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Android View below another in FrameLayout not work

I have such code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#000">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/content_frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="center map"
android:padding="15dp"
android:background="#drawable/button"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
android:textColor="#FFF" />
<pl.jawegiel.endlessblow.other.GameSurface
android:id="#+id/gameSurface"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
(...)
</RelativeLayout>
</FrameLayout>
<androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/left_rv"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:background="#22FFFFFF"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#080"
android:dividerHeight="2dp"
app:layoutManager="androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager" />
<androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/right_rv"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="end"
android:background="#99FFFFFF"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#080"
android:dividerHeight="2dp"
app:layoutManager="androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager" />
</androidx.drawerlayout.widget.DrawerLayout>
The problem is that my Button is not below GameSurface.
I put this Button as first one counting on that it will be below GameSurface but it does not work.
How to achieve that?

You need to change FrameLayout to another kind of ViewGroup. FrameLayout is a a type of ViewGroup where one View is on top of another one. Like Layers in a cake.
Putting one below another is not possible in FrameLayout
The easiest solution might be to change FrameLayout with LinearLayout and of course, remember to add android:orientation attribute to it.
NOTE: I suggest you to learn ConstraintLayout, which can replace nearly every type of nested ViewGroups including FrameLayout and RelativeLayout :-)

This you can't achieve with FrameLayout, this is because FrameLayout is usually used to show only one child. Even tho it can show more child views they are just placed on top of each other. This is explained in the answer above. Each ViewGroup has its own pros and cons and the best Layout for this is LinearLayout. LinearLayout can place your child's one below another or one next to another, based on android:orientation attribute you can use. Values are vertical and horizontal. You understand from that which one should be used here.
Therefore, what you need to do is simply change your FrameLayout to LinearLayout. So this is how it looks in my XML:
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/content_frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
After that, you just place your child views in order you want to show them. So, in my case I have an ImageView and a Button, placed in that order, like this:
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/content_frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/gameSurface"
android:src="#drawable/ic_user"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:layout_height="200dp" />
<com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="center map"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:padding="15dp"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
android:textColor="#000" />
</LinearLayout>
Then I get this:

Button at bottom of programmatically created layout

I made a linear layout where I have a view and a button. And inside that linear layout I am also adding some more elements but programmatically. Here is the code:
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/container"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<View android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="20dp"
android:background="#color/transparentBlack1"/>
<Button
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:shadowColor="#color/noColor"
android:background="#color/transparentBlack1"
android:text="#string/NewButton"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#color/background2"
android:onClick="addLine"/>
</LinearLayout>
With the addLine function I just add another element in the layout.
Is there any way to keep the button at the bottom of every element inside the layout, so other elements that I create with code will be above the button?

I guess you use linearLayout.addView(view); to add your views, correct? You can specify where the view should be added like the following:
linearLayout.addView(view, linearLayout.getChildCount() - 1);
This should add it between the view and the button.
See documentation for method explanations:
addView(View, int)
getChildCount()

Try make that button outside that layout, something like this:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/container"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<View android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="20dp"
android:background="#color/transparentBlack1"/>
</LinearLayout>
<Button
android:layout_width="70dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:shadowColor="#color/noColor"
android:background="#color/transparentBlack1"
android:text="#string/NewButton"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#color/background2"
android:onClick="addLine"/>
</LinearLayout>
Hope this helps

How can i remove unnecessary top padding in cardview?

I managed to implement Cardviews in my app, but the cardview show an unnecessary padding in the top.
What i want to achieve is to get a header image like this :
Here's my cardview Layout file :
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
android:id="#+id/programCardview"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
card_view:cardUseCompatPadding="true"
xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/programHeader"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="160dp"
android:src="#drawable/createdprogramviewcard"/>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="16dp"
android:paddingLeft="16dp"
android:paddingRight="16dp">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/programTitle"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:text="Programme d'endurance"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:textAlignment="center"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/objectif"
android:layout_below="#+id/programTitle"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="Objectif : " />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/programObjectif"
android:layout_below="#+id/programTitle"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="6 séances"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/objectif"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/programWorkouts"
android:layout_below="#+id/programTitle"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:textAlignment="textEnd"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:text="6 séances" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
This is the code of the RecyclerView :
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:padding="16dp">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/recyclerViewPrograms"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView>
I manage to change the attribute cardUseCompatPadding but that not affect the internal form of the cardview, it's just there to separate them.
Thanks in advance.

I found a solution for my problem by changing the height of the imageView to 130dp. Apparently since i made the with of the image to match_parent, i had to find the exact height that will suit the image inside the cardview without giving it some extra padding.

The situation is due to two reasons, the first is that the height property of the CardView is in match_parent or in a larger size than the components occupy and at the same time the gravity property of the layout is in center.
To fix it just set the gravity of the LinearLayout to center | fill or just to fill.

I used these below attributes and it works for me.
card_view:cardElevation="0dp"
card_view:cardMaxElevation="0dp"
Or you can just use MaterialCardView instead of legacy CardView

Create gallery with elements floating side by side or table cells

Friends I'm new to Android and I'm facing all those beginner's problems such as overload of information in the first steps of the learning proccess.
I want to develop an activity where its content resembles a picture gallery, with 2 pics per row. With HTML + CSS I would create divs with float:left and half of the parent element's width. Or maybe creating a table with two cells per row. Wouldnt do that in HTML for a photo gallery but I know it works.
I want to do this programmatically and Ive seen solutions with TableLayout and RelativeLayout. But i dont understand how to create a container such as DIV in HTML for the data (will be a title and an image) i want to place in the layout. And i dont understand how to make every two of them side by side.
How would you do that in terms of layout and programming?
I will update this thread with an image to a better understanding of my problem later.

Use below XML code as template to inflate in your activity and then add to ListView
In Main Activity inflate view by LayoutInflater:
LayoutInflater inflater = getActivity() .getLayoutInflater();
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.my_stats_layout, null);
Use Above view as item in ListView - Use this tutorial for custom ListView
http://androidexample.com/How_To_Create_A_Custom_Listview_-_Android_Example/index.php?view=article_discription&aid=67&aaid=92
XML Layout:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1" >
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:src="#drawable/img1" />
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1" >
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:src="#drawable/img2" />
</RelativeLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Img1" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Img2"
android:textColor="#000" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

How to layout a VideoView next to TextView with scrolling list underneath

I'm trying to have a VideoView fixed on the upper left with a TextView immediately to the right of it. Below both of those I want a scrollable list of checkboxes, and below that two buttons "prev" and "next". The VideoView and TextView should not scroll, just the checkboxes and buttons. I can't seem to make this work with Linear layouts so i tried RelativeLayout but it seem kinda clunky because I'm hard coding all the relative stuff. What's the best way of laying out this type of thing?
thanks,
Justin

Here is a basic layout that fits your description:
<?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"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<VideoView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<CheckBox android:id="#+id/chk1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<CheckBox
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/chk1"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
If the VideoView is to big maybe you'll want to limit the space available to it by using the 0dp value and layout_weight attribute on the enclosing LinearLayout.