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Asked: June 12, 20262026-06-12T19:14:25+00:00 2026-06-12T19:14:25+00:00

I am aware that this question has been asked before, but I have tried

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I am aware that this question has been asked before, but I have tried every “solution” to the other questions, but I still have not been able to achieve what I am trying to do. I have searched and searched, and tried and tried. Please forgive me. I simply want to display my row of buttons above my WebView, so that it is consistent with the rest of the activities in my app (they all have the row of buttons at the top). It seems like I have tried every possible combination of layouts, but to no avail. It displays correctly in the Graphical Layout (Eclipse), but on the phone and emulator it only displays the WebView, fullscreen, no buttons…. Any help will be very much appreciated!

Here’s my xml:

    <?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:orientation="vertical" >

    <LinearLayout
        android:orientation="horizontal" 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/menu_panel">


                    <ImageButton
                        android:id="@+id/bHomeMenu"
                        android:layout_margin="-8dip"
                        android:layout_width="65dp"
                        android:layout_height="90dp"
                        android:background="@drawable/menu_btn_hcu_light_blue"
                        android:src="@drawable/icon_menu_home"
                        android:adjustViewBounds="true"
                        android:scaleType="centerInside"
                        style="@style/ButtonText"
                        android:textSize="13sp"
                        android:text="Home" />

                    <ImageButton
                        android:id="@+id/bItsMe247Menu"
                        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/bHomeMenu"
                        android:layout_margin="-8dip"
                        android:layout_width="65dp"
                        android:layout_height="90dp"
                        android:background="@drawable/menu_btn_selected_hcu_light_blue"
                        android:src="@drawable/icon_menu_login"
                        android:adjustViewBounds="true"
                        android:scaleType="centerInside"
                        style="@style/ButtonText"
                        android:textSize="13sp"
                        android:text="It'sMe" />

                    <ImageButton
                        android:id="@+id/bFindUsMenu"
                        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/bItsMe247Menu"
                        android:layout_margin="-8dip"
                        android:layout_width="65dp"
                        android:layout_height="90dp"
                        android:background="@drawable/menu_btn_hcu_light_blue"
                        android:src="@drawable/icon_menu_find_us"
                        android:adjustViewBounds="true"
                        android:scaleType="centerInside"
                        style="@style/ButtonText"
                        android:textSize="13sp"
                        android:text="FindUs" />

                    <ImageButton
                        android:id="@+id/bEmailMenu"
                        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/bFindUsMenu"
                        android:layout_margin="-8dip"
                        android:layout_width="65dp"
                        android:layout_height="90dp"
                        android:background="@drawable/menu_btn_hcu_light_blue"
                        android:src="@drawable/icon_menu_email"
                        android:adjustViewBounds="true"
                        android:scaleType="centerInside"
                        style="@style/ButtonText"
                        android:textSize="13sp"
                        android:text="Email" />

                    <ImageButton
                        android:id="@+id/bRatesMenu"
                        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/bEmailMenu"
                        android:layout_margin="-8dip"
                        android:layout_width="65dp"
                        android:layout_height="90dp"
                        android:background="@drawable/menu_btn_hcu_light_blue"
                        android:src="@drawable/icon_menu_rates"
                        android:adjustViewBounds="true"
                        android:scaleType="centerInside"
                        style="@style/ButtonText"
                        android:textSize="13sp"
                        android:text="Rates" />




    </LinearLayout>


                        <WebView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
                            android:id="@+id/wvItsMe"
                            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                            android:layout_height="0dp"
                            android:layout_weight="1" />


</LinearLayout>

EDIT: Here’s my java code, and a note below it:

    package com.dummyapp.app;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.view.Window;
import android.webkit.WebChromeClient;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.dummyapp.app.SimpleGestureFilter.SimpleGestureListener;

public class ItsMe247 extends Activity implements SimpleGestureListener{

    private SimpleGestureFilter detector;

    private WebView itsMeLogin;

//  ImageButton menuHome, menuFindUs, menuEmail, menuRates;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        //setContentView(R.layout.itsme247);

//      menuHome = (ImageButton)findViewById(R.id.bHomeMenu);
//      menuFindUs = (ImageButton)findViewById(R.id.bFindUsMenu);
//      menuEmail = (ImageButton)findViewById(R.id.bEmailMenu);
//      menuRates = (ImageButton)findViewById(R.id.bRatesMenu);



        detector = new SimpleGestureFilter(this,this);

        itsMeLogin = new WebView(this);

        Toast.makeText(this, "Just Swipe To Exit", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();


        itsMeLogin.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true); // JavaScript enabled

        getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_PROGRESS); // Show progress bar of page loading

        final Activity itsMeActivity = this;


        itsMeLogin.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() {

            public void onProgressChanged(WebView view, int progress){

                // Activities and WebViews measure progress with different scales.
                // The progress meter will automatically disappear when we reach 100%
                itsMeActivity.setProgress(progress * 100);

            }

        });

        itsMeLogin.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient(){

            public void onReceivedError(WebView view, int errorCode, String description, String failingUrl){

                Toast.makeText(itsMeActivity, "Oh no! " + description, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

            }


        });

        itsMeLogin.loadUrl("http://www.google.com");
        setContentView(itsMeLogin);


//      itsMeLogin.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
//          @Override
//          public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(final WebView view, final String url) {
//              return super.shouldOverrideUrlLoading(view, url);
//          }
//      });



//******************* MENU BUTTONS START HERE ********************************************************//        

//      menuRates.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
//          
//          public void onClick(View v) {
//              // TODO Auto-generated method stub
//              Intent ratesIntent = new Intent(ItsMe247.this, Rates.class);
//              ItsMe247.this.startActivity(ratesIntent);
//              
//          }
//          
//      });
//      
//      
//      menuFindUs.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
//          
//          public void onClick(View v) {
//              // TODO Auto-generated method stub
//              Intent contactIntent = new Intent(ItsMe247.this, Contact.class);
//              ItsMe247.this.startActivity(contactIntent);
//              
//          }
//      });
//      
//      menuEmail.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
//          
//          public void onClick(View v) {
//              // TODO Auto-generated method stub
//              Intent emailIntent = new Intent(ItsMe247.this, Email.class);
//              ItsMe247.this.startActivity(emailIntent);
//              
//
//          }
//      });
//      
//      menuHome.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
//          
//          public void onClick(View v) {
//              // TODO Auto-generated method stub
//              Intent itsMeIntent = new Intent(ItsMe247.this, MainActivity.class);
//              ItsMe247.this.startActivity(itsMeIntent);
//          }
//      });


//***************************** MENU BUTTONS END HERE ********************************************************//


    }//end onCreate method


    @Override 
      public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent me){ 
        this.detector.onTouchEvent(me);
       return super.dispatchTouchEvent(me); 
      }


        public void onSwipe(int direction) {

                   switch (direction) {

                   case SimpleGestureFilter.SWIPE_RIGHT: 

                       Intent funIntent = new Intent(ItsMe247.this, MainActivity.class);
                       ItsMe247.this.startActivity(funIntent);
                       //ItsMe247.this.finish();

                       break;

                   case SimpleGestureFilter.SWIPE_LEFT:  

                       Intent funIntent2 = new Intent(ItsMe247.this, Contact.class);
                       ItsMe247.this.startActivity(funIntent2);
                       //ItsMe247.this.finish();

                       break;

                   case SimpleGestureFilter.SWIPE_DOWN:  

                       break;

                   case SimpleGestureFilter.SWIPE_UP:   

                       break;                                               
                   } 

        }//end onSwipe method

      public void onDoubleTap() {

      }


}

I have all the menu buttons commented out (the buttons I’m trying to get to display above webview) until I finally get them to display through the xml. However, whenever I UNcomment the buttons and their listeners, the app crashes when trying to enter this activity.

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-12T19:14:27+00:00

Your code isn’t using your XML layout, you’re creating your own WebView in code and setting that as the view so it bypasses your XML completely.

I’ve provided a few changes here that should make it work. Pay particular attention to the setContentView line and the following line, these are what use the XML layout. You may need to change the name of the layout (R.layout.whatever) and the webview id (R.id.webview). There may be a few parse errors from me putting it here, might have missed a closing bracket. I deleted much of your commented out code just to keep it simple.

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    setContentView( R.layout.xmlLayout );

    itsMeLogin = (WebView)findViewById( R.id.webview );

    detector = new SimpleGestureFilter(this,this);

    Toast.makeText(this, "Just Swipe To Exit", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();


    itsMeLogin.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true); // JavaScript enabled

    getWindow().requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_PROGRESS); // Show progress bar of page loading

    final Activity itsMeActivity = this;


    itsMeLogin.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() {

        public void onProgressChanged(WebView view, int progress){

            // Activities and WebViews measure progress with different scales.
            // The progress meter will automatically disappear when we reach 100%
            itsMeActivity.setProgress(progress * 100);

        }

    });

    itsMeLogin.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient(){

        public void onReceivedError(WebView view, int errorCode, String description, String failingUrl){

            Toast.makeText(itsMeActivity, "Oh no! " + description, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

        }


    });

    itsMeLogin.loadUrl("http://www.google.com");
}

Here’s my XML file from a similar layout as well, though yours will probably work with the edited code.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<GridLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:columnCount="3"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
>
<EditText
    android:ems="4"
    android:imeOptions="actionNext"
    android:inputType="number"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:maxLength="4"
    android:selectAllOnFocus="true"
/>
<EditText
    android:ems="4"
    android:imeOptions="actionDone"
    android:inputType="textCapCharacters|textNoSuggestions"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:maxLength="3"
    android:selectAllOnFocus="true"
/>
<Button android:id="@+id/submit"
/>
<WebView android:id="@+id/webview"
    android:layout_columnSpan="3"
    android:layout_gravity="fill"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    android:layout_width="0dp"
/>
</GridLayout>

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