In my App, I want some child view ignore parent view padding.
For Example:
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="86dp"
android:clipToPadding="false"
android:padding="8dp">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/history_restart"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="-8dp"
android:layout_marginTop="-8dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:paddingLeft="27dp"
android:paddingRight="27dp"
android:text="#string/history_restart_action_text"
android:textColor="#color/colorAccent"
android:textSize="#dimen/normal_text_size"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
Tried it but not working :(
This is impossible. Your parent view has a fixed height. Adding the padding means that the greatest height it will assign to its children will be 86dp - 2 * 8dp = 70dp. Using negative margin will only move your view around. It will not change the height it gets. So will never fill the parent.
You have to give up the padding attribute and instead use margins on every other view inside your layout.
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I have a fairly simple Xamarin app with a primary interface that consists of two ImageViews, one overlayed on the other. The images are the same size, and I want them to expand to fill the screen. Except that I want the bottom 100 pixels (about) reserved for a banner ad.
Without the ad, I found this simple. I used a RelativeLayout, set the layout_height and layout_width to match_parent, put both images in it, and set layout_CenterInParent to true for both of them. It works great.
And then I went to put the banner in. I tried using a GridLayout with one column and two rows, putting the prior RelativeLayout inside the top cell and the banner inside the bottom cell. But unless I restrict the height of the RelativeLayout to a fixed height, it expands until the banner is invisible. And I don't want to restrict it to a fixed height, because I want to expand it to the full height minus the banner height.
I realize that there's a basic contradiction between filling a space and restricting the height, but I'm hoping that there's some solution for this.
In css, I can use heights like wh-100 to be the full window height minus 100 pixels. Is there anything similar in Xamarin? Failing that, is there any trick I can use to achieve what I'm trying to do?
<GridLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:minWidth="25px"
android:minHeight="25px"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:rowCount="2"
android:columnCount="1"
android:id="#+id/gridLayout1">
<RelativeLayout
android:minWidth="25px"
android:minHeight="25px"
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="400px"
android:layout_rowWeight="1"
android:background="#ffff44">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/img1"
android:src="#drawable/img1"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/img2"
android:src="#drawable/img2"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:minWidth="100px"
android:minHeight="100px"
android:layout_height="100px"
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:background="#ccff44">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/banner_placeholder"
android:src="#drawable/banner_placeholder"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
Thanks for any help.
At first, if you use the GridLayout , you can set the control's height as the parent's - 100 in the xml. But you can use the row height to set the control's height such as:
<GridLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:minWidth="25px"
android:minHeight="25px"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:rowCount="2"
android:columnCount="1"
android:id="#+id/gridLayout1">
<RelativeLayout
android:minWidth="25px"
android:minHeight="25px"
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="400px"
android:layout_row="0"
android:layout_rowWeight="3"
android:background="#ffff44">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/img1"
android:src="#drawable/img1"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/img2"
android:src="#drawable/img2"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:minWidth="100px"
android:minHeight="100px"
android:layout_height="100px"
android:layout_row = "1"
android:layout_rowWeight="3"
android:id="#+id/relativeLayout2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:background="#ccff44">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/banner_placeholder"
android:src="#drawable/banner_placeholder"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
This will set the first RelativeLayout's height as 3/4 of the parent and the second as the 1/4.
If you still want to set the first RelativeLayout's height as parent's - 100, you can use the ConstraintLayout instead of the GridLayout. And you need to install the package named Xamarin.AndroidX.ConstraintLayout at first.
And then:
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/layout1"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"/>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp" // in the ConstraintLayout the odp means use the rest area in the parent
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="#+id/layout1"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"/>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
In addition, the ConstraintLayout is the most using layout in the native android, it can design many effects which is hard for the other layouts to implement.
I am struggling to find a solution for one of the Android Studio (Kotlin) class problems by Google: how to add another image that scrolls down with the first ScrollView. I created a LinearLayout that has two ScrollViews within it. The first ScrollView has a large amount of text which scrolls down perfectly. However, in the second ScrollView, for the image above the text, it does not scroll down with the text.
Here is a view of the Design element of the activity_main (the green bar below the star is ImageView1 which is in the second ScrollView):
Here is the code for the ScrollViews in my activity_main:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/bio_scroll2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:srcCompat="#android:drawable/button_onoff_indicator_on" />
</ScrollView>
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/bio_scroll"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="463dp">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/bio_text"
style="#style/NameStyle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:lineSpacingMultiplier="1.2"
android:text="#string/bio" />
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
Some guidance will be greatly appreciated.
The reason I told you to use only one ScrollView is that you don't need two. You can use any number of views in a Scrollview, just make sure the child of ScrollView is a Layout. You can use any layout and then put whatever you have in that layout. That's how ScrollView is used.
As the official docs of ScrollView state :
Scroll view may have only one direct child placed within it.
To add multiple views within the scroll view, make the direct child
you add a view group, for example LinearLayout, and place additional
views within that LinearLayout.
So, change your code as :
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/bio_scroll2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:srcCompat="#android:drawable/button_onoff_indicator_on" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/bio_text"
style="#style/NameStyle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:lineSpacingMultiplier="1.2"
android:text="#string/bio" />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
Furthermore, You can remove the root LinearLayout if you don't want to add any other view in it and that will make the ScrollView the root layout.
Also, the height as match_parent doesn't work in ScrollView and it works only as wrap_content or any fix size so if you want to make it take the full height of its parent, you've to use android:fillViewport="true" in ScrollView's tag and height of its parent should be match_parent.
I have an android layout file with two textViews, the first one may contain long texts, expanding vertically along the screen space, and the other textview contains only one line of text.
Both textViews begin centered vertically on screen, with the second one being just bellow the first one.
It happens that the contents of the first textview can change, adding more text to it, and at some point the first textview expands and occupies the whole screen, pushing the second textview outside the screen.
I need that the second textview doesn't get pushed outside screen when it reaches screen bounds, the second textview must own the last piece of space on screen for its contents.
Here's my code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/firstTextView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/secondTextView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:singleLine="true" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
ConstraintLayout to the rescue!
Dependency in your build.gradle inside app module:
implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.3'
Very basic layout for what you want to achieve should be like this:
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:padding="8dp"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:text="*YOUR ENDLESS TEXT HERE*"
android:textSize="14sp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="#id/barrier"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<android.support.constraint.Barrier
android:id="#+id/barrier"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:barrierDirection="top"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="8dp"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="*YOUR SINGLE LINE TEXT HERE*"
android:textSize="14sp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/barrier" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
Reason:
ConstraintLayout makes it much easier to develop, what you want to achieve.'
ConstraintLayout provides Barrier, which can stop expanding views beyond its boundary, which are referenced to it.
Here, in our case, here's what the layout does:
First TextView is expanded to stretch & cover the whole view that is available, second TextView is locked at the bottom, just as you want. Now the Barrier will prevent first TextView from scaling beyond its boundary, giving fixed space to the second one at the bottom.
IMPORTANT: To scroll your content inside first TextView, you need to add this line in your java file:
TextView text1 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text1);
text1.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod());
The above declaration will help you scroll the content until it ends no matter how big it is, inside your TextView itself, so no ScrollView needed!
Hope this helps :)
Reference: ConstraintLayout - Android Developer Documentation
Below is the xml layout for my Android App. I am trying to positions a webview below the gridview on the screen.
Can anyone help explain what I need to do to get that to work?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/db1_root"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/HomePage"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<GridView
android:id="#+id/Grid"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:columnWidth="90dp"
android:numColumns="auto_fit"
android:verticalSpacing="10dp"
android:horizontalSpacing="10dp"
android:stretchMode="columnWidth"
android:gravity="center"
android:scrollbars="vertical" />
<WebView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/webView1" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Thanks
I think two minor changes will help make this work for you. First, when creating a LinearLayout, the android:orientation attribute is required to indicate whether the children should be added horizontally or vertically. Since you want one view on top of the other, add android:orientation=vertical to the HomePage LinearLayout. Second, your GridView currently has a android:layout_height of fill_parent. This will cause it to expand vertically and fill up the entirety of the LinearLayout, which will keep your WebView from being displayed. Try changing this attribute to wrap_content.
Making the height of both children wrap_content could possibly cause you to have some empty space in your app. If you need either the GridView or WebView to take up all of the empty space in the view, you can use the android:layout_weight attribute. Assign the view you want to expand to fill all remaining space after the rest are drawn the attribute like this: android:layout_weight=1. (Here, the 1 represents 100% of the remaining space) If you want more granular control over what percentage of the parent your children occupy, look into using decimal values with the android:layout_weight attribute or android:weightSum on the parent in conjunction with a android:layout_weight on each of the children. Hope this helps!
Use android:layout_height="wrap_content" in Gridview
Set orientation attribute in inner linear layout.
android:orientation="vertical"
Give fixed height of WebView and set android:layout_weight="" in both child.
Try below code and change according to your webview height and grid view height.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/db1_root"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/HomePage"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:weightSum="2"
android:orientation="vertical">
<GridView
android:id="#+id/Grid"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:columnWidth="90dp"
android:numColumns="auto_fit"
android:verticalSpacing="10dp"
android:horizontalSpacing="10dp"
android:stretchMode="columnWidth"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:scrollbars="vertical" />
<WebView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="200dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:id="#+id/webView1"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
In above code I give Height of WebView 200dp change according to your requirement.
so im trying to use a relative layout (for basic app tabs at the bottom of the screen) and it is not showing when i place it inside the LinearLayout after 2 other layouts (a LinearLayout and a ScrollView). The ScrollView contains several textViews and scrolls nicely on its own and the linearlayout before it also works nicely, but the relativelayout that i have tried to place at the bottom of the screen does not work.
Here is the general code for what i am trying to do:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#drawable/common_bg"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp">
<TextView android:layout_height="50dp"
android:text="Heading"
android:gravity="center"
android:textSize="17dp"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:layout_width="fill_parent">
</TextView>
</LinearLayout>
<ScrollView android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:scrollbars="none"
android:layout_gravity="top"
android:layout_marginBottom="60dp">
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:paddingTop="15dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:paddingLeft="15dp"
android:paddingRight="15dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textSize="18dp"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:text="#string/text"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</TextView>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/bottomMenu"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="60dp" />
</LinearLayout>
UPDATE: the Relative layout that im using is custom in a way that i cant actually show the code for it here, but it contains a radio group with several buttons.
UPDATE 2: Ok, so I solved the problem by manipulating the layout_height="wrap_content" on the 3 layouts (the first linear, the one holding the scroller, and the bottom relativelayout) as well as manipulating the layout_wieght of each of them until I was satisfied with the way it looked... it doesnt seem like this is the best possible solution, but it worked so i cant complain too much lol...
The relative layout in itself wont be displayed in an xml graphical layout or when you are running the app, it needs a child element to occupy the parent layout, try putting a text view inside the relative layout, it'll be displayed, position it right below the linear layout having the scroll view, it'll work properly, i just tried it with your code and it works