Question

I put in a scrollview in the XML of my program, and the graphical layout shows all of the fields bunched up in the screen, rather than having a scrollbar on this side and only some of the fields showing up (like I’ve seen in videos). I was wondering if this was normal, or something with my code or IDE is messed up. I use Eclipse with Windows 7. Thanks 🙂

My code is nearly identical to this one (the only things changed are the text:, and the IDs).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:weightSum="100" android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ScrollView android:layout_weight="30" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">

    <LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent">
        <TextView android:text="Email address(es):"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></TextView>
        <EditText android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_width="match_parent" android:id="@+id/etEmails">
        </EditText>
        <TextView android:text="Hateful Intro:"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></TextView>
        <EditText android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_width="match_parent" android:id="@+id/etIntro"></EditText>
        <TextView android:text="Person's name" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"></TextView>
        <EditText android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_width="match_parent" android:id="@+id/etName"></EditText>
        <TextView android:text="Stupid Things that this Person does"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></TextView>
        <EditText android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_width="match_parent" android:id="@+id/etThings"></EditText>
        <TextView android:text="What you want to do to this person:"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"></TextView>
        <EditText android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_width="match_parent" android:id="@+id/etAction"></EditText>
        <TextView android:text="Hateful Outro" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"></TextView>
        <EditText android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_width="match_parent" android:id="@+id/etOutro"></EditText>
    </LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_weight="40"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    <Button android:text="Send Email" android:id="@+id/bSentEmail"
        android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent"></Button>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_weight="30"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">
    <AnalogClock android:id="@+id/analogClock1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"></AnalogClock>
</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

It’s the normal behavior (at least on all Eclipse IDEs I have seen before, and on mine).