Question

i have a LinearLayout inside another LinearLayout. the issue i have is that the ToggleButton is not visible in the second LinearLayout..here is my complete UI.also i want to know is this layout design efficient or no. i know i can use TableLayout but then i have problem in fitting 3 components on one line

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="10dip" >

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/supplierNameTV"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/supplierNameTV"
    android:textColor="#FFFFFF" 
    android:layout_gravity="right"/>

<LinearLayout android:orientation="horizontal" 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"> 

    <AutoCompleteTextView
        android:id="@+id/supplierName_CB"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    <ToggleButton
        android:id="@+id/toggleButton1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="right"
        android:checked="false"
        android:text="ToggleButton" />

</LinearLayout>
<TextView
    android:id="@+id/prodNameTV"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/prodNameTV"
    android:textColor="#FFFFFF" 
    android:layout_gravity="right"
    android:layout_marginBottom="5dip"
    android:layout_marginTop="5dip"/>

<AutoCompleteTextView
    android:id="@+id/prodName_CB"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

<Button
    android:id="@+id/add_button"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/addproduct_button"
    android:textColor="#372c24" />


<ListView
    android:id="@+id/listview"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_width="match_parent">
</ListView>


</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

Try to assign a layout_weight to your AutoCompleteTextView:

    <AutoCompleteTextView
    android:id="@+id/supplierName_CB"
    android:layout_width="0dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_weight="1"
    />