Question

I have an ImageView that when I look at in the XML preview layout on Eclipse looks fine, but when I launch the app on my hardware device a big whitespace comes to surround it. This is what the actual image is, without the whitespace that is being added. Here is my XML file too. How do I get rid of this whitespace?

Answer 1

Since your image shouldn’t be too large, try this:

<?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" >

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/linkMe"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:contentDescription="cat"
        android:src="@drawable/ashsc" />

</LinearLayout>

This way, the image won’t attempt to scale and won’t create bounds outside the ImageView‘s image.