Question

I’ve to develop an Android application that needs to show data using a similar layout.
I need two parts of screen:

• A layout with a fluid height that vary on resolution of device
• Second layout that show content in a fixed size

How to do this? I’ve used relativelayout and linearlayout but I haven’t found a solution.
Could you help me?

Answer 1

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

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_above="@+id/fixedlayout"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:id="@+id/fluidlayout" >
    </LinearLayout>

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="200dp"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:id="@+id/fixedlayout" >
    </LinearLayout>

</RelativeLayout>

More efficient solution using LinearLayout

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1" >
    </LinearLayout>

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="200dp" >
    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>