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How do I overcome the issue of a TextView not fitting on the screen and also pushing other content off the screen?

I am trying to build a simple form and I want to add a note/header/title at the top displaying a message. I have tried to do it but the text has gone off the screen and the stuff below it has been pushed off as well. How do I counter this?
Here is my layout.xml and here it is on pastebin: http://pastebin.com/fNBfQiz8
<TableLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:shrinkColumns="1"
android:stretchColumns="1" >
<TableRow
android:layout_marginBottom="2sp"
android:layout_marginTop="2sp"
android:layout_width="match_parent" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:text="You can only add a spot based on your current location" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:layout_marginBottom="2sp"
android:layout_marginTop="2sp" >
<TextView android:text="Name:" />
<EditText android:id="#+id/name" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:layout_marginBottom="2sp"
android:layout_marginTop="2sp" >
<TextView android:text="Address:" />
<EditText android:id="#+id/addr" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:layout_marginBottom="2sp"
android:layout_marginTop="2sp" >
<TextView android:text="Type:" />
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinnerType"
style="#style/AppBaseTheme"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:entries="#array/types_array"
android:prompt="#string/types_prompt" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:layout_marginBottom="2sp"
android:layout_marginTop="2sp" >
<TextView android:text="Terrain:" />
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinnerTerrain"
style="#style/AppBaseTheme"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:entries="#array/ratings_array"
android:prompt="#string/ratings_prompt" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow>
<TextView android:text="Difficulty:" />
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinnerDifficulty"
style="#style/AppBaseTheme"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:entries="#array/ratings_array"
android:prompt="#string/ratings_prompt" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow
android:layout_marginBottom="2sp"
android:layout_marginTop="2sp" >
<TextView android:text="Description:" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/desc"
android:gravity="top"
android:inputType="textMultiLine"
android:lines="2"
android:maxLines="2"
android:scrollHorizontally="false" />
</TableRow>
<Button
android:id="#+id/save"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Save"
android:layout_marginBottom="2sp"
android:layout_marginTop="2sp" />
</TableLayout>

I'm not sure I totally understand what issue you're having without seeing a picture, but I took at a look at your pastebin. As a general comment, the root view in a layout (the ScrollView, in your case) should probably have match_parent or fill_parent for both its width and height, else you may see some weird rendering where you see blank areas where no layout is covering the screen or get some odd scrolling behavior.
Here is a good tutorial which does nifty things with the spacing of the columns in TableLayouts and may help you figure out why your views are getting cut off and otherwise not fitting into the proper space. Take special note of which attributes he uses on his TableRows and their children in order to achieve the layout he wants.
As for your question of wanting to display some header information, I can think of two options.
If you want them to appear fixed to the top of the screen while the TableLayout scrolls, create a LinearLayout to act as the root view for your layout and set its orientation to vertical. Add your header as the first child to this LinearLayout and your ScrollView as the second.
If you want the header information to scroll with the Table, keep the ScrollView as your root and create a LinearLayout (again with a vertical orientation) to be the only direct child of it. Add your header information as the first child of the LinearLayout and your TableLayout as the second.
Hope this helps. If you posted a screenshot of what you're seeing now along with some type of mockup for the layout you're aiming for, it'll aid in isolating the issue you're having and help us in the community offer support.

android: How to achieve space on the top above the tablelayout(between screen and tablelayout)

I am not able to upload the image to help me better.
How to acheive space on the top of the tablelayout (i.e)between the screen and the tablelayout. The table below is beginning without any space between the table and screen.
<TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/my_shape_file"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_marginTop="10dip"
android:stretchColumns="3">
<TableRow>
<TextView
android:layout_column="1"
android:gravity="left"
android:background="#drawable/todayhr"/>
<TextView
android:layout_column="2"
android:text="one"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#000000" />
</TableRow>
<View
android:layout_height="1dip"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:background="#ABABAB" />
<tablerow>
.................
........

Margins for a view are used by its container to position the view itself. Just include the TableLayout in a LinearLayout, and the latter will correctly add the margin.

Trouble with layout in android (ellipsized text between two buttons)

Trying to make toolbar with two buttons on both sides and header between. Header should be ellisized when text is too long, like this:
[Button] Some quite long header te... [Button]
I've tried several solutions, but none help. My last try was something like this:
<TableLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#444"
android:stretchColumns="1">
<TableRow android:background="#777" android:minHeight="60dp">
<Button android:text="Left"/>
<TextView android:text="Center this very long text and ellisize"
android:background="#f00"
android:lines="1"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:scrollHorizontally="true"
android:gravity="center"
/>
<Button android:text="Right"/>
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>
But right button still goes away from screen...
UPDATE:
The solution is:
<RelativeLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="64dip">
<Button android:id="#+id/btnLeft"
android:text="Left"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<Button android:id="#+id/btnRight"
android:text="Right"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<TextView android:text="Center this very long text and ellisize"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#f00"
android:lines="1"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:gravity="center"
android:scrollHorizontally="true"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#id/btnRight"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/btnLeft"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
UPDATE 2: And the second solution using TableLayout:
<TableLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#444"
android:stretchColumns="1"
android:shrinkColumns="1">
<TableRow android:background="#777" android:minHeight="60dp">
<Button android:text="Left"/>
<TextView android:text="Center this very long text and ellisize"
android:background="#f00"
android:lines="1"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:scrollHorizontally="true"
android:gravity="center"
/>
<Button android:text="Right"/>
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>

Try using a relative layout instead of a table layout. If you set up the two buttons to be aligned left and right respectively, you can set the text field to span between the two buttons with the layout_alignRight and layout_alignLeft properties. You can look at the example code for the RelativeLayout given on the android development website.

While the RelaviveLayout should work, another option is to add a LinearLayout set to Horizontal. Set the three widgets to layout_width:"fill_parent" and give the TextView and both Buttons a weight (1 for each if you want them to equally take up three parts of the screen).
Not at a computer to test it right now, but should theoretically work.

Table layout in android -Row sizing

I have a table layout as shown.I have a lot of rows.
I have used android:strechcolumns="1" to strech the second column of each row.This is the case everywhere.
But in the fifth row I have 2 fields.I want them to occupy equal space.The row size should be same as that of the previous row.I want the overall size of the rows to remain the same as that on the screeshot.Also I have indicated in the screenshot the boundary within which all rows should lie .
How can this be done?
<TableRow>
<TextView
android:gravity="right"
android:paddingTop="10dip"
/>
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/depot_name_spinner"/>
</TableRow>
<TableRow>
<TextView
android:text="#string/product_name"
android:paddingTop="10dip"
android:gravity="right"/>
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/product_name_spinner"
/>
</TableRow>
<TableRow>
<TextView
android:text="#string/date"
android:gravity="right" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/date_button" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow>
<TextView
android:text="#string/measure_ltr"
android:gravity="right"
/>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/ltr_text"
android:layout_width="50dip"/>
<TextView
android:text="#string/measure_qts"
android:gravity="right"
/>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/qts_text"
/>
</TableRow>
Thanks

You can add not only TableRow to the table. Just use a simple LinearLayout and put all raw content into it. I think it must solve your problem.
EDIT: Also, you can add the LinearLayout with all widgets to a TableRow and set LinearLayout's android:layout_span=2:
<TableRow>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_span="2">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/measure_ltr"
android:gravity="right"/>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/ltr_text"
android:layout_width="50dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/measure_qts"
android:gravity="right"/>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/qts_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>
</TableRow>
I haven't tried it, but hope it will work.

Try using android:weight. This will divide the remaining space once the layout is laid out in which ever way you want. I mean you can define the proportion of space which each of your view should use. Look into this example below.
<TableLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TableRow>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:weightSum="100"> // Mention Weightsum as 100 so that its easy to split among your views.
<TextView android:id="#+id/row1Label"
android:layout_width="0dip" android:layout_weight="60" // This will occupy 60% of the remaining space
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</TextView>
<TextView android:id="#+id/row1Label"
android:layout_width="0dip" android:layout_weight="40" // This will occupy 40% of the remaining space
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</TextView>
</LinearLayout>
</TableRow>
<TableRow>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:weightSum="100">
<TextView android:id="#+id/row2Label"
android:layout_width="0dip" android:layout_weight="60" // This will occupy 60% of the remaining space
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</TextView>
<TextView android:id="#+id/row3Label"
android:layout_width="0dip" android:layout_weight="40" // This will occupy 40% of the remaining space
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</TextView>
// You can more views and distribute the space accordingly....
</LinearLayout>
</TableRow>
...........
With this you can achieve something like this
You can split the Table row area in whichever way you want. This can done using only Linear Layout as other layouts don't have this options of weights. I have used this methodology extensively to create complex views. Hope it helps you.

Android - UI Elements going off screen

I'm having trouble positioning the layout elements. The AutoComplete in my TableLayout and the button after it are expanding the TableRow larger than the width of the screen. Anyone have an idea why? Below is my XML code as well as a picture of the problem.
Thanks in advance!!
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TableRow android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<AutoCompleteTextView android:id="#+id/installation"
android:textSize="14sp" android:completionThreshold="3" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<Button android:id="#+id/btn_find" android:text="#string/btn_find"></Button>
</TableRow>
<TableRow android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView android:id="#+id/error" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:paddingTop="20px"
android:textColor="#FF0000" />
</TableRow>
Picture of UI

For the ones that do need the table layout, use the layout_weight option. See code below.
<TableLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="6sp" android:id="#+id/detailsLayout">
<TableRow
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/TableRow03"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/TextView06"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="Detail 1"></TextView>
<TextView
android:text="#string/empty_value"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/sessionAudience"
android:layout_weight="1"></TextView>
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>

By default, widgets in a TableRow have android:layout_width="wrap_content". That does not limit you to the size of the screen -- wrap_content means "wrap content", not "wrap content but please don't go off the edge of the screen, if you don't mind".
In this case, you do not need to use a TableLayout and set of TableRows, since you do not have a table.
So, one approach is to use a RelativeLayout and have your AutoCompleteTextView use android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" and android:layout_alignParentRight="true". That will pin it to the outer edges of the RelativeLayout, which you can size with android:layout_width=fill_parent to fill the screen.