Question

How to tell Android relative layout to take all space left between two elements. Does not matter how much is that space.

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



<TableLayout android:layout_below="@id/title_container"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id = "@+id/usb_config_title">

    <TableRow android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal">
        <TextView android:layout_width="398dp"
            android:layout_height="4px"
            android:text="     "/>
        <TextView android:layout_width="4px"
            android:layout_height="4px"
            android:text="     "
            android:background="@color/title_background"/>
        <TextView android:layout_width="398dp"
            android:layout_height="4px"
            android:text="     "/>
    </TableRow>


    <TableRow android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal">
        <TextView android:text="@string/usb_stick"
            android:layout_width="398dp" 

            android:gravity="center"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textSize="22dp"/>
        <TextView android:layout_width="4px"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:text="     "
            android:background="@color/title_background"/>
        <TextView android:text = "@string/usb_internal_memory"

        android:layout_width="398dp" 
            android:gravity="center"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textSize="22dp"/>
    </TableRow>

    <TableRow android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal">
        <TextView android:layout_width="398dp"
            android:layout_height="5px"
            android:text="     "/>
        <TextView android:layout_width="4px"
            android:layout_height="5px"
            android:text="     "
            android:background="@color/title_background"/>
        <TextView android:layout_width="398dp"
            android:layout_height="5px"
            android:text="     "/>
    </TableRow>
</TableLayout>


<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal"
            android:layout_below="@id/usb_config_title"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    >
    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/list3"
        android:layout_width="398px"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:drawSelectorOnTop="false"
        android:scrollbarAlwaysDrawVerticalTrack="true"
    />

    <TextView android:layout_width="4px"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:text="     "
        android:background="@color/title_background"/>
    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/list4"
        android:layout_width="398px"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:drawSelectorOnTop="false"
        android:scrollbarAlwaysDrawVerticalTrack="true"
    />
</LinearLayout>
<include layout="@layout/buttons_bottom_with_relative"/>      
</RelativeLayout>

So i need id/list3 to last till button bar which is. At the moment id/list3 is covered by button bar.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:gravity="bottom"
            android:layout_weight="1"
    android:id="@+id/controls" 
    android:orientation="horizontal"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
            android:baselineAligned="false"
    style="@android:style/ButtonBar"
    android:background="@drawable/bottom_layout_selector"
>
    <Button 
        android:layout_width="100px" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1" 
        android:id="@+id/startButton"
        android:text="@string/start" 
        android:visibility="invisible"
    />

    <Button 
        android:layout_width="100px" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1" 
        android:id="@+id/stopButton"
        android:text="@string/stop" 
        android:visibility="invisible"
    />

    <Button 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1" 
        android:id="@+id/nextButton"
        android:text="@string/next"
        android:visibility="invisible"
    />

    <Button 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1" 
        android:id="@+id/resetStatistics"
        android:text="@string/reset_statistics"
        android:visibility="invisible" 
    />

    <Button 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1" 
        android:id="@+id/histogramSettings"
        android:text="@string/histogram_settings"
        android:visibility="invisible" 
    />

    <Button 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1" 
        android:id="@+id/saveButton"
        android:text="@string/save"
        android:visibility="invisible"
    />

    <Button 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1" 
        android:id="@+id/loadConfig"
        android:text="@string/load_config"
        android:visibility="invisible" 
    />

    <Button 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1" 
        android:id="@+id/saveConfig"
        android:text="@string/save_config"
        android:visibility="invisible" 
    />

</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

Have you tried adding this to the linear layout that includes list3

    android:layout_below="@id/usb_config_title"
    android:layout_above="@id/controls"

So the linear layout positions itself between those two.

I don’t think you can use the weight attribute for Relative layouts. If you align one layout to the top of the screen and one to the bottom then tell the one in the middle to above and below the other two it should fill in the space