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How to align text and image in cardview?

i have designed a layout where data will come from recyclerview. Problem i am facing is i am unable to align items.
Below is the snippet image.
this is my layout
<?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">
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
>
<LinearLayout
android:background="#color/white"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="40dp">
<TextView
android:gravity="center"
android:text="prnce"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:backgroundTint="#color/white"
android:id="#+id/groupname"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</TextView>
<TextView
android:gravity="center"
android:text="1"
android:textColor="#color/black"
android:backgroundTint="#color/white"
android:id="#+id/groupCount"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</TextView>
<ImageButton
android:backgroundTint="#color/white"
android:src="#drawable/myhomegrey"
android:id="#+id/homeWindow"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</ImageButton>
<ImageButton
android:backgroundTint="#color/white"
android:src="#drawable/stargrey"
android:id="#+id/favorite"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</ImageButton>
</LinearLayout>
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
</RelativeLayout>
How can i align every item at center so they can come in line so that if textview text size increase or decrease it should not affect the alignment of other layouts

The weights you are assigning are causing the excess space to be distributed evenly among the widgets. Specify a weight for the text field "groupName" and remove the weights for the other fields. This will assign all excess space to the "groupName" text view. This will also push all the other widgets to the right. You can assign margins or padding to space those widgets out.
You may also want to consider assigning a specific size to the text view "groupCount".
An alternative to this would be to use ConstraintLayout.

Scrollview's last bottom contents hidden by the bottom navigation view

Hi coders I have a constraint layout, in it is a bottom navigation view
a tool bar on top and a scrollview which has lots of buttons going down vertically.
The problem is that the scrollview's last buttons are hiding behind the bottom navigation view after I scroll all the way to bottom how can this be solved
On the actual code there are plenty of buttons in scrollview through here I add only a few here.
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout 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:id="#+id/container"
android:background="#ffffff"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<include
android:id="#+id/tutorialsinclude"
layout="#layout/app_bar_main"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/tutorialsinclude"
android:id="#+id/webtut">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<Button
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="web "
android:id="#+id/tutorialsButton1"/>
<Button
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Tutorials 1 "
android:id="#+id/tutorialsButton1"/>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
<android.support.design.widget.BottomNavigationView
android:id="#+id/navigationbb"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="0dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="0dp"
android:background="#ffffff"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:menu="#menu/navigation" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

You can just put a footer in the end to fix this issue. Just make a View below the last button. Something like this:
<View android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="32dp" />
You just have to adjust the height to make it work for your layout. Also, you really shouldn't manually put all these buttons in a scrollView. should use a RecyclerView instead.

Set constraint to bottom of scrollview to top of bottom navigation view and set height as 0dp which will make height to match the constraint
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#id/tutorialsinclude"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="#id/navigationbb"
android:id="#+id/webtut">

How to show a vertical line between columns of a grid layout in android

I am making a native android app, I want to draw a vertical line between two columns in a grid-layout, is there any way i can do this ??
In the following screenshot, you can see the lines between cells and between the column. Basically, i just want to display the grid with my own custom style. This is the link to see the screenshots, apparently stack wont let me post a pic

Add verticalSpacing in your grid layout and set GridView background as the color of line you want.
<GridView
android:id="#+id/grid_view"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#DADADA"
android:verticalSpacing="1dp"
android:numColumns="2" />

You can add a Vertical line like this -
<View
android:layout_width="1dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#000000" />
You can set the height as per requirement and can add margin to the above View if required

if you use two LinearLayouts side by side you can use the frameworks divider function with an ease:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:divider="?android:listDivider"
android:dividerPadding="2.5dp"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:showDividers="middle"
android:weightSum="2" > ... </LinearLayout>
See also: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/LinearLayout.html

Maybe something like this
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="#dimen/_5sdp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:divider="?android:listDivider"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:showDividers="middle"
android:weightSum="1" >
<GridLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/_5sdp"
android:rowCount="2"
android:columnCount="1">
<TextView
android:text="Qty"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/txtQtyProduct"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:text="1"/>
</GridLayout>
</LinearLayout>

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

Splitting Android Layout Vertically Adding Gravity To Both Sides To Center Objects

I have an android layout I'd like to split down the middle vertically and then add gravity so I can center items within the left and the right halves of the layout.
Can someone explain or post an example of how this might be accomplished?
Thus far I've created a layout and a horizontal layout. My problem is the horizontal layout needs balance so I'd like to figure out a way to change my current layout (show below) to include a way of centering the objects within the left and right halves of the screen.
SOURCE:
<?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="match_parent"
android:background="#drawable/background"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/emblem"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:scaleType="fitStart"
android:src="#drawable/apn_app_logo" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/go_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/emblem"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="23dp"
android:layout_marginRight="22dp"
android:background="#drawable/apn_app_go_button" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/go_button"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="#string/start_text2"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textSize="18sp" />
</RelativeLayout>

First of all android:orientation attribute will not work in Relative Layout.If you want to split the screen half into two equal layout your parent layout will be a linear layout with android:orientation= horizontal. Then inside that have 2 LinearLayout with each android:orientation= vertical. Inside 1st Linear layout you can have the ImageView , Button and TextView with each of their layout_gravity=center.
Hope this helps. If you want to do something in the 2nd half of teh screen , do all teh stuffs in the 2nd LinearLayout.
Happy Coding.

Here's some code which should be self-explanotory:
<LinearLayout 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:orientation="horizontal"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:background="#00dd00"
android:gravity="center"
>
<Button
android:text="Button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:background="#dd0000"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
>
<Button
android:text="Button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
and here's what you'll achieve: