Question

I want to make something like the one below. However for some reason, the buttons are invisible. Can anyone kindly help

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 txt1          txt2
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|                  |
|                  |
|                  |
|     txtview1     |
|                  |
|                  |
|                  |
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|btn1|        |btn2|
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layout code:

                        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

            <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
                android:orientation="vertical"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="fill_parent">

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/txt1"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"            
                    android:text="Network Status:     "/>

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/txt2"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:text="updating..."
                    android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/txt1"/>

                <ScrollView
                    android:id="@+id/sv1"
                    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
                    android:layout_below="@id/txt1">

                    <TextView
                        android:id="@+id/txt3"
                        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
                        android:text="Log"/>

                </ScrollView>

                 <Button
                    android:id="@+id/btn1"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:text="Start"
                    android:layout_below="@+id/sv1"/>

                 <Button
                    android:id="@+id/btn2"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:text="Stop"
                    android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/btn1"
                    android:layout_below="@+id/sv1"/>


            </RelativeLayout>

Answer 1

The problem is, that the ScrollView fills the rest of the space. You can use the fill_parent attribute, but the ScrollView has to be above the buttons. So in ScrollView, set layout_above to one of the Buttons.