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ListView with button at the bottom in Activity with fixed header and footer

I am developing an Android Application and I have an Activity that looks like this. I have a header and a footer that have fixed positions, and a ListView with clickable items in the middle. Below the ListView, I have a button.
It is working when I have a few items, but as I add more items, the button begins to disappear, like this.
When I have more items in that list that can be shown in the page, I have a scroll in the list. If I scroll down like this I can see all the items in the list, but the button is hidden.
I have had a lot of problems before trying to add a ListView inside a ScrollView, so I know it doesn't work. As I am new in Android development, perhaps my XML layout files are a bit confusing, but I have a parent LinearLayout with two RelativeLayouts inside, one for the header and one for the middle and footer. The XML is something like this:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#FFFFFF">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:gravity="center_vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/title"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:text="#string/baseTitle"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:textStyle="bold"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonHelp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:background="#drawable/button_help"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"/>
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_gravity="fill_vertical">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/buttonBar"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="#bdbdbd"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/bottomButtomBar"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<Button
android:id="#+id/myGroups"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:text="#string/myGroups"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="13dp"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:background="#layout/button_meus_grupos"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/createGroups"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:text="#string/createGroups"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="13dp"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:background="#layout/button_criar_grupos"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/configurations"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:text="#string/configurations"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="13dp"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:background="#layout/button_configuracoes"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_above="#id/buttonBar"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/listContent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#ffffff"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/searchBarLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:background="#ffffff"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:clickable="true"
>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/myGroupsLabel"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/myGroups"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:textColor="#bdbdbd"
android:textSize="16dp"
android:textStyle="bold"
/>
<ImageView
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/ic_search" />
</RelativeLayout>
<View android:layout_height="2dip"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:background="#cccccc"
/>
<ListView android:id="#+id/listview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:cacheColorHint="#000000"
/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonCreateGroup"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
android:background="#layout/button_confirm"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="#string/createOneGroup"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="22dp"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Does anyone have any tips on how can I keep the footer fixed, scroll down until the end of the list and then show the button? I want that it looks like the button is the last item at the List.
EDIT: Entire XML posted

The ListView and the Button should be in a RelativeLayout and in the Button you should set android:layout_below="#id/listview"
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:cacheColorHint="#000000"
android:textColor="#000000" />
<Button
android:layout_below="#id/listview"
android:id="#+id/buttonCreateGroup"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:background="#layout/button_confirm"
android:text="#string/createOneGroup"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="22dp" />
</RelativeLayout>

Try it in the following manner:
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<RelativeLayout //Header
android:layout_alignParentTop="true">
</RelativeLayout>
<ListView
android:layout_below="#+id/header" />
<RelativeLayout //Button(footer)
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/listView" >
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

The only way I could achieve the exact requirements I explained above was doing the following:
-In the XML file with the layout of the list items, I added a button with android:visibility="gone".
-In my custom ListView adapter, I always add an empty object in the last position. I simply add an object with a flag that shows it is the last in the list.
-In the method getView() that I override in the custom Adapter, I check if the object in the current position has the flag indicating that it is the last in the list. If so, I set the button visibility to VISIBLE, otherwise I fill the other components.
If anyone is facing the same problem and needs some sample code from my solution just ask here.

Try this:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/title"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:text="baseTitle"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonHelp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical" />
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="fill_vertical"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/buttonBar"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/bottomButtomBar"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/myGroups"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="15dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="myGroups"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textSize="13dp" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/createGroups"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="createGroups"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textSize="13dp" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/configurations"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="configurations"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textSize="13dp" >
</Button>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_above="#id/buttonBar"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/listContent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/searchBarLayout"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:clickable="true"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/myGroupsLabel"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:text="myGroups"
android:textColor="#bdbdbd"
android:textSize="16dp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginRight="15dp" >
</ImageView>
</RelativeLayout>
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/scroll"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="280dip"
android:layout_margin="7dip"
android:scrollbars="none" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listview"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:cacheColorHint="#000000"
android:textColor="#000000" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonCreateGroup"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:text="createOneGroup"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="22dp" />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>

both textview show value on same location how do i change or space inbetween them?

in my barcode xml result file both text view show result on samre location and overlap each other how do i make space in between them?? i try android_layout gravity=center or left rightr is not work only this work android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<SurfaceView android:id="#+id/preview_view"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"/>
<com.zijunlin.Zxing.Demo.view.ViewfinderView
android:id="#+id/viewfinder_view"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#color/transparent"/>
<TextView android:id="#+id/txtResult"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="hello"
android:textSize="14sp"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtResult2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="aaaa" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="25dip"
android:layout_marginRight="30dip"
android:text="View Detail" />
</FrameLayout>

Put your 2 TextView and Button inside a LinearLayout with orientation vertical. And 1 more point, When using FrameLayout, don't forget to add the attribute layout_gravity in your code.

<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<SurfaceView android:id="#+id/preview_view"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"/>
<com.zijunlin.Zxing.Demo.view.ViewfinderView
android:id="#+id/viewfinder_view"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#color/transparent"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtResult"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="hello"
android:textSize="14sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtResult2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="aaaa" />
</LinearLayout>
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="25dip"
android:layout_marginRight="30dip"
android:text="View Detail" />
</FrameLayout>
put the textview like the way above ....

Inherit ViewfinderView from RelativeLayout and use layout_toRightOf, layout_toLeftOf, layout_below or layout_above, whatever you need.
<com.zijunlin.Zxing.Demo.view.ViewfinderView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>
<TextView android:id="#+id/txtResult"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtResult2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/txtResult"/>
</com.zijunlin.Zxing.Demo.view.ViewfinderView>

Positioning ImageView

I need to positioning the ImageView at the same level of the user's name (vito in the example).
This is what I have:
And I want this (look at the second icon):
My xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:paddingBottom="5px"
android:paddingTop="5px"
android:paddingLeft="5px"
android:orientation="horizontal"
style="#style/ListRow">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imagenItem"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginRight="6dip"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:gravity="top"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
style="#style/iconLISTA" />
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/idUsuario"
android:textSize="#dimen/font_size_small"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textColor="#color/list_item_text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/hora"
android:textSize="#dimen/font_size_small"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textColor="#color/list_item_secondary_text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="215px" />
</RelativeLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/comentarios"
android:textSize="#dimen/font_size_small"
android:color="#color/list_item_text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="0px" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Thanks.

Change the ImageView and following LinearLayout hight attributes to both be wrap_content.
The ImageView is currently fill_parent which is making it take all available vertical space and centering it vertically.

Add:
android:scaleType="fitStart"
to the ImageView layout.
e.g.
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imagenItem"
android:scaleType="fitStart"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginRight="6dip"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:gravity="top"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
style="#style/iconLISTA" />

Try this, is bit simplified:
<?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="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:padding="5dp" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imagenItem"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
android:src="#drawable/avatar_default" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/idUsuario"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="left"
android:text="usuario"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/hora"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="right"
android:text="hora"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</LinearLayout>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/comentarios"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="commmmment" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
And you shouldn't use px, use always dp/dip.

android - xml. Having difficulty lining up the elements in the way I'd like

I'd like to center these phrases in my view. I can get "#+id/m_popcorn" to the center of the screen but, I cannot get"#+id/m_keyhole" and the other text views to line up beneath it. I would also like all five phrases to be centered in the screen, rather than having only "#+id/m_popcorn" centered. What am I doing wrong?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:scaleType="center" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/viola_desmond_pic"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:contentDescription="#string/desc"
android:src="#drawable/viola_desmond" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/list_background"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:background="#AA000000"
android:contentDescription="#string/desc" >
</TextView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/m_popcorn"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:text="spilled popcorn" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/m_keyhole"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/m_popcorn"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="keyhole" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/m_pistol"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/m_keyhole"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="pistol" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/m_cat"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/m_pistol"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="cat" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/m_pen"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/m_cat"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="pen" />
</RelativeLayout>

Here is the layout file...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/viola_desmond_pic"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:contentDescription="testing"
android:src="#drawable/icon" />
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/ll_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/list_background"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#AA000000"
android:contentDescription="text description"
android:gravity="center_horizontal" >
</TextView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/m_popcorn"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="spilled popcorn" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/m_keyhole"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="keyhole" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/m_pistol"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="pistol" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/m_cat"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="cat" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/m_pen"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="pen" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

you can use this code to have a list of textView in center of your layout, i am using a linear layout that fill the parent layout and set it's gravity to center, any child of this layout is in the center of it :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:scaleType="center">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center"
android:id="#+id/linearLayout1">
<TextView
android:contentDescription="desk"
android:text="TextView"
android:id="#+id/list_background"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#AA000000"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"></TextView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/m_popcorn"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="spilled popcorn"></TextView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/m_keyhole"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="keyhole"></TextView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/m_pistol"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="pistol"></TextView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/m_cat"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="cat"></TextView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/m_pen"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="pen"></TextView>
</LinearLayout>
<ImageView
android:contentDescription="desk"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:id="#+id/viola_desmond_pic"
android:src="#drawable/icon"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"></ImageView>
</RelativeLayout>

How to make this Layout

what ever I try it always ends up so the second checkbox in a row doesn't show, and I don't know how to put admob wedget on the bottom of the screen
This is what I'm aiming for, thanks ahead of time:

Try this...the trick is to use relative layout for the outermost layout and nest some linear layouts to get the check boxes to align
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/top_row" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_above="#+id/bottom_row">
<EditText android:id="#+id/edit_text1" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:text="edit text"></EditText>
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/check_box_holder" android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/check_box_left_col" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1">
<CheckBox android:id="#+id/CheckBox01" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:text="CheckBox01"></CheckBox>
<CheckBox android:id="#+id/CheckBox02" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:text="CheckBox02"></CheckBox>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/check_box_right_col" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1">
<CheckBox android:id="#+id/CheckBox03" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:text="CheckBox03"></CheckBox>
<CheckBox android:id="#+id/CheckBox04" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:text="CheckBox04"></CheckBox>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<Button android:id="#+id/button1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" android:text="button1"> </Button>
<EditText android:id="#+id/edit_text2" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:text="edit text2"></EditText>
<Button android:id="#+id/button2" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" android:text="button2"> </Button>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/bottom_row" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:gravity="center" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="#88ffffff">
<com.admob.android.ads.AdView
android:id="#+id/ad_block"
android:layout_margin="1px" android:layout_width="350dip" android:layout_gravity="center" android:layout_height="58dip"/>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>