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Asked: 2026-06-06T18:34:43+00:00

I have an app that I am putting together and I have a background

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I have an app that I am putting together and I have a background on it. There is a header on top and a ListView in the middle. When I have a list in the middle that isn’t at least as big as the screen it just shows gray not the background of the parent layout. The weird thing is that this doesn’t happen on my older phone, the background fills the whole screen even if the list doesn’t. Here is the xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- This is the xml for HomeActivity, more information in HomeActivity.java -->
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/common_aboutLayout"
    android:orientation="vertical" 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/bg">

    <!-- This is the header on the top of the home screen -->
    <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/dynamicBanner"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:gravity="center"
        android:background="@drawable/header" 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent">

        <!-- This is the temp pop-up on start -->
        <TextView android:text="@+id/TextView01"
            android:id="@+id/titleText" 
            android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
            android:textColor="#FFFFFF" 
            android:visibility="invisible"
            android:textStyle="bold" 
            android:typeface="sans" 
            android:ellipsize="end"
            android:textSize="18sp" 
            android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal">
        </TextView>
    </LinearLayout>

    <!-- This is the layout of the list of ringtones. -->
    <ListView android:id="@+id/homeListView" 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1">
    </ListView>

    <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/adLayout"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="0dp">
        <com.admob.android.ads.AdView android:id="@+id/ad"
            admob:textColor="#FFFFFF" 
            admob:keywords="Android application"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
            android:layout_gravity="bottom|center"
            admob:backgroundColor="#666666" 
            admob:refreshInterval="30"
            android:layout_height="0dp" />
    </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

The TextView is just a temp thing when the window first opens.

Just looking for some help, Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    put All views in RelativeLayout.then put this admob layout and add a tag to plcae this to bottom of layout 

    like
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"    





<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/adLayout"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="0dp">
    <com.admob.android.ads.AdView android:id="@+id/ad"
        admob:textColor="#FFFFFF" 
        admob:keywords="Android application"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_gravity="bottom|center"
        admob:backgroundColor="#666666" 
        admob:refreshInterval="30"
        android:layout_height="0dp" />
</LinearLayout>


 and then Header part inside the relative layout

    android:layout_alignParentTop=”true”

    and the put the ListView and 

     android:layout_above="@+id/adLayout"
 android:layout_below=HEADERVIEW
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