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How can I Embed text inside image?

I want to display a custom text (mainly person info) inside an image like it's shown above. How can I do it in android? For example, I have a known size of this image (it differs from device to device) and want to display it with the different text size inside it in the special place.

You can use, for example, RelativeLayout.
Make your ImageView be match_parent and use some container for your text lines in bottom of parent RelativeLayout.
Example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 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">
<ImageView
android:scaleType="fitXY"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/ic_launcher_background"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<LinearLayout
android:padding="20dp"
android:background="#92fffaaa"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="200dp">
<TextView
android:textSize="20sp"
android:text="Some test text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
Result:

Try this (adjust dimensions as your requirement)
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="150dp">
<ImageView
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:src="#drawable/your_image"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<LinearLayout
android:background="#64000000"
android:padding="8dp"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:text="Title"
android:textColor="#ffffff"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<TextView
android:text="Sub Title"
android:textColor="#ffffff"
android:textSize="14sp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>

I've done something similar previously.
Use Framelayout.
Add ImageView in frame layout with match_parent constraints.
Add LinearLayout having background="#80000000" and layout_gravity="center" in FrameLayout which contains your two TextViews.
Let me know in case this does not work.

RelativeLayout or LinearLayout?

I am new to Android development, and I am unable to understand why it is not working as per desired output.
The desired output and the output I am getting are shown below as well as the ml layout.
Desired output
Achieved output
Layout
<?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:id="#+id/activity_main"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.caringhumans.rds.caringhumans.MainActivity">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/logo"
android:src="#drawable/logo"
android:layout_width="28dp"
android:layout_height="28dp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/caring"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/caring"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Caring Humans"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:textColor="#f70f59"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/child"
android:src="#drawable/child"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/caring"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Campaign"
android:textColor="#f70f59"
android:textSize="22sp"
android:layout_below="#+id/child"/>
</RelativeLayout>

Try this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/activity_main"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/logo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:drawableLeft="#drawable/logo"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Caring Humans"
android:textColor="#f70f59"
android:textSize="25sp" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/child"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="200dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/logo"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:scaleType="center"
android:src="#drawable/child" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/child"
android:paddingLeft="20dp"
android:paddingRight="20dp"
android:text="Campaign"
android:textColor="#f70f59"
android:textSize="22sp" />
</RelativeLayout>
The problem is with image trying fixing that and your problem can be resolved.

LinearLayouts are used for placing your Views in a linear shape, either in a row or in a column.
The latter seems to be what you are after.
RelativeLayouts are used when you want to place the positions of your Views in a non linear way, rather using a relation between them (toRightOf, above, or similar).

In order for the Imageview to really "wrap" around the image you are displaying you need to add these two attributes
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
documentation: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ImageView.ScaleType.html
as for the parent layout here you should probably use LinearLayouts (you will need to add to them android:orientation="vertical" as the default one is horizontal)

Change your code to this:
<?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:id="#+id/activity_main"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.caringhumans.rds.caringhumans.MainActivity">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/logo"
android:src="#drawable/logo"
android:layout_width="28dp"
android:layout_height="28dp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/caring"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/caring"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Caring Humans"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:textSize="25sp"
android:textColor="#f70f59"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/child"
android:src="#drawable/child"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#+id/text"
android:layout_below="#+id/caring"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Campaign"
android:textColor="#f70f59"
android:textSize="22sp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"/>
</RelativeLayout>

Adding following two tag into ImageView with id 'child' can resolve your problem.
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
FitXY scale the image using fill
and you need to set adjustViewBounds to true to adjust its bounds to preserve the aspect ratio of its drawable.

<ImageView
android:id="#+id/child"
android:src="#drawable/child"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:layout_height="256dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/caring"/>
This would help you to achieve desired layout. Increase height of image according to your needs. :)

How to fit imageView inside LinearLayout in android, but always keep its aspect ration

I am trying to make an ecommerce app, the biggest problem i face is fitting the images when i get it from an api call. The images can be in any size, so i need to make sure they fit perfectly in all screen sizes.
This is my cart xml listview item layout:
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:background="#color/primary">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="0.2">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="200dp"
android:background="#drawable/temp_image_product_detail"
android:id="#+id/layout_sort_by_listview_icon"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_weight="0.8">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="adkfj;aklsjdf"
android:textSize="25sp"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Rs. 255"
android:textSize="25sp"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="4.2"
android:textSize="15sp"/>
</LinearLayout>
I want to achieve the perfect fitting look for the cart page and the product listing page. Something like this shown in:
http://traverphillips.com/Amazon-Material-Design

I hope it will help i didn't tested it though :
your first LinearLayout should look like this
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:background="#color/primary">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="200dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="0.2">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#drawable/temp_image_product_detail"
android:id="#+id/layout_sort_by_listview_icon"/>

if you want the image to be fit horizontaly you can set layout_width to fill_parent and layout_height to wrap_content but you must set adjustViewBount "true"

Please use android:scaleType="fitXY" for fit in screen

Try layout_width="match_parent" and use layout_weight

Make ImageView take up all available vertical space and grow width to scale up/down proportionally in RelativeLayout

I'm targeting API level 21 and min is also 21 (I support Lollipop only for now, it's a pet project to learn).
I'm having problems with a custom ListView item layout. Here is my XML:
<?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="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginEnd="10dp"
android:background="#FF0000"
android:src="#drawable/ic_test"
tools:ignore="ContentDescription"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toEndOf="#id/test_list_item_icon"
android:textSize="50sp"/>
</RelativeLayout>
And here is what it looks like (the icon's red background color is only to see how big the actual view is):
I would like the image view to behave like the following: take up the available vertical space at the 'start'/left of the layout, have the image scale proportionally, and have the width be grown so that the image can be fully shown, like this (pardon my gimp skills):
Is it possible?

Try this for your ImageView
<?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">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginEnd="10dp"
android:background="#FF0000"
android:src="#drawable/ic_test"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
tools:ignore="ContentDescription"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toEndOf="#id/test_list_item_icon"
android:textSize="50sp"/>
</RelativeLayout>

In the end I decided to create one more icon size, xxxhdpi, and it all looks nice now.
Many thanks to #corsair992 for information about the bug in one of the comments.

HI wujek the reason for your problem is you set height as wrap content for your relative layout . so it will take the textview's height as its height .then image view will use this as its height .so change relative layout height to match parent. Please try and let me know thanks
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginEnd="10dp"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:background="#ff0000"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher"
tools:ignore="ContentDescription" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/layout_1"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="bhsbd"
android:textSize="50sp" />

try this
if u want to image should capture imageview size use background insted src.
if red background is mandatory use another relative layout as parent for imageview.
hope it works fo u..
<?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="wrap_content" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/layout_1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:background="#FF0000" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginEnd="10dp"
android:background="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
tools:ignore="ContentDescription" />
</RelativeLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/layout_1"
android:textSize="50sp" />
</RelativeLayout>
edit 2
<?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="wrap_content" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/layout_1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/test_list_item_name"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/test_list_item_name"
android:background="#FF0000" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
tools:ignore="ContentDescription" />
</RelativeLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/test_list_item_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="10dp"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/layout_1"
android:textSize="50sp"
android:text=" text 5>" />
</RelativeLayout>

Define a LineatLayout with weightsum.
<LinearLauyout
----
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:weightSum="5">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1">
<TextView
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="4">
</LinearLayout>
you can adjust the weightsum as per your requirement.

Android - Layout not in uniform

I have a horizontal list of images in my android application. But the problem is some of the images seems to not follow the layout I've defined in my xml. Like this:
my layouts look like this:
mainlayout.xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/back_shop_list"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<com.devsmart.android.ui.HorizontalListView
android:id="#+id/shop_hlist_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:paddingRight="5dp"
android:scrollX="1dp"
android:scrollY="1dp"
android:overScrollMode="always" >
</com.devsmart.android.ui.HorizontalListView>
</LinearLayout>
then my listlayout.xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:translationY="200dp" >
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/framelayout"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingLeft="8dp"
android:paddingRight="8dp" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/img"
android:clickable="true"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:layout_width="360dp"
android:layout_height="360dp" />
<ProgressBar
android:id="#+id/img_progress"
style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleLarge"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:indeterminate="true"
android:translationY="150dp"
android:translationX="140dp" />
</FrameLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/labelText"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:translationX="10dp"
android:textColor="#dc6800"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<!-- Description label -->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/desc"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:translationX="10dp"
android:textColor="#acacac"
android:paddingBottom="2dip">
</TextView>
</LinearLayout>
My guess is that the size of my image is lesser than what my ImageView layout_width and height. Or I dont really know what causes this problem.
But any help will do, please. Thanks.
EDIT: What I really wanted is that if the image is like image 4 and image 5, it should not have those spaces. I've tried getting the size of the image from my ImageLoader then set the layout parameters height and width in there while images are loaded. But it looked worse.
Are there other ways in which i can dynamically adjust my ImageView if ever the images are like image 4 and 5?

If actually you want to make the image occupy the desired space
try adding this image View property to your ImageView
You can try others I usually use fitXY out of the predefined list you will get there in XML Layout
android:scaleType="fitXY"
so as to make this property work we also need
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
that you have already added in your case
If actually you want to avoid on blank spaces and let the image occupy as much space as it want
In my layout I am using two image views to show a demo
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/ll_numbers"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/tv_numbers"
android:layout_below="#+id/tv_numbers"
android:layout_marginTop="5dip"
android:layout_marginRight="10dip"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="200dip"
android:layout_height="200dip"
android:src="#drawable/desert"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="200dip"
android:layout_height="200dip"
android:background="#drawable/desert"/>
</LinearLayout>
ImageView 1 is assigning image as Source using android:src="#drawable/desert"
and below is the result as you can notice that it is showing WhiteSpace arround it.
ImageView2 is assigning image as Background using android:background="#drawable/desert"
and below is the result as you can notice that it is showing no WhiteSpace arround it.
Or try using these attributes to make it possible
android:maxHeight=""
android:maxWidth=""
android:minHeight=""
android:minWidth=""