Question

I am trying to configure my button layouts and cannot get the structure to properly form. When I run the code on the VM it makes the ImageButton advertisement take up ove fifty percent of the screen despite the weight being only 10%. Each image button references an image stored in drawable-ldpi, and each are roughly 1 KB in size and the activity code is basic with no additions, this is purely graphic interface at the moment through the main xml.

INTENDED LAYOUT:

 _______________________
|        logo          |
|______________________|
|       search         |
|______________________|
|                      |
|     featured         |
|                      |
|______________________|
|    |     |     |     |
|    |     |     |     |
|    |     |     |     |
|    |     |     |     |
|    |     |     |     |
|    |     |     |     |
|    |     |     |     |
|____|_____|_____|_____|
|     advertisement    |
|______________________|

ANDROID MAIN.XML CODE:

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

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/toplayout"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_weight="45"
        android:gravity="top"
        android:orientation="vertical" >

        <ImageButton
            android:id="@+id/mytastelogo"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="15"
            android:src="@drawable/mytastelogo_image" />

        <ImageButton
            android:id="@+id/search"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="10" />

        <ImageButton
            android:id="@+id/featuredpanel"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="20" />
    </LinearLayout>

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/bottomlayout"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_weight="45"
        android:gravity="bottom"
        android:orientation="horizontal" >

        <ImageButton
            android:id="@+id/mycollection"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:src="@drawable/mycollection_image" />

        <ImageButton
            android:id="@+id/myrecommendations"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:src="@drawable/myrecommendations_image" />

        <ImageButton
            android:id="@+id/topitems"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:src="@drawable/topitems_image" />

        <ImageButton
            android:id="@+id/randomitem"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:src="@drawable/randomitem_image" />
    </LinearLayout>

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/adlayout"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_weight="10"
        android:gravity="end" >

        <ImageButton
            android:id="@+id/advertisement"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent" />
    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

Try it man 🙂

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

<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/toplayout"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    android:layout_weight="45"
    android:gravity="top"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <ImageButton
        android:id="@+id/mytastelogo"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="15" />

    <ImageButton
        android:id="@+id/search"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="10" />

    <ImageButton
        android:id="@+id/featuredpanel"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="20" />
</LinearLayout>

<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/bottomlayout"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    android:layout_weight="45"
    android:gravity="bottom"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <ImageButton
        android:id="@+id/mycollection"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1" />

    <ImageButton
        android:id="@+id/myrecommendations"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1" />

    <ImageButton
        android:id="@+id/topitems"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1" />

    <ImageButton
        android:id="@+id/randomitem"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1" />
</LinearLayout>

<LinearLayout
    android:id="@+id/adlayout"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    android:layout_weight="10" >

    <ImageButton
        android:id="@+id/advertisement"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</LinearLayout>