Question

I am trying to make the screen which fits great on a vertical orientation scroll for a horizontal as it does not fit and does not scroll. I added a scroll view with the single child of linear layout and the views I want inside that. No errors but it still does not scroll when I turn the phone to a horizontal orientation. What am I doing wrong? below is my XML

Thanks

<TextView 
android:text="test App" 
android:textSize="20dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:textColor="#FCFCFC" 
android:id="@+id/textView1" 
android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
></TextView>

<TextView 
android:text="" 
android:textSize="20dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:textColor="#FCFCFC" 
android:id="@+id/textView3" 
android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
></TextView>


<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="400dp"
>

<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">



<TextView 
android:text="Last Name" 
android:textSize="15dp"
android:id="@+id/textView4" 
android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#FCFCFC"
android:singleLine="true"
></TextView>



<EditText 
android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
android:id="@+id/editText1" 
android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
android:text=""
android:singleLine="true"
></EditText>


<TextView 
android:text="" 
android:textSize="10dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:id="@+id/textView5" 
android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
></TextView>


<TextView 
android:text="First Name"
android:textSize="15dp"
android:id="@+id/textView6" 
android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#FCFCFC"
android:singleLine="true"
></TextView>

<EditText 
android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
android:id="@+id/editText2" 
android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
android:text=""
android:textSize="20dp"
android:singleLine="true"
></EditText>


<TextView 
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" 
android:text=""
android:textSize="15dp"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
android:id="@+id/TextView01" 
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
></TextView>

<TextView 
android:text="Description" 
android:textSize="15dp"
android:id="@+id/textView4" 
android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#FCFCFC"
android:singleLine="true"
></TextView>


 <EditText 
android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
android:id="@+id/editText1" 
android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
android:text=""
android:textSize="15dp"
android:singleLine="false"
android:lines="10"
></EditText>



</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>




<TextView 
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" 
android:text="" 
android:id="@+id/TextView02" 
android:textColor="#FCFCFC" 
android:textSize="5dp" 
android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
></TextView>


<Button 
android:text="Next"
android:textSize="20dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:id="@+id/nextpage" 
android:layout_width="150dp" 
android:layout_height="60dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
></Button>

Answer 1

Your ScrollView and it’s contents are always the same size. The view layout doesn’t pay attention to whether or not it’s visible on screen. Currently, the last TextView and Button in your layout are probably also hidden in lanscape mode (I’m assuming all this is wrapped in a root LinearLayout since the root tag is missing). The ScrollView simply says, “if my contents are larger then I am, I will scroll them”.

You should consider a layout where your top elements hang to the top, your bottom two elements hang to the bottom, and the scrollview fills the space in between. That way, when it comes to landscape the view will be smaller, and the contents will start scrolling within.

Here’s what I THINK you want 🙂

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="fill_parent">
  <!-- Top Elements -->
  <TextView 
    android:text="test App" 
    android:textSize="20dp"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:textColor="#FCFCFC" 
    android:id="@+id/textView1" 
    android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
  <TextView 
    android:text="" 
    android:textSize="20dp"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:textColor="#FCFCFC" 
    android:id="@+id/textView3" 
    android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_below="@id/textView1" />

  <!-- Bottom Elements -->
  <Button 
    android:text="Next"
    android:textSize="20dp"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:id="@+id/nextpage" 
    android:layout_width="150dp" 
    android:layout_height="60dp"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
  <TextView 
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" 
    android:text="" 
    android:id="@+id/TextView02" 
    android:textColor="#FCFCFC" 
    android:textSize="5dp" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_above="@id/nextpage" />

  <ScrollView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_below="@id/textView3"
    android:layout_above="@id/TextView02">
    <LinearLayout
      android:orientation="vertical"
      android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content">
      <TextView 
        android:text="Last Name" 
        android:textSize="15dp"
        android:id="@+id/textView4" 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textColor="#FCFCFC"
        android:singleLine="true" />
      <EditText 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:id="@+id/editText1" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:text=""
        android:singleLine="true" />
      <TextView 
        android:text="" 
        android:textSize="10dp"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:id="@+id/textView5" 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
      <TextView 
        android:text="First Name"
        android:textSize="15dp"
        android:id="@+id/textView6" 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textColor="#FCFCFC"
        android:singleLine="true" />
      <EditText 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:id="@+id/editText2" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:text=""
        android:textSize="20dp"
        android:singleLine="true" />
      <TextView 
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" 
        android:text=""
        android:textSize="15dp"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:id="@+id/TextView01" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
      <TextView 
        android:text="Description" 
        android:textSize="15dp"
        android:id="@+id/textView4" 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textColor="#FCFCFC"
        android:singleLine="true" />
     <EditText 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:id="@+id/editText1" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:text=""
        android:textSize="15dp"
        android:singleLine="false"
        android:lines="10" />
    </LinearLayout>
  </ScrollView>

</RelativeLayout>

I don’t believe your 400dp height is necessary in this case, because the bottom elements will hang to the bottom of the screen instead of you needing a fixed height to space them out. However, if it is still relevant put it on the LinearLayout inside the ScrollView, not the ScrollView itself. This is the whole layout, BTW. Not to be inserted inside anything.

If that’s not exactly what you are looking for, hopefully it puts you on the right path 🙂

Hope that Helps!