Question

I am building a Twitter type client. Here is what my ListView row looks like

I want it to look more like:

How can I get my padding and positioning of the avatar correct? Here is my XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout android:id="@+id/RelativeLayout01" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
     android:layout_height="wrap_content">

     <ImageView 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:id="@+id/avatarImageView">
     </ImageView>
    <TextView 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:id="@+id/usernameTextView" 
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/avatarImageView"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:textColor="#636363">
    </TextView>

    <TextView 
        android:id="@+id/bodyTextView" 
        android:layout_below="@+id/usernameTextView" 
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/avatarImageView"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textColor="#636363">
    </TextView>
    <TextView 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/usernameTextView" 
        android:id="@+id/dateTextView" 
        android:text="date" android:textColor="#636363">
    </TextView>
</RelativeLayout>

Answer 1

<ListView android:id="@android:id/list"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1.0"
        android:textColor="#444444"
        android:divider="@drawable/list_divider"
        android:dividerHeight="1px"
        android:cacheColorHint="#00000000">
</ListView>

create your own divider gradient named “list_divider” which is an xml file that you throw in your drawable folder. you just specify the colors for the left, center and right side:

list_divider.xml

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item>
        <shape>
            <gradient
                android:startColor="#999999"
                android:centerColor="#555555"
                android:endColor="#999999"
                android:height="1px"
                android:angle="0" />
        </shape>
    </item>
</layer-list>

layout for each row in the list. This is also done through a layout xml file that you specify later in your code.

row.xml

    <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:padding="4px">
        <ImageView android:id="@+id/avatar"
            android:layout_width="48px"
            android:layout_height="48px"/>
        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="vertical"
            android:paddingLeft="4px">
            <LinearLayout
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:orientation="vertical"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:gravity="center_vertical">
                <TextView android:id="@+id/name"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_weight="1"
                    android:gravity="left"
                    android:textStyle="bold"
                    android:singleLine="true"
                    android:ellipsize="end"
                    android:textColor="#444444"
                    android:padding="0px"/>
                <TextView android:id="@+id/email_url"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_weight="1"
                    android:gravity="left"
                    android:singleLine="true"
                    android:ellipsize="end"
                    android:padding="0px"
                    android:textSize="10px"/>
                <TextView android:id="@+id/postTitle"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_weight="1"
                    android:gravity="left"
                    android:singleLine="true"
                    android:ellipsize="end"
                    android:padding="0px"
                    android:textSize="10px"/>
                <TextView android:id="@+id/comment"
                    android:orientation="vertical"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:singleLine="false"
                    android:textColor="#666666"
                    android:maxLines="5"
                    android:ellipsize="end"/>
            <TextView android:id="@+id/status"
                    android:orientation="vertical"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:singleLine="true"/>
            </LinearLayout>
        </LinearLayout>
    </LinearLayout>

edit: removed line number, because i m a kind person