I try to put a regular button inside an image in android XML. How can it be done? I tried something like this:
<ImageView .......
<Button .... />
</ImageView>
where the dots represent code. Apparently this is not the way because the platform threw an exception.
Can anyone help?
Use relative layout to insert button on the image.
your image should be given in background tag of RelativeLayout.
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:background="#drawable/list_nav"
>
<Button
android:layout_width="63dp"
android:layout_height="36dp"
android:id="#+id/mapbutton"
android:layout_marginTop="7dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
/>
this Example adds button on left side of the image since i used layout_alignParentLeft="true"
You can use FrameLayout:
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<ImageView android:id="#+id/myImage"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:src="#drawable/icon" />
<Button android:id="#+id/myButton"
android:layout_width="150dip"
android:layout_height="150dip"
android:text="My Button"/>
</FrameLayout>
You don't write why you need image and button. Do you know about ImageButton?
#Uriel Frankel you may try creating a custom ImageView either.Here is a post regarding Creating Custom ImageView.
Hope it helps.
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How can i achieve a layout with 2 images in android, one image overlaying another image at the top right?
an image overlapping another image at the top right
http://i.imgur.com/uT3L2wl.jpg
I tried using relative layout, but i could position the overlay image by giving layout margin, but if i do that i cant support all screen sizes with that design.
and also i couldnt position the overlay image with respect to the underimage.
i want to design my layout like the pic i have shared.
I could get this working from the below code,
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/main1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/c1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true" >
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/addnewcustomer"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#null"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignTop="#id/c1"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/c1" >
</RelativeLayout>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/hover1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/c1"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/c1"
android:layout_marginBottom="23dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="22dp"
android:background="#null"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
</RelativeLayout>
Try look at FrameLayout. It will do the job.
http://www.learn-android-easily.com/2013/05/frame-layout-in-androis.html
I want to put png image over button i tried android:background but the png takes all the button what i want exactly is to use the logo png over button like this
the info logo is my png and "about" comes from the button text
u can use this:
android:drawableTop="#drawable/SomeIcon"
so then you get this:
<Button
android:id="#+id/damage"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="about"
android:drawableTop="#android:drawable/ic_menu_info_details"/>
it works for me :)
You can use a FrameLayout. In a FrameLayout, the z-index is defined by the order in which the items are added, for example
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/button_text" />
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/my_drawable"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"/>
</FrameLayout>
In this instance, the ImageView would be drawn on top of the Button, along the bottom center of the Button.
You can check this thread
Basically, you can use:
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/ImageButton01"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/album_icon"
android:background="#drawable/round_button" />
As the thread says.
Take a RelativeLayout, place ImageView inside it. Now set onClickListener on RelativeLayout.
By this way you can create more complex buttons.
<RelativeLayout android:id="#+id/your_btn_id"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
you can use
android:drawableTop
to put drawable at top of Button and use appropriate padding to make it position well.
<Buttton
android:layout_width="99dp"
android:layout_height="99dp"
android:background = "#drawable/bg" />
bg is your custom image.
I'm trying to add a footer containing an imagebutton, an textview and another imagebutton to my activity (I want to make an app like whatsapp and it should nearly look the same). I have tried many ways, but all didnt work.
I tried to make a footer like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/chatBottom"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="55dp"
android:background="#D8D8D8"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" >
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/emojiButton"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:src="#drawable/emoji_button"
android:background="#D8D8D8"
android:padding="10dp"
android:contentDescription="#string/empty"/>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/enterMessage"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="55dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:padding="5dp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/sendMessage"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/emojiButton"
android:background="#drawable/textfield_multiline_activated_holo_dark"
android:hint="" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/sendMessage"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:background="#D8D8D8"
android:contentDescription="#string/empty"
android:padding="10dp"
android:src="#drawable/action_send_message" />
and add it using include in xml or via addView() in java, but nothing worked properly. Most important is that the footer has its on background colour (always when I tried to set a colour to the layout where the footer is in, the whole activity got this colour) and that the textview resizes automatically.
Best regards, Oliver
I'm trying to set my TextView to the left of an ImageButton, but I can't seems to find this option.
I was expecting to use something like android:layout_alignLeft, but this option is missing.
I've tried to google the issue, but couldn't find any relative results.
Without it my TextView overlaps the ImageButton and I want to avoid it.
UPDATE
The full xml code is too complex, but here is the important part of it:
<FrameLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:background="#color/white"
android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/frameLayoutBalanceClosed">
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/button_edit_nickname"
android:id="#+id/card_closed_control_editNickname" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/card_closed_description_nickname"
android:layout_margin="8dp" android:layout_gravity="left"/>
</FrameLayout>
I think what you need is a RelativeLayout. You can specify your TextView to the left of your ImageView with it's specifications. Your code would look something like this:
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/imagebutton1" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/imagebutton1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</RelativeLayout>
The reason FrameLayout isn't working is because it's purpose is to overlay items on top of each other, which wouldn't work at all!
If that isn't what you're looking for, you could also use a TableLayout in which items are arranged in columns.
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#color/white"
>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/summary"
android:text="Summary "
android:textSize="25px"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/summary_btn"
android:src="#drawable/next"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/summary"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/summary"
android:layout_alignBaseline="#id/summary"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
<FrameLayout>
I don't want to make this image a button .
But i don't see the error.
Don't use an ImageView, use the TextView's android:drawableRight attribute.
I don't know what's special about the id "summary", but if you change your ids so that the TextView is, say, "#+id/s" and the ImageView is, say, "#+id/s_btn" (and change the references in the ImageView to "#id/s" of course) then it seems to work.
Or use alignParentEnd="true" which is more accurate and for the job. this will move the image all the way to the end of wherever its sitting in (the relativeLayout parent).
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<com.cura.classes.TypefacedEditText
android:id="#+id/passwordprompt"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_width="30dp"
android:layout_height="30dp"
android:src="#drawable/showpassword_eye" />
</RelativeLayout>
Result:
And if you want the textField to stop at where the image begins, set its marginRight attr to the width of the image