Question

I have a ListView that is appearing behind two buttons. I’d like the ListView to fill the area below the buttons. I’ve tried the solutions in this link:
Android Layout with ListView and Buttons and Listview with button below not working properly . However, it is not working. Can you tell me how to keep theListView below the buttons?

Here is my code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_weight="1.0"
    >

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/listview"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
           android:layout_below="@id/layoutButtons"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:weightSum=".50"  />

        <LinearLayout
 android:id="@+id/layoutButtons"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
           android:layout_weight="1.0" >

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btnLogout"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight=".70"
            android:text="left" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btnMessage"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight=".30"
            android:text="right" />
    </LinearLayout>

</RelativeLayout>

Answer 1

Try the following:

<?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:id="@+id/layoutButtons"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
           android:orientation="horizontal" >

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btnLogout"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight=".70"
            android:text="left" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btnMessage"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight=".30"
            android:text="right" />
    </LinearLayout>

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

</RelativeLayout>

Hope this helps.