Android Linear Layout Problem - android

Hi all,
I'm a newbie to Android and having problems displaying items using a Linear layout and wondering if anyone can help me. The item list and pictures display fine but the textbox and search button are displayed for each item rather than getting displayed once. My code looks like:
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/selection"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/searchHeader"/>
<EditText
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/searchItem"/>
<Button
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/search"
android:onClick="Search"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

With this XML you should only see exactly one imageview and not a list of images as you discribed. Do you alter this layout programmatically in order do display various images? Maybe there you also add again the items you only want once.

Try moving the textview and search button outside of the linearlayouts they are in.

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One of two Android ListView filling too much space

I would like to obtain this layout for an Android app for mobile phones:
Icon - Object1
List with entries related to Object1
Icon - Object2
List with entries related to Object2
So far I have used the following layout tree (edited graphically with the editor in Android Studio):
Root-LinearLayout
Vertical LinearLayout
Horizontal LinearLayout with icon and text
ListView
Vertical LinearLayout
Horizontal LinearLayout with icon and text
ListView
May be this is not the best way to organize such layout (may be I should use lists with header, but suggestions very welcome), however it can be a good case for understanding deeper how ListView works.
This is the graphical layout generated:
the blue row corresponds to the first LinearLayout. As you can see from the second screenshot that follows, the second list goes all the way down to Hell, bringing me with her. Is there any way to make the lists respect the wrap_content+ weight behaviour?
The XML code follows. I have tried several combos (both reasonable and unreasonable) of layout:weights but none works. I also tried to set the min-width of the first LinearLayout (the hidden one), but nothing changes.
Could you please help me?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:weightSum="2">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:minHeight="50dp">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/imageView15"
android:src="#drawable/abc_ic_menu_share_mtrl_alpha" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Object1"
android:id="#+id/textView24"
android:textSize="26dp"
android:paddingLeft="10dp" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/listView2"
android:layout_weight="1" />
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/imageView16"
android:src="#drawable/abc_ic_commit_search_api_mtrl_alpha" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Object2"
android:id="#+id/textView25"
android:textSize="26dp"
android:paddingLeft="10dp" />
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/listView"
android:layout_weight="1" />
</LinearLayout>
It should work if you put your ListViews inside of the child LinearLayouts which hold the LinearLayout that has the TextView and ImageView. You also should be using "0dp" for the height when using weight with a vertical layout.
Something like this, I believe, should work
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:weightSum="2">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:minHeight="50dp"
android:layout_weight=".2">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/imageView15"
android:src="#drawable/abc_ic_menu_share_mtrl_alpha" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Object1"
android:id="#+id/textView24"
android:textSize="26dp"
android:paddingLeft="10dp" />
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:id="#+id/listView2"
android:layout_weight=".8" />
</LinearLayout>
Note the other changes: I gave the inner-LinearLayout an arbitrary weight of ".2" then the ListView a weight of ".8". And, of course, set the height to "0dp". You may need to play with those weights a bit but I think doing something like that for both first child LinearLayouts should get you close.
That may get your current layout to work but using headers and/or an ExpandableListView may be a better option.

Android Layout- Part of TextView goes off edge of screen

I have a LinearLayout with a custom button and then another LinearLayout with two TextViews, which is always partly cut off on the edge of the screen. I have tried tons of different combinations of fill_parents, match_parents, and wrap_contents, as well as trying to add layout_weights, but nothing solved it, nor did any answer to any similar questions on this site. Here is my XML code, thanks for any help!
<?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="horizontal" >
<com.goldtrimdevelopment.sites.google.com.interesthub.SquareButton
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/list_article_like_button"
style="?android:attr/borderlessButtonStyle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:background="#drawable/custom_like_button"
android:contentDescription="#string/like_button"
android:padding="5dip" />
</com.goldtrimdevelopment.sites.google.com.interesthub.SquareButton>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/article_title"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="3"
android:textSize="16sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/article_link"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="3"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textSize="12sp" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
I figured from your xml file that you want the layout to be a custom button and to its right 2 textviews which are vertically linear, while the buttons and the textviews are horizontall linear. Try the following values in your layout. I think it must solve the issue.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" or "wrap content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
and the next linear layout as
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
and for both textviews set
android:layout_width="150dp"
try it and let me know.

List and image in the same ScrollView

I'm trying to get an image and a list in the same 'scroll' (I don't know how else to put it). My basic (vertical) layout is:
TextView
ImageView
ListView
I'm trying to get the scrolling as if the image is a list item itself. So the textview has to stay in place at the top and everything else has to scroll under it.
At the moment I have the following code:
<?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="fill_parent"
android:background="#color/background"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/app_purple"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/about_app_label"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:padding="15dp"
android:text="#string/about_app_label"
android:textColor="#color/background"
android:textSize="20dp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/app_logo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:src="#drawable/logo" />
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/information_list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#color/background"
android:divider="#drawable/listdivider"
android:dividerHeight="1dp"
android:fadingEdge="none" >
<!-- Preview: listitem=#layout/row -->
</ListView>
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
EDIT
The custom row layout for the listView:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#color/listview"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:padding="4dip" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/list_icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:contentDescription="#string/icon_content_description" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/list_label"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:maxLines="1"
android:paddingBottom="5dp"
android:paddingTop="5dp"
android:textColor="#color/result_label"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/list_count"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/list_label"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:maxLines="1"
android:textColor="#color/text" />
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/list_result"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:textColor="#color/text"
android:textColorLink="#color/app_purple" />
<ProgressBar
android:id="#+id/list_progress"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:visibility="gone" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
You would have a vertical LinearLayout holding the fixed TextView and the ListView. Your ImageView would be a header on the ListView, added via addHeaderView(). Headers, despite their name, scroll with the contents of the ListView.
to make custom list views you need to create a single_list_item.xml file to arrange everything you want to scroll for example the image with a description text next to it. Also you need to add a ListView on your Xml file so the program can process the view. And them, you can process everything on your java file using an adapter. and the the list will appear at the bottom of the text.
There is a great example of how to do it here
it's not clear what exactly are you trying to do. ScrolView can have only ONE child. so I guess you should put the ImageView and the Listview in a LinearLayout.
but any way - it's a bad idea to put a Listview inside a ScrollView - how would the OS now what are you trying to scroll? the ListItem or the whole list. if you can be more specific - I can try help more...

Balloon chat application issues

I am doing a simple chat application and I want to show balloons similar to the iphone's sms app.
So I am doing an Activity with a ListView with a certain layout.
This are my layouts:
/* Activity Layout */
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<ListView android:id="#+id/chat_log"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:stackFromBottom="true"
android:layout_marginTop="50dp"
android:transcriptMode="alwaysScroll"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:cacheColorHint="#00000000"
android:clickable="false"
/>
<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<EditText android:id="#+id/chat_input_text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
/>
<Button android:id="#+id/chat_send_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/chat_send_button"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Other:
/* Row Layout */
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/userprofile_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/chat_ballon_left" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/chat_message"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingLeft="2dp"
android:text="haasdasdasdasdasdasdasdoo" />
</FrameLayout>
Here's the result.
My issues:
The gray line which I would like to remove.
Text is not using the whole space.
Somehow even thought I've added android:clickable="false" the balloons are clickable.
The FrameLayout is unnecessary, so use the TextView as a root element (with the chat_ballon_left background of course). Set the width to match_parent so that the text takes the whole space.
BTW nice baloons, don't forget to have hdpi versions too :)

Various items in a ListView row - screenshot example

i want to achieve this kinda of row look in my app.
I already have a ImageView/TextView layout, but i want that 'positive' little image in the right always being displayed at the exact same place!
http://cache.ctoof.com/2010/03/gowalla-1.png
Thanks!
Probably by using gravity will do the job
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|right"
See this sample taken from one of my views
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/LinearLayout01"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:paddingRight="8dip"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/LinearLayout01"
android:orientation="vertical">
....
</LinearLayout>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imgArrowRight"
android:src="#drawable/tab_right_arrow"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginRight="10dip"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|right"></ImageView>
</LinearLayout>

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