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How to create custom Table Layout with headers and grid lines

I spent almost the whole weekend to figure out how to create a table structure with headers for columns and rows and include ImageButtons in the cells of the table. The grid lines should be visible.
I tried lot of different layouts... Grid, Linear, Structured, CoordinatorLayout .... view nested GridViews and so on. But couldn't figure out how to accomplish something like this?
Some kind of nested layout magic?

Create a drawable cell_shape.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape= "rectangle" >
<stroke android:width="0.5dp" android:color="#4E4E4E"/>
</shape>
In your styles.xml define your custom cell style
<style name="Cell">
<item name="android:layout_width">0dp</item>
<item name="android:layout_height">match_parent</item>
<item name="android:layout_weight">1</item>
<item name="android:background">#drawable/cell_shape</item>
<item name="android:gravity">center</item>
<item name="android:paddingTop">8dp</item>
<item name="android:paddingBottom">8dp</item>
<item name="android:textSize">12sp</item>
</style>
table_layout.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<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">
<TableLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TableRow>
<TextView
style="#style/Cell"
android:text="\"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<TextView
style="#style/Cell"
android:text="My Title 1"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<TextView
style="#style/Cell"
android:text="My Title 2"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<TextView
style="#style/Cell"
android:text="My Title 3"
android:textStyle="bold" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow>
<TextView
style="#style/Cell"
android:text="Arg 1"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<ImageButton
style="#style/Cell"
android:src="#mipmap/ic_launcher" />
<ImageButton
style="#style/Cell"
android:src="#mipmap/ic_launcher" />
<ImageButton
style="#style/Cell"
android:src="#mipmap/ic_launcher" />
</TableRow>
<!--Next Rows...-->
</TableLayout>
<!--//..-->
</RelativeLayout>

Textviews at the end of screen in LinearLayout

its a simple linear layout with 1 ImageView and 6 TextViews and a ScrollView but TextViews are appearing at the end of the screen and not below ImageView. I have tried editing my dp values in styles.xml but still not working please have a look!!
I have also tried editing my ImageView tags but still not working and don't know why TextViews are appearing at the end of the screen and if I remove ScrollView the texts are not visible.
Layout code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView 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">
<LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#000000"
tools:context="com.example.stan.sportbusinesscard.MainActivity">
<ImageView
android:scaleType="fitStart"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:contentDescription="#string/photo_description"
android:src="#drawable/photo"
android:id="#+id/image"/>
<TextView
style="#style/TitleText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/title" />
<TextView
style="#style/LightText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/text1"/>
<TextView
style="#style/TitleText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/where" />
<TextView
style="#style/LightText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/address"
android:autoLink="map"/>
<TextView
style="#style/TitleText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/when" />
<TextView
style="#style/LightText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/dateOf" />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
Styles.xml:
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
</style>
<style name="LightText" parent="AppTheme">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="android:paddingLeft">18dp</item>
<item name="android:paddingRight">18dp</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#aaaaaa</item>
</style>
<style name="TitleText" parent="AppTheme">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="android:paddingLeft">18dp</item>
<item name="android:paddingRight">18dp</item>
<item name="android:paddingTop">20dp</item>
<item name="android:textSize">18sp</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#FFD700</item>
</style>
</resources>

You ImageView hight is wrap_content this the reason why your textview are at the bottom of your screen
Try this set static height to your ImageView
<ImageView
android:scaleType="fitStart"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="150dp"
android:contentDescription="#string/photo_description"
android:src="#drawable/photo"
android:id="#+id/image"/>

Try this!
In your <ImageView> scaleType is android:scaleType="fitStart" change it to android:scaleType="fitXY"

Don't use Scrollview as parent view and add android:adjustViewBounds="true" to Imageview for fit.
<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">
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#000000"
>
<ImageView
android:scaleType="fitStart"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:contentDescription="#string/photo_description"
android:src="#drawable/photo"
android:id="#+id/image"/>
<TextView
style="#style/TitleText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/title" />
<TextView
style="#style/LightText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/text1"/>
<TextView
style="#style/TitleText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/where" />
<TextView
style="#style/LightText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/address"
android:autoLink="map"/>
<TextView
style="#style/TitleText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/when" />
<TextView
style="#style/LightText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/dateOf" />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>

Android: Changing color of the back button in tool bar

I am trying to make the back button on the toolbar black, but I can't find a way. For some reason I don't have toolBar in my xml file, so there is no way to change the color for me. Please let me know if there is another way.
I have the primaryColor white, but the back button is also white.
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="colorControlNormal">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="actionMenuTextColor">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
</style>
This is my xml file
<?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="match_parent">
<Space
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="40dp" />
<EditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textPersonName"
android:ems="10"
android:id="#+id/taskNameEditText"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:hint="enter task name"/>
<HorizontalScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:id="#+id/scrollLinearLayout">
</LinearLayout>
</HorizontalScrollView>
<Space
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="40dp" />
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textPersonName"
android:ems="10"
android:id="#+id/fromTimeEditText"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:hint="fromTime"
android:textAlignment="center" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:inputType="textPersonName"
android:ems="10"
android:id="#+id/toTimeEditText"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:hint="toTime"
android:textAlignment="center" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

if you are using toolbar then you can change
toolbar.getNavigationIcon().setColorFilter(getResources().getColor(R.color.blue_gray_15), PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP);

How to use a Android button XML file programmatically

I have been using a few images for buttons (the XML below) - but a part of my project I have needed to create a button programmatically, which is not formatted like this others (which I would like it to be).
Buttonshape.xml
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:state_focused="true"
android:state_pressed="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/button" />
<item
android:state_focused="false"
android:state_pressed="true"
android:drawable="#drawable/button" />
<item android:drawable="#drawable/buttonpressed" />
</selector>
My code that creates a button
Button newBut;
newBut = new Button(this);
newBut.setText("SOME TEXT");
newBut.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#404040"));
newBut.setEllipsize(TruncateAt.MARQUEE);
newBut.setSingleLine();
newBut.setMarqueeRepeatLimit(50);
newBut.setSelected(true);
This is the code from a Activity with the formatted buttons
<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:gravity="center"
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="com.example.tabdemo.Tab1Activity"
android:background="#00547d"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:weightSum="1">
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="60dp"
android:text="Login"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="20dp"
android:background="#drawable/buttonshape"
android:shadowColor="#A8A8A8"
android:shadowDx="0"
android:shadowDy="0"
android:shadowRadius="5"
/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/button2"
android:enabled="false"
android:text="Logout"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:textSize="20dp"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="60dp"
android:background="#drawable/buttonshape"
android:shadowColor="#A8A8A8"
android:shadowDx="0"
android:shadowDy="0"
android:shadowRadius="5"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
Is there any way of using android:background="#drawable/buttonshape" programatically

try this:
button.setBackgroundDrawable(ContextCompat.getDrawable(this, R.drawable.buttonshape));

how to change highlight color on editText field

Below is a screen shot of a custom edit text field i have in my android app. While you are type a given word, the text for the word you are currently typing highlights in grey and shows the text as black, until you hit the space bar at which time the text turns white as expected. Is there a way to change the color of the highlight and the text that is highlighted?
my edit text xml looks like this
<EditText
android:id="#+id/searchField"
android:layout_width="160dp"
android:layout_height="44dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="60dp"
android:background="#null"
android:cursorVisible="true"
android:ems="10"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textColorHighlight ="#ff0000"
android:textCursorDrawable="#null" >
</EditText>
the whole layout
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:map="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<!--
As the main content view, the view below consumes the entire
space available using match_parent in both dimensions.
-->
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/content_frame"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#fff" >
<fragment
android:id="#+id/map"
android:name="com.sapientnitro.inhouse.drop.components.DRPCustomMapFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/btn_center_local"
android:layout_width="44dp"
android:layout_height="44dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="50dp"
android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
android:background="#drawable/btn_center_on_local_up" />
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/top_bar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:background="#ddffffff" >
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/btn_menu"
android:layout_width="40dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="12dp"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#+id/btn_search"
android:background="#drawable/btn_menu_up" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/btn_create"
android:layout_width="40dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="12dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/btn_search"
android:background="#drawable/btn_create_up" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/btn_search"
android:layout_width="40dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
android:background="#drawable/btn_search_up" />
</RelativeLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/search"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#ddffffff"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/search_bar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="70dp"
android:background="#dd00cccb" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/searchBox"
android:layout_width="238dp"
android:layout_height="44dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:src="#drawable/search_field" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/clear"
android:layout_width="25dp"
android:layout_height="25dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="220dp"
android:src="#drawable/btn_clear_field" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/searchField"
android:layout_width="160dp"
android:layout_height="44dp"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="60dp"
android:background="#null"
android:cursorVisible="true"
android:ems="10"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textColorHighlight ="#color/white"
android:textCursorDrawable="#null" >
</EditText>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/cancelBTN"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:textColor="#color/white"
android:textSize="22dp"
android:text="#string/cancel" />
</RelativeLayout>
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/search_results_container"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:paddingTop="2dp"
android:scrollbars="none" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/search_results_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/header_artists"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:background="#dd00cccb" />
<HorizontalScrollView
android:id="#+id/results_artists"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="150dp" />
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/header_followers"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:background="#dd00cccb" />
<HorizontalScrollView
android:id="#+id/results_followers"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="150dp" />
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/header_places"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:background="#dd00cccb" />
<HorizontalScrollView
android:id="#+id/results_places"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="150dp" />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/left_drawer"
android:layout_width="255dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:background="#dd00cccb"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"
android:listSelector="#drawable/selector_transparent" />
<ListView
android:id="#+id/right_drawer"
android:layout_width="255dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="end"
android:background="#dd00cccb"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"
android:listSelector="#drawable/selector_transparent" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

I was able to change the highlight of my edit text by adding this line to my themes.xml file:
<item name="android:textColorHighlight">#color/m_highlight_blue</item>

Simple, just use TextHightLight Property in XML Mode
android:textColorHighlight="#ff0000"
or add this in your theme
<item name="android:textColorHighlight">"#ff0000"</item>
[Image attached here is because for a comment below]
and when i do, this is how it looks

And if you have to change the Marker handle then you should change
<item name="colorAccent">#color/edittext_handle_selection</item>
<item name="android:textColorHighlight">#color/edittext_selection</item>

In code:
et.setHighlightColor(ContextCompat.getColor(getContext(), R.color.highlight));

You should use android:textColorHighlight in the EditText element in you layout xml file

In material design you will get the default ascent color in style so the all text selection and other theme would be according to that color. You can change this ascent color in following way -
Go to the style.xml and change the following color -
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item> // Replace this color with your own choice
</style>

you should use a selector to change text colors`:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!-- Pressed State -->
<item android:state_pressed="true"
android:color="#FF0000" />
<!-- Focused State -->
<item android:state_focused="true"
android:color="#FF0000" />
<!-- Default State -->
<item android:color="#FFFFFF" />
And then set your textColor property to #drawable/selector_name

use this code,might be its help you
android:textColorHighlight="your color code"

well there's a simpler way to do it...I was here to look for an answer, but im answering my own answer.
If you go to the attractions place go all the way down to the letter T and there should be an TextColorHighlight but if you don't see it the there should be ones
that aren't fully shown so go hover over them and then the full word will show
the showed be little color icons beside them you should press them and select your color. And then go to your code and enter TextColorHighlight Press Tab and then enter the name of the color, then run it!
Hope that this worked out for you, sorry I couldn't add any pictures of how'd it would of looked. Oh and maybe you're wondering why didn't it automatically do that then have me do it? Now im wondering that too, ill try to see what i can do