I am inflating the view stub to the layout and it is working fine. Now if you see the dummy_layout.xml there I have given the android:layout_height=20dp. What I need to do is to change that view stub height from 20 dp to Wrap_Content on a button click. How can I achieve this?
My ultimate goal is this. I have a button in it. when i click on it for first time I need to show the full layout of stub. and again when I click on it for the second time I need to animate the stub to slide down and show only a part of it.
dummy_layout.xml
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/topLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:src="#drawable/ic_watch_pic" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:background="#color/dark_grey"
android:text="Button" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:text="Button" />
</RelativeLayout>
<ViewStub
android:id="#+id/viewStub1"
android:layout="#layout/stub_layout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
**android:layout_height="20dp"**
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"/>
</RelativeLayout>
And here is my class:
public class DummyFragment extends Fragment {
private View mRootView;
private Context mContext;
private Button mButton;
private boolean isVisible = true;
private RelativeLayout mParentLayout;
#Override
public View onCreateView(final LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
mRootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.dummy_layout,
container, false);
mContext = getActivity();
mButton = (Button) mTopLayout.findViewById(R.id.button1);
final ViewStub stub = (ViewStub) mRootView.findViewById(R.id.viewStub1);
**final View inflated = stub.inflate();**
inflated.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
final View viewstublayout = mRootView.findViewById(R.id.viewStub1);
mButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
if(isVisible)
{
isVisible=false;
inflated.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
else
{
isVisible=true;
inflated.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
}
}
});
return mRootView;
}
}

You can change the width/height of a view by editing its LayoutParams. Example:
View stub = findViewById(R.id.viewStub1);
ViewGroup.LayoutParams lp = stub.getLayoutParams();
lp.height = ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT;
stub.setLayoutParams(lp);
The better question is why you want to do this? Maybe there's a better way of achieving your goal.

Try this
final ViewStub stub = (ViewStub) mRootView.findViewById(R.id.viewStub1);
View view = stub .inflate();
inside button click
LayoutParams params = (LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
params.width = LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT;
view.setLayoutParams(params);

Try this and let me know if works well.
LayoutParams lp = (LayoutParams) (YourView).getLayoutParams();
lp.height = newheight;
YourView.setLayoutParams(lp);

setPadding(0,0,0,0) called several times on View after constructor

Good evening! I'm trying to setPadding on a custom View i built and the native setPadding() did nothing so i wrote my own... After a while i realized that setPadding gets called several times after my original call and i have no idea why... Please help :) (I realize that my custom setPadding maybe quite excessive ^^)
Here is the XML containing the View. It's the PieChart.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/PieDialog_llParent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/PieDialog_tvHeader"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Header"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/PieDialog_tvDiv1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="2dp"
android:textSize="0sp"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/PieDialog_tvDiv2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="0sp" />
<com.SverkerSbrg.Spendo.Statistics.Piechart.PieChart
android:id="#+id/PieDialog_Pie"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/PieDialog_tvDiv3"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="0sp" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/PieDialog_flClose"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/PieDialog_tvClose"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Large Text" />
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
And here is the code where i use the xml:
package com.SverkerSbrg.Spendo.Transaction.TransactionList.PieDialog;
imports...
public class PieDialog extends SpendoDialog{
private TransactionSet transactionSet;
private TransactionGroup transactionGroup;
private GUI_attrs gui_attrs;
private PieData pieData;
private PieChart pie;
private TextView tvHeader;
public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity());
LayoutInflater inflater = getActivity().getLayoutInflater();
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.transaction_list_pie_dialog, null);
LinearLayout llParent = (LinearLayout) view.findViewById(R.id.PieDialog_llParent);
llParent.setBackgroundColor(gui_attrs.color_Z0);
tvHeader = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.PieDialog_tvHeader);
tvHeader.setTextSize(gui_attrs.textSize_header);
TextView tvDiv1 = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.PieDialog_tvDiv1);
tvDiv1.setBackgroundColor(gui_attrs.color_Z2);
TextView tvDiv2 = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.PieDialog_tvDiv2);
tvDiv2.setPadding(0, gui_attrs.padding_Z0, 0, 0);
PieChart pie = (PieChart) view.findViewById(R.id.PieDialog_Pie);
pie.setPadding(40, 10, 40, 10);
builder.setView(view);
AlertDialog ad = builder.create();
return ad;
}
public void initialize(GUI_attrs gui_attrs, TransactionSet transactionSet, long groupIdentifier){
this.gui_attrs = gui_attrs;
this.transactionSet = transactionSet;
}
}

Just to extrapolate on my comment, it is your custom View object's responsibility to respect the padding that is set. You can do something like the following to make sure that you handle that case:
onMeasure()
int desiredWidth, desiredHeight;
desiredWidth = //Determine how much width you need
desiredWidth += getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight();
desiredHeight = //Determine how much height you need
desiredHeight += getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom();
int measuredHeight, measuredWidth;
//Check against the MeasureSpec -- if it's MeasureSpec.EXACTLY, or MeasureSpec.AT_MOST
//follow those restrictions to determine the measured dimension
setMeasuredDimension(measuredWidth, measuredHeight);
onLayout()
int leftOffset = getPaddingLeft();
int topOffset = getPaddingTop();
//layout your children (if any) according to the left and top offsets,
//rather than just 0, 0
onDraw()
canvas.translate (getPaddingLeft(), getPaddingTop());
//Now draw your stuff as normal

wrap_content height, but limited to half of parent

What I want is to have a layout with 2 views arranged vertically. Let's call the top view A and the bottom one B. I want the amount of height given to B to be its normal height (i.e. wrap content) except that I don't want it to be given more than half of the available space. A gets what is left.
Another way to word it is that A should always get at least 50% of the available height and B should get at most 50%.
I can't seem to find an easy way to achieve that. I can set both layout heights to 0 and give them equal weights which makes them both 50% always, but if B is smaller than 50% it should be given only what it needs.
The only way I can see to do it is use a custom class for A or B and override onMeasure to constrain the height to 50% of the parent, but it seems there should be an easier way.

Ok, I got it now. If I understood correctly you want to have it like this:
if A > B -> do nothing
if B > A & B > parent layout -> 50% to both of them
if B > A & B < parent layout -> A = parent layout - B
I had to do it all in onWindowFocusChanged because otherwise in onCreate the height of the Views would return 0. I did it with 2 LinearLayouts as child layouts, but you can take what ever you want.
My XML:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/parent_lay"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
//Layout A:
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/lay_1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:background="#android:color/background_dark"
android:layout_height="10dp" >
</LinearLayout>
//Layout B:
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/lay_2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:background="#123456" >
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
MainActivity:
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
LinearLayout parent_lay;
LinearLayout lay_1;
LinearLayout lay_2;
int parent_height;
int lay_1_height;
int lay_2_heigth;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_main, menu);
return true;
}
#Override
public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasFocus) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onWindowFocusChanged(hasFocus);
parent_lay = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.parent_lay);
lay_1 = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.lay_1);
lay_2 = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.lay_2);
lay_1_height = lay_1.getHeight();
lay_2_heigth = lay_2.getHeight();
parent_height = parent_lay.getHeight();
if (lay_2.getHeight() > lay_1.getHeight()
&& lay_2.getHeight() > (parent_lay.getHeight() / 2)) {
lay_1.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, 0, 1));
lay_2.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, 0, 1));
} else if (lay_2.getHeight() < (parent_lay.getHeight() / 2)) {
lay_1.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, (parent_height - lay_2_heigth)));
}
}
}
Example:
If A is 60dp and B is 40dp:
If A is 60dp and B is 400dp:

You must write your own component to achieve this.
For example, if you use LinearLayout here, you can extends a LinearLayout with overdid onMeasure method. You can implement onMeasure like this:
#Override
protected void onMeasure(final int widthMeasureSpec, final int heightMeasureSpec) {
super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
final int width = getMeasuredWidth();
final int height = getMeasuredHeight();
setMeasuredDimension(width, height / 2);
}
This code is not elegant enough. If you really want to do it well, copy the original onMeasure method from Android source code (http://grepcode.com/file/repository.grepcode.com/java/ext/com.google.android/android/1.5_r4/android/widget/LinearLayout.java#LinearLayout.onMeasure%28int%2Cint%29), and in measureVertical(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec), set mTotalLength = mTotalLength / 2.
For detailed information of onMeasure, visit http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/custom-components.html and http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#onMeasure(int, int).

Now the desired effect can be achieved with the ConstraintLayout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<fragment
android:id="#+id/map"
android:name="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="#+id/containerFrameLayout"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"/>
<android.support.constraint.Guideline
android:id="#+id/guideline"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
app:layout_constraintGuide_percent="0.5"/>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/containerFrameLayout"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constrainedHeight="true"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="#+id/guideline"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="1">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</FrameLayout>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

Create a linear layout with two inner frames, each with .5 weight. Inside those frames, place your views, setting them to wrap_content or match_parent as appropriate.