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Custom gridview text alignment issue

I am trying to create Custom Gridview with image and text at bottom but when i scroll down then the alignment gets mismatched because of text
Alignment after scrolling down
Alignment beforescrolling down
gridview.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<com.staritsolutions.apptitude.CategoryImageResize_Adapter
android:id="#+id/picture"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1.0"
android:scaleType="centerCrop" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="150"
android:textColor="#android:color/black" />
</LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>

Try changing height of TextView to wrap_content:
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="150"
android:textColor="#android:color/black" />

Try this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:weightSum="3" >
<com.staritsolutions.apptitude.CategoryImageResize_Adapter
android:id="#+id/picture"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dip"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:scaleType="centerCrop" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dip"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textColor="#android:color/black" />
</LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>

You can try this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<com.staritsolutions.apptitude.CategoryImageResize_Adapter
android:id="#+id/picture"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:scaleType="centerCrop" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_weight=".5"
android:textColor="#android:color/black" />
</LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>
For TextView - you can set equal weight is 1 & if your text is not big then set fix weight what you want like .2 or .3

View not filling the parent

I have an activity that contains a horizontal recycler view.
Now the main problem is I want to have a comment layout like the one in whats app which is at the bottom of the screen which is not filling the parent.
activity layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
>
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/recycler_view_mood_detail_activity"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
row view of the recycler view:
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/row_layout"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/margin_large"
android:layout_marginRight="#dimen/margin_large"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/quote_image_mood_detail_activity"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="300dp"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
/>
<include
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
layout="#layout/layout_like_and_share"
android:layout_gravity="right"
/>
<com.ascentbrezie.brezie.custom.CustomTextView
android:id="#+id/comments_count_text_mood_detail_activity"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="#dimen/text_size_small"
android:layout_margin="#dimen/margin_small"
/>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/display_comments_layout_mood_detail_activity"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_margin="#dimen/margin_small"
/>
<include
android:id="#+id/abc"
layout="#layout/layout_add_comments"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>
When I use the above two codes I have the output as this
But I want to set the edittext and the button at the button of the layout as the footer,for that when I am using this layout.
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/row_layout"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/margin_large"
android:layout_marginRight="#dimen/margin_large"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/quote_image_mood_detail_activity"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="300dp"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
/>
<include
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
layout="#layout/layout_like_and_share"
android:layout_gravity="right"
/>
<com.ascentbrezie.brezie.custom.CustomTextView
android:id="#+id/comments_count_text_mood_detail_activity"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="#dimen/text_size_small"
android:layout_margin="#dimen/margin_small"
/>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/display_comments_layout_mood_detail_activity"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_margin="#dimen/margin_small"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
<include
android:id="#+id/abc"
layout="#layout/layout_add_comments"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
Now the problem is I get the XML preview exactly as I want. Have a look [here] but when I run the app on any device I get the output like this.
So the main problem is the footer layout doesn't stretch to fill up the parent and leaves some space to the right of the screen. I have dynamically set the margin for the whole of the view also.
RowLayout is the linear layout inside the scrollview. Card width is the width of the screen
rowLayout = (LinearLayout) holder.v.findViewById(R.id.row_layout);
FrameLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(cardWidth, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT);
layoutParams.setMargins(10, 10, 0, 0);
rowLayout.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);

This should do it
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"><EditText android:layout_width="0dp" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_weight="1"/><Button android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Button"/></LinearLayout>

Android: How to place a linear layout showing a image at the bottom of a layout?

I have used LinearLayout in my activity, in that I need to display another LinearLayout containing image to be displayed at the bottom.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:background="#drawable/gamelevelscreen"
android:orientation="vertical" >
.......
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout_AdMob"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:gravity="center">
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
But the image is not completely aligned at the bottom. Its a little above the bottom.
I have completed the layout designing and it will be a lot of rework to make it Relative now. Kindly give solution to make it happen in LinearLayout only.

Use Relative layout instead of Linear layout or use Weight for doing this in Linear layout.
Try this it will surely help you.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout_AdMob"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout_AdMob"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

Try this..
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/gamelevelscreen"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout_AdMob"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

// try this
<?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:padding="5dp"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1">
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout_AdMob"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center">
<ImageView
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

positiong a textView on the screen

I want to place a TextView below the red zone in the following image but I just can do it.
Until now I have the following layout:
<TabHost android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:id="#+id/tabhost1"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<TabWidget
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
/>
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
>
</FrameLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</TabHost>
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_below="#id/layout"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:text="0 restaurant trouves"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:textSize="15dip"
android:textColor="#000000"
/>
</LinearLayout>
Can someone tell what is the right code for placing the textView below the red tab?
Thank you!

Is everything you mentioned in your post in one XML file? It looks like its not well formatted and your screenshot does not make it clear too, but I am giving it a try.
It seems that your TextView is not even inside the RelativeLayout.You are closing it's tag before declaring your TextView, so you have to move it into RelativeLayout.
And I don't know if you want to show this TextView in every single Tab. But if it is like that, you could try the following scheme:
<?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" >
<TabHost
android:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</TabWidget>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:text="TextView" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/textView1"
android:text="TextView" />
</RelativeLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/tab1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/tab2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/tab3"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
</LinearLayout>
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>
</LinearLayout>
There are two TextViews in this example. One is centered and the other one is drawn below of the first with: android:layout_below="#id/textView1".
Now you have to do this with your Views...

your layout code doesn't seem to have everything you have on the screenshot, so I'm not sure how your red set of tabs work but here's a mockup with a simple view:
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
<TextView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="0 restaurant trouves"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textSize="15dip" />
<View
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_above="#+id/text"
android:background="#ff0000" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
</FrameLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
That will give you this: (eclipse screenshot, no tabs in widget)

TabHost with FrameLayout under LinearLayout

I've got a small problem with an xml file and a TabHost containing a FrameLayout that shows a ListActivity. A small LinearLayout shall be at the bottom but this is always shown in front of the ListActivity so there are items in the ListActivity behind the LinearLayout even when you scroll the ListView down. I've tried many combinations of different Layouts but I couldn't find a solution :|
Maybe you've got an idea?
Thanks!
This picture might explain my concern: http://img822.imageshack.us/i/listactivity.png/
And here is the xml code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TabHost
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TabWidget
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
android:background="#231f20">
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="There are items behind me..." />
<Button
android:id="#+string/connect"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="Connect"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_margin="5dp"/>
</LinearLayout>

You can achieve what you want by using a RelativeLayout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TabHost
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TabWidget
android:id="#+id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"/>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_below="#id/tabs"
android:layout_above="#+id/footer" />
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/footer"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#231f20"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="There are items behind me..." />
<Button
android:id="#+string/connect"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="Connect"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_margin="5dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</TabHost>

Here's an example of a layout I use in one of my apps:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TabHost xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#android:id/tabhost"
android:weightSum="100"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<!-- This layout will always remain on top -->
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/TopBarLayout"
android:background="#drawable/textview_bottom"
android:layout_weight="10"
android:paddingLeft="10dip"
android:paddingRight="10dip"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:gravity="center_vertical|left"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dip"
android:weightSum="100"
>
<TextView
android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Mode »"
/>
<Button
style="#style/Tab_Button"
android:id="#+id/ModeChangeButton"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dip"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="»"
/>
<Button
android:paddingRight="5dip"
android:paddingLeft="5dip"
style="#style/Tab_Button"
android:id="#+id/DateChangeButton"
/>
<View
android:layout_weight="100"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
<ImageButton
style="#style/Tab_Button"
android:id="#+id/ConfigButton"
android:src="#drawable/gear"
/>
</LinearLayout>
<!-- Frame for tab content -->
<FrameLayout
android:background="#000000"
android:layout_weight="78"
android:id="#android:id/tabcontent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dip"
/>
<!-- Tabs at bottom of screen -->
<TabWidget
android:background="#drawable/textview_top"
android:layout_weight="12"
android:id="#android:id/tabs"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dip"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</TabHost>
Here, my LinearLayout is at the top of the screen, but that's an easy fix. You'll probably want to use layout_weight as shown here.