Question

I want to align those inputs to have two autocomplete box on the right, on a smaller button on their right. However I end up with a large autocomplete (second one) covering everything.

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" 
        android:id="@+id/transport_search"
        android:background="@color/dark_grey"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent">

        <AutoCompleteTextView
            android:id="@+id/transport_autoCompleteFrom"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_weight="5"
            ></AutoCompleteTextView>

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/transport_switchDirection"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/transport_autoCompleteFrom"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            ></Button>

        <AutoCompleteTextView
            android:id="@+id/transport_autoCompleteTo"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_weight="5"
            ></AutoCompleteTextView>

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/transport_go"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/transport_autoCompleteTo"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            ></Button>

    </RelativeLayout>

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

You can use LinearLayout inside RelativeLayout. Below shows two buttons in line:

    <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/buttons" android:layout_below="@id/aboveControl1"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"  android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:orientation="horizontal" android:weightSum="2" 
    android:layout_alignLeft="@id/otherControl1" android:layout_alignRight="@id/otherControl2" >
    <Button android:id="@+id/button10" android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Ok" android:layout_weight="1" />
    <Button android:id="@+id/button11" android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Cancel" android:layout_weight="1" />
</LinearLayout>