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How to position image1 on right top of the image2 in android?

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

Using RelativeLayout, LinearLayout and layout_weight at the same time - weird behaviour

I've got an activity layout specified in an XML file - activity_intro.xml - and I'm trying to create another one that is similar but slightly different - that's going to be activity_instructions.xml.
The Intro activity has a 9patch image at the bottom of the screen that is supposed to stay there and only adjust to different widths of the screens.
The Instructions activity is supposed to contain the same image but above 2 more buttons - all three of these views need to be always located at the bottom of the screen.
activity_intro.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="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#drawable/home_background" >
<LinearLayout
style="#style/Activity"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/introAnimationImageView"
android:layout_width="152dip"
android:layout_height="176dip"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:contentDescription="#string/intro_animation_content_description"
android:src="#drawable/animation_intro01" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/introTextViewTitle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/intro_title"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/introTextViewSubtitle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/intro_subtitle"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/introButtonLoginSignup"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:text="#string/intro_button_label_login_signup" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/introButtonInstructions"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignRight="#+id/introButtonLoginSignup"
android:text="#string/intro_button_label_instructions" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/introButtonReportAnonymously"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/introButtonLoginSignup"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="#string/intro_button_label_report_anonymously" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="0"
android:contentDescription="#null"
android:scaleType="fitXY"
android:src="#drawable/footer_cityscape" />
</LinearLayout>
Result:
Since I've got working code for Intro, I wanted to make Instructions follow its example but the layout_weight property isn't behaving as expected. First of all, I was only trying to put in the 2 buttons and leave out the image:
<?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="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="0.1"
android:background="#drawable/home_background" >
<LinearLayout
style="#style/Activity"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/instructionsTextViewTitle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/instructions_title_1"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/instructionsImageView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:contentDescription="#string/instructions_image_content_description"
android:src="#drawable/forms" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/instructionsTextViewDescription"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/instructions_description_1"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/instructionsButtonPrevious"
style="#style/ButtonPrevious"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:text="#string/instructions_button_label_previous" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/instructionsButtonNext"
style="#style/ButtonNext"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:text="#string/instructions_button_label_next" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
This only worked when I set the layout_weight of the bottom RelativeLayout to 1 (instead of 0) and for the ScrollView 0.1 (instead of 1). If I used the original values the RelativeLayout would take up all the screen. Could anyone explain to me why that is?
I also tried googling the issue and noticed people would suggest to set layout_height to 0dip which I tried but it also didn't work as expected.
Secondly, I tried adding the already mentioned ImageView to the bottom RelativeLayout. This, however, basically displays only the ImageView and not the buttons - or one of the buttons is on top of the image (hiding it). Why is that? Don't I specifically set the buttons to be placed below it?
What should the code look like in order for it to be doing what I expect it?
Further explanation:
Below are images that should help indicate what exactly I want to achieve. The green bits are the ScrollViews - I added them because Android devices tend to have diverse screen sizes. Their purpose is to present the content properly independently of the screen size, i.e. if the screen is small, the user will be able to scroll that part to read the entire text and view the image.
The red bit on the left (Intro) shows the ImageView that is supposed to always be at the bottom of the screen; it'll always be there, visible, and it's the green bit above it that will be movable.
If you take a look at the red bit on the right (Instructions), there's a Next button that's covering the image with the lorry/truck that was visible in the Intro screenshot. Now that's wrong - there should be 2 buttons BELOW the image, as seen on the last screenshot (the 2 blue rectangles).

Create a Chat Bubble In Android

I am trying to create a chat bubble with some text.For this I am create Three Layoutouts,Inside of main Linear Layout I am using FramLayout,I am setting a 9-patch background To this Framlayout.Inside of Framlayout I am adding one more RelativeLayout where I am placing my three textViews and one imageView.but type long text it goes outside of FramLayout border.I don't know what I am doing wrong or what I am missing.When I am using small text it remain fit but with big text it goes out from even Background Border of FramLayout.In attachment I am showing my bubble and yahoo IM bubble.I am trying to create same like yahoo but with some different style.Please give me your suggestion.I try a lot with different ways but not get success.Thanks in advance . .
Here I am placing my Layoutfile
<?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:id="#+id/linearListLayout1">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/frameLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#drawable/bubbleblue" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:minHeight="100dp">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/chattitle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TextView"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"/>
<TextView android:id="#+id/chatdate"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="TextView"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"/>
<TextView android:id="#+id/chatText"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/chatstatus"
android:layout_below="#+id/chattitle"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/chatstatus"
android:text="TextView" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/chatstatus"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/add_picture"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/chatdate"
android:minHeight="2dip"
android:maxWidth="2sp"
android:maxHeight="2sp"
android:layout_marginRight="2dp"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</FrameLayout>

When creating your .9patch image, you also must specify a content area, which you define with the left, and bottom pixels. Check out this.

Use
and
for background of your root layout item.
right click on images and select Save target as.

Picture is too big to see all views

I have a PizzaOverview.
XML:
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<TextView android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:text="" android:id="#+id/pizza_tv" android:gravity="center_horizontal" android:textSize="15pt"></TextView>
<ImageView android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="#+id/pizza_iv" android:src="#drawable/icon" android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"></ImageView>
<RatingBar android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="#+id/pizza_rb" android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"></RatingBar>
<TextView android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="" android:id="#+id/pizza_date" android:gravity="center|center_horizontal" android:layout_width="fill_parent"></TextView>
<RelativeLayout android:id="#+id/relativeLayout2" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<Button android:text="close" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="#+id/pizza_bt" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:layout_width="fill_parent"></Button>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
If the picture is too big the date is invisible.

add scroll view to your layout or fix the size of imageview
add the scroll view to your layout
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<TextView android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:text="" android:id="#+id/pizza_tv" android:gravity="center_horizontal" android:textSize="15pt"></TextView>
<ImageView android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="#+id/pizza_iv" android:src="#drawable/icon" android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"></ImageView>
<RatingBar android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="#+id/pizza_rb" android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"></RatingBar>
<TextView android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="" android:id="#+id/pizza_date" android:gravity="center|center_horizontal" android:layout_width="fill_parent"></TextView>
<RelativeLayout android:id="#+id/relativeLayout2" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<Button android:text="close" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="#+id/pizza_bt" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:layout_width="fill_parent"></Button>
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>

Ensure that the images you supply to the activity are the correct resolution and size.
Also make sure that you have separate layouts for separate screen size categories.
Read this section of the android documentation for more details on layouts and managing different screen sizes. It tells you the basics you'll need.

You could place your image with the rating bar and the text below it in a RelativeLayout. Give a marginBottom to your RelativeLayout equal to the height of your Button. Then place your text, give it an id and add android:layout_alignParentBottom="true". Set the height of the image to fill_parent and add attribute android:layout:below="id_of_text".

You can as the other answer states make the screen scrollable. But if your content is dynamic (and depending on device it is arguable to say you content will ALWAYS by dynamic) you should make sure the that ImageView has it's bounds set correctly.
In the source code you have:
<ImageView android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="#+id/pizza_iv" android:src="#drawable/icon" android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"></ImageView>
You should instead have:
<ImageView android:layout_height="0dp"
android:weight="1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/pizza_iv"
android:src="#drawable/icon"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:scaleType="centerInside"/>
The extra attribute of weight will make your view fill any available space along the orientation set in the bounding LinearLayout. This is dependant on the weight of other views along that orientation (as the other views have no weight value in this case it will fill all space up until the edge of your fixed views).
The extra attribute of scaleType="centerInside" will make your image sit in the center of the bound's you have suggested (which are the width of the screen and all available space vertically) without ever growing large enough to overlap the bounding container.
When using ImageView you should keep in mind that the ImageView is a bounding container for an Image. It can be as large or as small as possible but is only a mechanism for telling the UI where to place an image. The scaleType attribute is what you use to say how you want the image placing within this bounding countainer. Using "wrap_content" on an ImageView isn't effective and can lead to trouble later in the design (especially when considering different devices).

Android - Two ImageViews side-by-side

I am trying to create an Activity for an Android app with two imageViews aligned side-by-side. my current layout config is as follows:
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingTop="15dip" android:paddingBottom="15dip"
android:background="#drawable/dark_bg">
<ImageView android:id="#+id/numberDays"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:scaleType="fitStart"
android:src="#drawable/counter_01" />
<ImageView android:src="#drawable/counter_days"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:scaleType="fitStart"
android:id="#+id/daysText"></ImageView>
</LinearLayout>
The first image will be a square (lets say 100x100) and the second image will be rectangular (300x100) - and I want them to be aligned next to each other but always be scaled to fit within the width of the device - is this possible just with layout config?
The current config just shows the first image the entire width (and almost height) of the screen and the second image is not shown at all. I have tried changing wrap_content with fill_parent and hardocding widths but that has just resulted in the both images being shown but the first image on top of the second image (both anchored left).
Thanks
UPDATED AGAIN:
I have updated my layout to look like this now including the ScrollView as recommended but no joy:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:gravity="top"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<!-- Header for activity - this has the countdown in it -->
<ScrollView android:id="#+id/ScrollView01" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="right"
android:background="#drawable/dark_bg" android:orientation="horizontal">
<ImageView android:id="#+id/numberDays"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:src="#drawable/counter_01" />
<ImageView android:src="#drawable/counter_days"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:id="#+id/daysText"/>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
<!-- main body for the rest of the info -->
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:gravity="center"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#drawable/light_bg">
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Using the layout_weight as suggested has given both the images the right ratios and appear to be scaled perfectly, however, I am still having the problem whereby they are both anchored to the far left of the screen, so the first image is actually overlaid on top of the second image, rather than having them side by side.
Below is a screenshot of the Eclipse display:

try using layout_weight for both of the ImageView components. So something like:
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingTop="15dip"
android:paddingBottom="15dip"
android:background="#drawable/dark_bg">
<ImageView android:id="#+id/numberDays"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:scaleType="fitStart"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:src="#drawable/counter_01" />
<ImageView android:src="#drawable/counter_days"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:scaleType="fitStart"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:id="#+id/daysText"></ImageView>
</LinearLayout>
i added android:layout_weight="1" to each of them. Read up on layout_weight for LinearLayout definitions, it's very useful!

You can try creating a horizontal ScrollView with a layout_width of a pixel value greater than the two ImageViews combined, rather than fill_parent. Then place your LinearLayout inside of it.