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Centering a layout in a ListView

I dont get it - I cannot align the RelativeLayout in the ListView - that is I want to center the RelativeLayout that holds and image and some textviews.
The RelativeLayout is still on the lefthand-side of the screen, though the listview-width should match the parent. What could be wrong?
Here's the xml, for the list item layout in the adapter.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout_os_id"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/os_listview_imageview1_id"
android:layout_width="150dp"
android:layout_height="150dp"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher_background"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/os_listview_imageview1_id"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_centerVertical="true">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/os_listview_name_id"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Nougat"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/os_listview_version_id"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
android:text="7.0"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/os_listview_api_id"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="24"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/os_listview_release_id"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:text="2016"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"/>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
And the ListView is here in the following layout.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
tools:context="se.listview.stude.listviewtest180303.MainActivity">
<ListView
android:id="#+id/os_listView_id"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
</LinearLayout>
Edit: this is how it looks the list item in the design-mode in android-studio.

Use this as rootLayout of your item :-
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android
="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout_os_id"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
>
You would get the same output..
Also in your activity put listView width as match_parent

I think here's the layout that you want. Keeping it as simple as possible.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout_os_id"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/os_listview_imageview1_id"
android:layout_width="150dp"
android:layout_height="150dp"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/os_listview_imageview1_id"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/os_listview_name_id"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Nougat" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/os_listview_version_id"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="7.0" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/os_listview_api_id"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="24" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/os_listview_release_id"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="2016" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

How to change andorid layout as per image given below

Currently my listview design looks like
But I want to make it look like below image
Where image will be on right hand side, title in Bold and Subtitle just below it. What changes do I need to make in my layout, Below is my code. Thanks in
advance.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/LinearLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="4dp"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ivImage"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="8dp"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvName"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Tom Cruise"
android:textColor="#166CED"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvDescriptionn"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#009A57"
android:text="Description" />
</LinearLayout>

For better result to manage your view use relativelayout.
You can manage your layout as example give below-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/LinearLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="4dp"
android:orientation="vertical">
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
android:id="#+id/cardView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
card_view:cardBackgroundColor="#color/grey">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/arrow"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:src="#drawable/arrow"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/arrow"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvName"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Murdochs needed counselling after hacking scandle says magazine"
android:textColor="#166CED"
android:padding="5dp"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvSubtitle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/ivImage"
android:padding="5dp"
android:text="NEW YORK:The British phone hacking scandle"
android:textColor="#000"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ivImage"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="8dp"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
</LinearLayout>

I would suggest you to use relative layout . this will make your layout more flexible to edit. I have suggested a layout below , give it a try .
<?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">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvName"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="Tom Cruse"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:textColor="#166CED" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ivImage"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/tvName"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvDescriptionn"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/tvName"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/ivImage"
android:text="Description"
android:textColor="#009A57" />
</RelativeLayout>
Please do accept this answer if it worked for you.

You have to use flowTextView jar to your project. Here you can find the jar:
https://github.com/deano2390/FlowTextView

Inside LinearLayout, place textview at the top to show the title. Make height wrap_content and width match_parent.
Below this, add linearlayout which contains textview and image. set orientation horizontal to inner liner layout.
For better placing you can always used relative layout. for example
<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:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context="com.example.testlayout.MainActivity" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/titleText"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/hello_world" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/descriptionText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/titleText"
android:text="description"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/image"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/titleText"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/rightArrow"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/rightArrow"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/titleText"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true" />
</RelativeLayout>

Unable to set bottom margin in Android

I have a ListView in an activity. In this ListView I am calling another xml file to set text properties and add an arrow image. With only TextView, I am able to set top and bottom margin of the ListView row but when I add arrow image, the bottom margin doesn't set but top margin works properly. Please let me know, where I am doing wrong. Here's my code of xml file below :
list_text_black.xml file
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="12dp"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:maxWidth="30dp"
android:maxHeight="30dp"
android:src="#drawable/arrow1" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/list_item"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
android:text="sdfjijogbvfbghgggg"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
listview_file.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listView1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="270dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:layout_weight="1.32" >
</ListView>
</LinearLayout>

try this this may help you,
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#android:color/black"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/list_item"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
android:text="Just Test"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:maxHeight="30dp"
android:maxWidth="30dp"
android:src="#drawable/arrow" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>

if i am getting what you want then this may help. use android:paddingBottom = "12dp" in <ImageView>..<ImageView/>

Android layouts I can't position three items correctly in the same line

so I have a problem position three items in the same line for my android app. At first let me show you a screenshot of what I have:
My problem here is that I'd like the two image button to be to the far left and far right of the line and for the Large Text to stay in Center.
I have tried Relative Layout without success, I also tried android:gravity for each item but it doesn't work either.
Here is the XML for my Layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#ffffff"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center" >
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/imageButton1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/settings" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Large Text"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:textColor="#color/black" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/imageButton2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Thanks in advance!

Please try with this code.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#ffffff"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center" >
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/imageButton1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/settings" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="Large Text"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:gravity="center"/>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/imageButton2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

How to make layout of an image and text left and under it?

I need to make a layout which is specific to webpage and it needs to look like a web article with an image and a text left to and under it. Look at the image.
As this is an easy thing to do in a web world, I am not sure how to do it in XML layout.
Obviously, the TextView must be on the left while the image is present, and after it reaches the bottom of the image, it has to stretch to the screen width. I tried this with two TextViews (one for left and another for bottom), but it just does not look right due to the text font size.
EDIT
I also tried to dinamically catch the height of image and then assign it to my TextView, and then make another TextView with the size of the screen under these two elements. This does not work as well as I cannot control the text that is not visible due to limited height of the first TextView.

If you haven't found the answer yet. Here is the same kind of question that is being answered.
How to align TextView around an ImageView?
The only thing what you might have to change in your case is to, make the alignment to be opposite way.
<?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="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp">
<TextView
android:textSize="18.0sp"
android:id="#+id/message_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/text" />
<ImageView
android:src="#drawable/icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/message_view"
android:id="#+id/icon" />
Taken from here,
http://dev.androidteam.ru/snippets/textview/leadingmarginspan2

check out this. it does same as you want
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:text="TextView" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TextView" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView4"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:text="TextView" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView3"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:text="TextView" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:background="#FFFFFF" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout4"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView5"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:text="TextView" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView6"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:text="TextView" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView7"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:text="TextView" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView8"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:text="TextView" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView9"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:text="TextView" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

use this way layout
<?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" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginRight="21dp"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:text="TextView" />
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
android:text="TextViewaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/textView1"></TextView>
</RelativeLayout>
And add in code
TextView tv1=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1);
tv1.setMaxHeight(maxHeight);
where maxHeight is dynamically get height of imageview
and than put condition to by getting height of textview1 to assign text to second textview
may it helps u
like this am I right?