Question

I have an activity with style Dialog, containing two EditTexts. However, only the first one is shown when I run the app. Here is my code:

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

<EditText
        android:id="@+id/firstEditText"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:lines="1"
        android:inputType="number"
        android:scrollHorizontally="false"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"/>

<EditText
        android:id="@+id/secondEditText"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:lines="3"
        android:scrollHorizontally="false"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"/>

</LinearLayout>

As far as I know, this is normal Android behavior, but how can I make the activity show both fields without writing Java code and using only XML?

Answer 1

The second EditText doesn’t appear because the parent LinearLayout has the default orientation(horizontal) and the first EditText has the width set to fill_parent. This will push the second EditText out of the screen. You either set the orientation of the LinearLayout to vertical to show the EditText one below the other or you set wrap_content as the width for the first EditText and use layout_weight(on both EditText) to set up a desired ration between the first and second EditText.