how to insert table between two realtive layouts? - android

I have created a relative layout under which i created 3 relative layout
1-for top textviews
2-for buttons at the bottom
3-for he scroll view
now i want to insert a table below 1st relative layout and above 2nd relative layout,which layout should i use? table has 3 columns first cloumn and secound column as text view and 3rd colums as edit text,the data being displayed on the table is coming from database.
so i wanna know which layout shall i use? and how can i display the table?

Its better to use LinearLayout
See this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:padding="5dp">
<ScrollView android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:fadingEdge="none" android:focusable="false">
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:stretchColumns="*">
<TableRow android:gravity="center" >
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Series"
android:layout_gravity="center"></TextView>
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Series"
android:layout_gravity="center"></TextView>
<EditText android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Series"
android:layout_gravity="center"></EditText>
</TableRow>
<TableRow android:gravity="center" >
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Series"
android:layout_gravity="center"></TextView>
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Series"
android:layout_gravity="center"></TextView>
<EditText android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Series"
android:layout_gravity="center"></EditText>
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
Note: You can also set width of TextView and EditText and more importantly you can set the
gravity and align it accordingly.
Also, LinearLayout is useful when you need to add the rows dynamically.It will be
useful to you as you are getting the data from database

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android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text=" Set Item Name "/>
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Change your nesting from a vertical parent with horizontal children to a horizontal parent with vertical children (however, this opens up possible vertical positioning issues, so I don't favor this option)
Use a RelativeLayout and all of the layout_* attributes that RelativeLayout children have available to them
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent">
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xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:stretchColumns="0,1,2"
android:id="#+id/tLayout"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
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android:gravity="left"
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android:gravity="left"
android:text="Address"
/>
<TextView
android:padding="3dip"
android:gravity="left"
android:text="Age"
/>
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>
</ScrollView>
There is a corresponding android:shrinkColumns that you can specify in your TableLayout.

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