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Not able to properly nest GridView inside Cardview

I use a RecyclerView , which renders CardView . This CardView has 2 TextViews and one GridView , The GridView renders CardView (lets call it inside_card )as its child. Now i am unable to change height of this inside_card . Given below is what i want to achieve(Image A) and what i am getting (Image B).
Given Below are my Layouts.
activity_main.xml contains RecylerView
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.appcompat.widget.LinearLayoutCompat xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".Activities.MainActivity">
<androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/recyclerView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView>
</androidx.appcompat.widget.LinearLayoutCompat>
activity_card.xml Contains Layout to be rendered inside RecyclerView
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.appcompat.widget.LinearLayoutCompat
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
app:cardBackgroundColor="#AAA"
android:id="#+id/card_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
card_view:cardCornerRadius="4dp"
android:layout_margin="8dp"
android:requiresFadingEdge="vertical">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/proffName"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="ProfessorName"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:gravity="center_horizontal">
</TextView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/subjectCode"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="SemesterName"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:gravity="center_horizontal">
</TextView>
<GridView
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:id="#+id/unitsGrid"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="80dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_margin="6dp"
android:horizontalSpacing="2dp"
android:numColumns="2"></GridView>
</LinearLayout>
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
</androidx.appcompat.widget.LinearLayoutCompat>
inside_card.xml contains layout to be rendered inside GridView
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/inside_card"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="45dp"
android:layout_margin="8dp"
app:cardCornerRadius="6dp"
app:cardElevation="6dp"
app:cardBackgroundColor="#eeeeee"
>
<TextView
android:textAlignment="center"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:id="#+id/unitName"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:padding="1dp"
android:textColor="#color/cardview_dark_background"
android:textSize="18dp" />
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView> ```

Change in inside_card.xml
-> Increase the height of card view from 45dp to 120dp, tweak as per requirement
-> Set card elevation 0dp, as in the design A, there is no card elevation.
-> Even I will suggest, don't take card view for this, Just take simple LienarLayout and set a drawable shape with stroke for this. Because Setting border on card view is a little tedious task.
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/inside_card"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="120dp"
android:layout_margin="8dp"
app:cardCornerRadius="6dp"
app:cardElevation="0dp"
app:cardBackgroundColor="#eeeeee"
>
<TextView
android:textAlignment="center"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:id="#+id/unitName"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:padding="1dp"
android:textColor="#color/cardview_dark_background"
android:textSize="18dp" />
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView> `
In your GridView, set vertical spacing too
<GridView
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:id="#+id/unitsGrid"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="80dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_margin="6dp"
android:horizontalSpacing="15dp"
android:verticalSpacing="15dp"
android:numColumns="2"></GridView>

ANDROID STUDIO- layout background (image) doesn't show

everyone, first of all, I'm with a problem in my android project. I set an image as a layout background with the appropriate width (5.5), and when I run the application it appears white background instead of the intended image. The image is in at the drawable folder, all normal.
The image has the same dimensions of the layout (5.5)
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:animateLayoutChanges="true"
android:background="#drawable/fundo"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/logo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="300dp"
android:layout_marginTop="200dp"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/logo_branco" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="450dp"
android:fontFamily="#font/advent_pro_thin"
android:text="O automóvel ideal para si!"
android:textColor="#E76C00"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</RelativeLayout>

If you want to load a whole image, I'd use the approach of having an ImageView at the root ViewGroup of the layout with both dimensions set to match_parent.
This will solve the issue of the image not loading with an added benefit of being able to define scale type (like centerCrop) which enables you to have a picture with any side ratio and be sure it'll fill the screen both vertically and horizontally.
Edit:
Proposed solution:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:animateLayoutChanges="true"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/background"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
android:src="#drawable/fundo" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/logo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="300dp"
android:layout_marginTop="200dp"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/logo_branco" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="450dp"
android:fontFamily="#font/advent_pro_thin"
android:text="O automóvel ideal para si!"
android:textColor="#E76C00"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</RelativeLayout>

how to get a portion of a view outside of its parent?

I tried to create an actionBar like this one, "this is a website template "
so I created a file action_bar.xml which I'll inflate, A RelativeLayout which has a height of wrap_content & a width of match_parent , it has the gear icon and all other details except that I can't get a part of the round picture outside of the RelativeLayout like the picture.
I tried using margins but it doesn't get out of the RelativeLayout, The RelativeLayout gets extended instead. so, More margin in the picture results in more height in RelativeLayout.
Any suggestions?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageButton android:src="#drawable/roundPicture"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginTop="30sp"
android:layout_marginLeft="30sp"
android:padding="0sp"/>
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/gearIcon"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:background="#drawable/gearICON"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="10sp"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
No Libraries please, I'm not making an app, I'm just trying to understand.
quick recap. I want a part of the first ImageButton outside of the RelativeLayout

Check if it is this what you are looking for
EDIT:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#000">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#fff">
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/gearIcon"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:background="#android:drawable/ic_delete"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="10sp"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
<ImageButton
android:background="#android:drawable/ic_delete"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginTop="30sp"
android:layout_marginLeft="30sp"
android:padding="0sp"/>
</FrameLayout>

First, I ran into a problem that my data appears under the ImageView, not behind it
but I fixed it by adding my data which is a listview, after the relativeLayout in the frameLayout, Thanks P.Juni for the idea btw
The XML which runs totally fine is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#android:color/transparent">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#000">
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/gearIcon"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:background="#drawable/ic_launcher_background"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="10sp"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
<ListView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</ListView>
<ImageButton android:id="#+id/imageButton"
android:background="#drawable/ic_launcher_background"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginTop="60sp"
android:layout_marginLeft="30sp"
android:padding="0sp"/>
</FrameLayout>

CardView Spacing between each separate card is non-existent

Below you will find a screenshot. As you can see, between each card in my CardView, there is no spacing (They are bunched up below one another) The CardView
I am trying to get a spacing between each separate card. (Each card contains an image, an item number and a boolean)
I have tried card_view:cardUseCompatPadding="true" and adding padding manually.
activity_login.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:padding="16dp">
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:id="#+id/cv"
xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
card_view:cardPreventCornerOverlap="true"
card_view:cardUseCompatPadding="true"
card_view:cardCornerRadius="10dp">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="16dp">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/person_photo"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/person_name"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/person_photo"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:textSize="30sp" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/person_age"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/person_photo"
android:layout_below="#+id/person_name" />
</RelativeLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
</LinearLayout>
recyclerview_activity.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="16dp"
android:backgroundTint="#e6e6e6">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/rv">
</android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView>
</LinearLayout>

In the parent of CardView: LinearLayout define android:layout_margin="XXdp". That might help.

You need to define margin top inside widget.CardView:
android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
And You don't need the linear layout.

LinearLayout: 3 Elements, Top, Center, Bottom

I've the following xml file:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/topFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageViewTest"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon_00" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textViewTest"
android:layout_below="#+id/imageViewTest"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="This is a Test"/>
</RelativeLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/bottomFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom|center_horizontal" />
</LinearLayout>
The first FrameLayout contains a fragment, which contains some buttons.
The RelativeLayout contains for example an image (changig size) and a text.
The last FrameLayout contains also a fragment, which contains either some buttons or some text or an image.
My aim is, that:
- the first FrameLayout is on top (that works)
- the elements in the RelativeLayout are centered in the middle of the screen (doesn't work)
- the last FrameLayout is on the bottom (doesn't work)
It should look like this:
My previous attempts with android:gravity="center" in the RelativeLayout and android:layout_gravity="bottom|center_horizontal" for the second FrameLayout failed.

Change the LineareLayout to Relative and use layout_centerInParent for the middle layout and alignParentBottom for the last one.
The top View will be anchored to the top by default
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"> //removed orientation as it won't be needed anymore
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/topFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content" // change here
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centernInParent="true"> // here
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageViewTest"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon_00" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textViewTest"
android:layout_below="#+id/imageViewTest"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="This is a Test"/>
</RelativeLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/bottomFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" /> //here
</RelativeLayout>

Use relative layout and use android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" instead of gravity.
EDIT
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/topFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/topFragment">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageViewTest"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/icon_00"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textViewTest"
android:layout_below="#+id/imageViewTest"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="This is a Test"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"/>
</RelativeLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/bottomFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
</RelativeLayout>