Question

Hey, I’m trying to create a layout to my activity but I can’t make a static button at the bottom of the screen, that won’t hide the list view last items.
I saw a lot of ways but all of them are hiding my list view’s last items.
I thought about using “weight” parameter, but it’s not looking so good.
The activity I’m trying to make has an image view in her top, below the image view comes the list, which is not static, and down the bottom suppose to be a static button, that won’t be over list view. This is the xml I wrote, but as you can see, if you will try to “run” it (just add some stuff inside the table layout), that if the list is long is being hidden under the button.
PS: I’m working on building the list view so for now it’s a table layout.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:background="@drawable/background">

    <ImageView android:src="@drawable/search_title"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:paddingTop="10dip"
        android:layout_gravity="center" android:id="@+id/shop_list_title" />

    <ScrollView android:layout_marginBottom="1dip"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_below="@id/shop_list_title">
        <TableLayout android:id="@+id/shop_list_list"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
        </TableLayout>
    </ScrollView>

    <Button android:id="@+id/shop_list_search_button" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:text="@string/search_button_shoplist" />
</RelativeLayout>

Thanks in advance, Elad!

Answer 1

I would recommend using LinearLayout in your case.

Here is an example. I removed all noisy stuff and left only relevant attributes:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>     
<LinearLayout 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" >

    <ImageView              
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" />

    <ScrollView     
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:fillViewport="true" >

        <TableLayout 
            android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">
        </TableLayout>

    </ScrollView>

    <Button
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"          
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</LinearLayout>