Question

My Login screen layout seems like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/login_layout" 
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
android:background="#ffffff">

<include 
android:id="@+id/headerlayout" 
layout="@layout/headerview"
android:layout_height="50dip" 
android:layout_width="fill_parent" />

<ImageView 
android:id="@+id/imgIcon" 
android:src="@drawable/icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

<TextView
android:id="@+id/txtUserName"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="80dip"
android:lines="1"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textSize="16dip"
android:text="User Name"/>
</LinearLayout>  

However I am not able to see ImageView and TextView. Only headerview is visible and white layout below it. Why is it so?

Thanks,
Stone

Answer 1

just add

android:orientation="vertical"

in your <LinearLayout> tag.

Edit:
By default the orientation is set to Horizontal means every component will be added horizontally, since you are using "fill_parent" to the header, so it covers all the place(width) and leave no room for other components to appear. So when you add vertical all components are placed vertically. So enough room is available for components to layout themselves.More detail here