Question

In my Java android application I use a listview to display information loading from the SQLite DB And a page footer also there in this page.

The problem is When there are more items loaded to the listview and need to scroll, since footer appears in the bottom of the page, the footer covers the the last item in the listview.

Simply I want to stop overlapping listview items by the footer.

Can any one help me achieve this please. Thanks inadvance.

Edits

<RelativeLayout android:id="@+id/relativeLayout1" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="match_parent">

    <ListView android:layout_width="match_parent"    
              android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
              android:id="@+id/companylistView"
              android:listSelector="@drawable/item_focus_bkg">
              </ListView>


    <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/linearLayout1" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:background="@android:color/darker_gray" >
        <TextView android:text="Footer Text" 
                  android:id="@+id/textView1" 
                  android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
                  android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
                  android:textColor="#000000" >
                  </TextView>       
    </LinearLayout>       


</RelativeLayout>

Answer 1

Based on your requirement(And as you haven’t posted XML layout here that you have tried so far), i assume and can suggest the following:

1. give bottom margin to your listview: android:layout_marginBottom="60dip"
2. If you are using RelativeLayout then just give listview as android:layout_above="@+id/footer"

I suggest to you go with 2nd option.

Update:

Based on the XML you have posted, try this correct XML layout:

<RelativeLayout 
    android:id="@+id/relativeLayout1" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <ListView android:layout_width="match_parent"    
              android:layout_height="match_parent" 
              android:id="@+id/companylistView"
              android:layout_above="@+id/textView1">
    </ListView>

    <TextView 
        android:text="Footer Text" 
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textColor="#000000" 
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
    </TextView>       
</RelativeLayout>