Question

I want to create a bar with different widgets like this ..

Instead of two Chinese box i want to show a spinner and a edittext area.And at the bottom of this bar there is a listview.

any One know how to create this?

What I tried…

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

        <LinearLayout
            android:orientation="horizontal"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
 <Spinner
      android:id="@+id/spinner" 
      android:layout_width="0dip"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
      android:prompt="@string/country"  
      android:layout_weight="1"/>
 <EditText 
   android:id="@+id/edittextserach"
   android:layout_width="wrap_content"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:text="Search here"
   android:layout_weight="1"

   />
 <ImageButton 
  android:id="@+id/imagesearch"
  android:src="@drawable/search_icon"
  android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:clickable="true"
  android:layout_weight="0"
  android:layout_marginBottom="8dip"
  android:paddingBottom="12dip"/>
 </LinearLayout>

<ListView 
  android:id="@+id/android:list"
  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content" />"
 </LinearLayout>

I know my layout is strange but i can’t find any tutorial on this. I am new to this type of layouts.

Answer 1

Try restricting your EditText like this

Choose maxWidth which make sense. And enabling scrollHorizontally will make sure it says in single line even after typing long text.

android:maxWidth="100dip"   
android:scrollHorizontally="true"

Complete layout for EditText:

 <EditText
        android:id="@+id/edittextserach"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:maxWidth="100dip"
        android:scrollHorizontally="true"
        android:text="Search here" />