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TextView height stretches in parent with gravity right. why?

I am making chat activity and having issues with right chat bubble. As you can see in the image below. TextView stretches height wise. According to my thinking it should be stretching width wise first then if space is full it should stretch height wise. Please suggest me if it is possible with xml or not. I have seen java code solution but i want to find a solution in xml first.
layout.xml
<?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="wrap_content"
android:gravity="right"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:paddingBottom="10dp"
android:paddingTop="10dp">
<View
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="1dp"
android:layout_weight="20" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="80"
android:gravity="right">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
android:background="#drawable/ic_bubble_sent"
android:gravity="right">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_msg_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/txt_message_time"
android:layout_toStartOf="#+id/txt_message_time"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:text="Lorem"
android:visibility="visible" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_message_time"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/txt_msg_content"
android:layout_marginTop="-9dp"
android:text="00:33"
android:textColor="#color/colorAppGray"
android:textSize="12sp"
android:textStyle="normal" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Replace your two TextView with this,
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_msg_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:text="Lorem"
android:visibility="visible"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/txt_message_time"
android:layout_toStartOf="#+id/txt_message_time"
android:layout_marginRight="32dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="32dp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_message_time"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="00:33"
android:textSize="12sp"
android:textStyle="normal"
android:layout_alignBaseline="#+id/txt_msg_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true" />
I removed all unnecessary alignments from first TextView.
UPDATE
The overall layout looks like,
<?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="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:paddingBottom="10dp"
android:paddingTop="10dp">
<View
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="1dp"
android:layout_weight="20" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="80"
android:gravity="right">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_msg_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:text="Lorem"
android:visibility="visible"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/txt_message_time"
android:layout_toStartOf="#+id/txt_message_time"
android:layout_marginRight="32dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="32dp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt_message_time"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="00:33"
android:textSize="12sp"
android:textStyle="normal"
android:layout_alignBaseline="#+id/txt_msg_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Note : I removed your background for testing.

Align linear layouts to the left & right in listview custom row

Here is the situation :
I'm only using LinearLayouts (see code below), and I need the right box to be always stuck to the far right side of the screen. If i use my device in portrait mode, it's fine, but when i turn to landscape or simply go on a larger device, its just ugly.
What can I do? I've tried a 100 things with gravity/layout_gravity/relative layouts and it just does not work.
Note :
This will end as a row in a list.
The problematic linear layout contains two textview which are pretty small (~30dp wide) and on top of each other.
Here is the code for the above screenshot :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imgCtrl"
android:layout_width="68px"
android:layout_height="68px"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:contentDescription="#string/imgTransport"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lbDir"
android:layout_width="180dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:layout_weight="8"
android:hint="TestValueForDir"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:textSize="18sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lbStop"
android:layout_width="180dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:layout_weight="8"
android:hint="TestValueForStop"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:textSize="16sp" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lbTime"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:gravity="right"
android:paddingLeft="20dp"
android:textSize="15sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txRating"
android:layout_width="25dp"
android:layout_height="25dp"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="15sp"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
</LinearLayout>

Try this way,hope this will help you to solve your problem.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:padding="5dp" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imgCtrl"
android:layout_width="68dp"
android:layout_height="68dp"
android:contentDescription="#string/imgTransport"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lbDir"
android:layout_width="180dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:hint="TestValueForDir"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:textSize="18sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lbStop"
android:layout_width="180dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="TestValueForStop"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:textSize="16sp" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="5dp"
android:gravity="center_vertical|right">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/lbTime"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingLeft="20dp"
android:textSize="15sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txRating"
android:layout_width="25dp"
android:layout_height="25dp"
android:textSize="15sp"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Android RelativeLayout position items

The following image is what I'm trying to reach as final result:
My code so far works great on aligning the buttons in center:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center">
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/button_A"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/my_border"
android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
android:src="#drawable/categories" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/button_B"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/button_A"
android:layout_marginLeft="34dp"
android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
android:background="#drawable/my_border"
android:src="#drawable/shopping_cart" />
</RelativeLayout>
Then, after the "button_B" I tried to achieve the message "TEXT HERE IN CENTER" without success.
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TEXT HERE IN CENTER"/>
</RelativeLayout>
Any ideas? Thanks.
Edit: Solved. http://pastebin.com/9DwaQrPq

add the attributes
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_below="id of thing you want it below"
to the text view
also take the text view out of the inner Relative Layout
EDIT
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/itemRoot"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:clickable="false">
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/button_A"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/my_border"
android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
android:src="#drawable/categories" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/button_B"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/button_A"
android:layout_marginLeft="34dp"
android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
android:background="#drawable/my_border"
android:src="#drawable/shopping_cart" />
</LinearLayout>

Take your TextView out of this inner RelativeLayout and give it the property and add a gravity to it to center your text.
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="TEXT HERE IN CENTER"/>
If this doesn't work then please explain what you are getting or what isn't working about it. Also, a picture of what you currently are getting would help.
Edit
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"/>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/button_A"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/my_border"
android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
android:src="#drawable/categories" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/button_B"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/button_A"
android:layout_marginLeft="34dp"
android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
android:background="#drawable/my_border"
android:src="#drawable/shopping_cart" />
</LinearLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txt"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="TEXT HERE IN CENTER"/>
</RelativeLayout>

Unable to Align the Views

This is the part of the Code of a very long Layout.So posting of whole code was of no use.
I want to align the RED circle.Both the positions are shown in the RED colored circles.
The ParentLayout of whole activity is a RelativeLayout but has nothing to do with this.
Please help me.I have tried all the things that I knew.
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/thumbnail"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/texttitle"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:background="#drawable/Layoutborder"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/Linearimagetop"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="3dip"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:background="#drawable/image_bg"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/productimage1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/defaultimage"
android:layout_below="#+id/texttitle"
/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Availability "
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:textStyle="normal" />
<View
android:layout_width="1dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#color/black"
android:layout_marginLeft="3dp"
android:layout_marginRight="3dp"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/availibility"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="In Stock"
android:textColor="#4A7023"
android:textStyle="normal"
android:layout_marginLeft="3dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Change the 3rd LinearLayout to :
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="right"
android:padding="5dp" >
Not sure if you are satisfied with that kind of layout.

If this whole thing is inside a RelativeLayout, remove the outer LinearLayout (moving margins and such to the first child LinearLayout as required), and change the second child LinearLayout - the one with 5dp padding - to have
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
If you don't want to do this and have to keep the outer LinearLayout for some reason, move
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
from the parent LinearLayout to the first child, and set layout_width of the second child to fill_parent, and add android:gravity="right" to it.

The code you provided does not show where you have specified the properties of RED text "here". You could probably just add it as another element in your relative layout where you specify the availability and stock which would align it with the preceding text.
Edit: (after understanding your actual problem)
I would suggest wrapping in another linear layout which will enable you to position the text above the picture as shown in the code below.
<?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="100dp"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="20dp" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="right"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:text="Availability "
android:textStyle="normal" />
<View
android:layout_width="1dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginLeft="3dp"
android:layout_marginRight="3dp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/availibility"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginLeft="3dp"
android:text="In Stock"
android:textColor="#4A7023"
android:textStyle="normal" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/thumbnail"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/texttitle"
android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/Linearimagetop"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:padding="3dip" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/productimage1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/texttitle"
android:src="#drawable/button" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

This was the Another way achieve the above Output.Hope it may help SomeOne.
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/thumbnail"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:background="#color/white"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/Linearimagetop"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="3dip"
android:background="#drawable/image_bg"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/productimage1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/defaultimage"
android:layout_below="#+id/texttitle"
/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Availability "
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:textStyle="normal" />
<View
android:layout_width="1dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#color/black"
android:layout_marginLeft="3dp"
android:layout_marginRight="3dp"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/availibility"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="In Stock"
android:textColor="#4A7023"
android:textStyle="normal"
android:layout_marginLeft="3dp"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

ListView Row Height Too Small

Below is an image of a ListView row that is too short. I've tried too many combinations and yield my frustration to StackOverflow.
How can I fix this and show the whole row? Here is the XML for the item.
<?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="fill_parent"
android:weightSum="1">
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/item_left"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:paddingRight="2dp"
android:paddingLeft="2dp"
android:background="#drawable/item_left"
android:layout_gravity="fill_vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/status_day"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_width="40dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#color/item_left_text"
android:textSize="25sp"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingLeft="2dp"
android:background="#drawable/item_right"
android:layout_weight="1">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/date"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#color/item_right_text"
android:text="" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/message"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#color/item_right_text"
android:text="" />
</LinearLayout>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/options"
android:background="#drawable/item_right"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_menu_moreoverflow_normal_holo_light"
/>
</LinearLayout>
Any help is appreciated.

can you use this, set row layout height
android:layout_height="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeight"

I set the height of the ImageButton to match_parent.
This fixed the issue oddly. Sigh.

your layout should be in such manner for your requirement i have pasted not same as your's layout but related to it check it
<?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" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="60dp" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ivArrow"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:focusable="false"
android:clickable="false"
android:src="#drawable/arrow" />
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/ivIcon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="60dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:focusable="false"
android:clickable="false"
android:background="#drawable/oddnumbg" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvNo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:textColor="#color/ReceiptNoLable"
android:text="No." />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvReceiptNo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:singleLine="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/tvNo"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#color/ReceiptSavedColor"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:text="1234" />
</RelativeLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvSubName"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/ivIcon"
android:text="RECEIVED FROM"
android:gravity="center"
android:focusable="false"
android:clickable="false"
android:textColor="#color/ReceiptNoLable"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvName"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/ivIcon"
android:layout_below="#+id/tvSubName"
android:text="RECEIPT"
android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
android:textColor="#color/ReceiptSavedColor"
android:textSize="30dp"
android:focusable="false"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/tvReceiptPrize"
android:clickable="false"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvReceiptPrize"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/ivArrow"
android:background="#drawable/myreceiptprizebg"
android:gravity="center"
android:singleLine="true"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:textSize="20dp"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:text="$84.20" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>

just set the height of the outer layout, instead of using fill_parent
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:awesome="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height=50dp <!-- or anything which fits -->