How to draw image at center of Radio button - android

I was looking through the example posted in http://bakhtiyor.com/2009/10/iphonish-tabs/, actually here they have placed Radio button as replacement for Tabview.
But the problem is, i am unable to set the image to the centre. Its always getting aligned to left.
Here is the screenshot. I want my view should look like this but instead i want image to be in center.
This is how my layout XML file looks
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TabHost xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<FrameLayout android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:padding="20dip"/>
<RadioGroup android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:checkedButton="#+id/allcontacts"
android:gravity="center"
android:id="#+id/contactgroup">
<RadioButton android:id="#+id/allcontacts"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#drawable/button_radio"/>
<RadioButton
android:id="#+id/categories"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/button_radio"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_gravity="center|right"/>
<RadioButton android:id="#+id/favourites"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/button_radio"/>
</RadioGroup>
<TabWidget android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0" android:visibility="gone" />
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>
Please advice me
UPDATED image after using Default tab widget
Is it possible to customize like above radio button in default tabview.?

Not actiually making the image centered, but you could make it appear that way... You could modify the image to have blank space on the left and cut off immediately to the right of the image.
EDIT
I don't know if you've seen any of these, but you made me curious so I went looking and found several links that might be helpful towards your ultimate goal of tabs on the bottom:
Niko's Blog
SO Question Answer
Another SO Question Answer
Good Luck!
Edit 2
Ok, found it. You will have to extend a new class from RadioButton and override onDraw(), then create an attrs.xml file you need to put in res/values so the code can get at platform-defined
attributes.
Specific code here

you can define your own ImageButton which extends CompoundButton. See the RadioButton and CompoundButton's source to learn how to do it.

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Sliding List View Layout Android

I am creating an application that contains a header with a button on the right that should slide a list view to left when I click on it(similar to the chat list in Facebook)
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When I was including this header without putting the list view in it, it was working properly. But now I am inserting this list view inside the .xml file of the header (because the header is always shown for the user and he can click on this list view button in any layout that is shown for him).
The problem that I want to include this header to all the other layouts without changing the way they looks and show this list each time he click on the button.
I searched and found a lot of answers but every solution was about making the same as I did in the previous screen shots in each page which is not an optimistic solution for multiple pages.
*I am working on API level 10 and want to find the solution without using Actionbar.
Tell me please if more information would be helpful, any help will be really appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
UPDATE my xml file :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/GeneralRelativeLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<RelativeLayout android:id="#+id/rel_layout"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#android:color/white" android:layout_alignParentRight="true">
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/fake_layout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:visibility="gone"></LinearLayout>
<ListView android:id="#+id/list_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:background="#android:color/background_dark"
></ListView>
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout android:id="#+id/rel_layout_second"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#android:color/black">
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/lin_layout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#android:color/background_light"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:layout_alignParentTop="true">
<Button android:id="#+id/button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="slide"
android:layout_gravity="right|center"></Button>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
Try to create a RelativeLayout for the ListView with a android:visibility="gone" and all the other components in the same User Interface inside another RelativeLayout.
Then change its visibility upon the state of the menu if it's opened or closed.
Guess this should be a way to go:
<?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:clickable="false">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/thisistopbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:paddingLeft="3dp"/>
<include here listview etc../>
</LinearLayout>
you can also make the top bar general and include it in every screen. But the basic idea is like above xml, and put the button on the top bar.

Unable to populate listview with custom rows when component is above listview

I'm having issues with a ListView using custom rows that are loaded from a database.
If, for the list screen, I place a button above the ListView, no visible rows appear in the listview.
However as soon as I remove the button, everything works fine. I want the button (or any other component) to appear above to make it more user friendly. Attached are the two code samples below.
This is the XML file of the ListView Activity that works:
<?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:background="#color/real_red_dark">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/llMain"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#drawable/real_background"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:gravity="center">
<ListView
android:id="#+android:id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_below="#+id/llButton"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
<TextView
android:id="#+android:id/empty"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:text="#string/no_sessions"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:gravity="center"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
However, if I have the Button added above it, it will not show whatsoever:
<?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:background="#color/real_red_dark">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/llMain"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#drawable/real_background"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:gravity="center">
<Button
android:id="#+id/btnSearch"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="35dip"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_marginTop="3dip"
android:layout_marginLeft="15dip"
android:layout_marginRight="15dip"
android:text="Find Sessions"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<ListView
android:id="#+android:id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_below="#+id/llButton"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />
<TextView
android:id="#+android:id/empty"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:text="#string/no_sessions"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:gravity="center"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
You could try adding the button programmatically as a header view in the listview itself, rather than in the xml layout.
use listView.addHeaderView(View)
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ListView.html#addHeaderView(android.view.View)
It is better if you use RelativeLayout than LinearLayout,it is also recommended by the android docs.Try to use android:layout_height value as "wrap_content" for ListView and TextView(which you may use to indicate for empty rows),it may help to you.
Something which doesn't look right but I'm assuming it's just a typo in the above...
android:id="#+android:id/list"
...there shouldn't be a + between # and android:. Using #+ is for adding a new resource id of your own, i.e., #+id:. You're also doing the same thing for the TextView...
android:id="#+android:id/empty"
Another thing but not sure it's relevant is you're specifying...
android:layout_below="#+id/llButton"
...I doubt it's the problem as android:layout_below isn't valid for a LinearLayout (it's for RelativeLayout) but there isn't a Button with the id of llButton in your layout. If there was, the + would also be incorrect as you should be specifying an existing id.
Not sure if amending the above would fix things but it could just be that the layout inflation is coming out 'wrong' due to those issues.

how to set height of layouts

friend's,
i have a problem in setting height of layout,i have three layout with seperate xml layout,
1.header.xml
it have an textview
2.main.xml have frmelayout with listview
3.content.xml
it have field to bind in framelayout listview.
i need to know how to increase the height of the header as much i need,
here my code for getting solution
Actually i'm facing problem here isi have gallery of menus in header ,whrn iplace this gallery view below header i'm getting it with hidded below half of the gallery,because the height of header can't being changed in any sense,
here the code for header.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:background="#drawable/gradient_black"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<ImageView android:src="#drawable/image_button1" android:id="#+id/back"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"/>
<TextView android:id="#+id/header_text1" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/back"
android:textSize="20sp" android:textStyle="bold" android:textColor="#color/white"
android:layout_marginLeft="60dip" android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:ellipsize="end"
android:singleLine="true" />
<ImageView android:src="#drawable/image_button" android:id="#+id/share"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/header_text1" android:paddingTop="10dip"
android:paddingLeft="50dip" />
<Gallery android:id="#+id/gv" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:paddingTop="0dip"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:spacing="15dip"
android:layout_below="#+id/back"
android:gravity="bottom" android:paddingBottom="0dip"/>
</RelativeLayout>
here the code for main.xml it have an FrameLayout have listview,have tab host and linearlayout at top
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TabHost xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#android:id/tabhost" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="200dip" android:id="#+id/main_lay">
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="100dip"
android:layout_marginTop="100dip">
<ListView android:id="#+id/content_listview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="340dip" />
</FrameLayout>
.
.
.
</LinearLayout>
----
</TabHost>
==================== code for list content field
it have linerlayout with three field to set on list...
===== here code for my activity
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE); setContentView(R.layout.main); getWindow().setFeatureInt(Window.FEATURE_CUSTOM_TITLE, R.layout.header);
. ;.---- help me get the clear view of gallery in header without hidding at bottom or simply how can i increase height of header layout.
As WarrenFaith said, we can't help you without the XML code. The basic answer with the informations you gave is layout_height but you can have set fill_parent and layout_weight to other fields and it would not be the same. Please provide some code
#MGSenthil: everybody was once new here. Simply work with and not against us :)
Back to topic: What do you mean with because the height of header can't being changed in any sense? Please clarify if you cant change the height because it didnt work or if you cant change it because it has to be this size?!
If you want to have this header with a specific size, you should consider to remove something of the content so it fits.
I never used a custom title, but you should check if its not better to request NO_TITLE and simply add your header to the main.xml layout? You should be able to increase the height of your header that way.

Android - Layout gravity/width related problem

I know i am doing a small mistake.
I am using LinearLayout and i want to place the "icon-image" at "Center".
I am using the following code:
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/LinearLayout01"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/LinearLayout02"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_weight="0">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ImageView01"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal|center">
</ImageView>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout>
............
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
As you see above, i have also set layout_gravity.
Now my problem is, if i set android:layout_width="wrap_context" instead of "fill_parent" in Child Linear Layout (i.e. LinearLayout02) then it works fine. but then whats should i do to set icon-image at Center while setting fill_parent?
Pls anybody focus their knowledge and let me help to find out the mistake.
Pls help me.
Thanx,
Paresh
Add this to LinearLayout02 to specify that its contents should be centered horizontally:
android:gravity="center_horizontal"

Layout :How to get the bottom bar under listview

I hope can get the layout like this:
-----Search bar(EditTextview)---
-----Listview(Rows)--------
-----Bottom bar(Contain many buttons)---
Pls give many samples
Thanks very much
I paste my xml file here.Pls help me check it:
Here's a layout from one of my apps, should be enough to get you started:
<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/list_view"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="60dp"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:gravity="bottom">
<!-- Buttons go here -->
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Search for layout_weight to get an idea of how it works.
within your linearlayout, use Relativelayout for each edittext,listview and footer.
in footer layout set android:orientation="horizontal" it works.

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