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Listview Item layout pushes the linearlayout off the screen

I am new to android and am trying to create a list view row item as follows:
On the far left of the listview item I need two stacked text views
In the center of the listview item I need an additional two stacked text view
On the far right I need a checkbox
I want to make the width of the center textviews a constant size, irrespective to the length of text.
Every time I adjust the middle linear layout, it pushes the checkbox off the screen unless I manually give it a width (which will not work for multiple screen sizes). Can someone please help?
I've tried using weights and all but I can't figure it out.
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:gravity="left"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/left"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/starttime"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="0dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:padding="2dp"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="10:35am"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:textColor="#929692"
android:textSize="12sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/endtime"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="0dp"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="11:55am"
android:textColor="#929692"
android:textSize="12sp" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/middle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="0dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/left"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/sessionname"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:padding="2dp"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="ok this is where my text goes it is very long
and it will push stuff off"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:textSize="14sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/location"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:singleLine="true"
android:text="#android:string/ok"
android:textColor="#929692" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/right"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="0dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/middle"
android:orientation="vertical">
<CheckBox
android:id="#+id/list_checkbox"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="right"
android:checked="false" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

Used constraintlayout and it worked!

Progressbar not displaying when TextView has content

I'm working with a class that extends Dialog. It should display a progressbar element. Sometimes there will be a message, sometimes there isn't.
The progressbar shows when there is no message but does not show when there is a message and I do not understand why.
Here is the layout code:
<TextView
android:id="#+id/dialog_message"
style="#style/arial"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="100dp"
android:layout_marginRight="100dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="20dp"
android:text=""
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:textSize="18sp"
/>
<ProgressBar
android:id="#+id/progress"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginBottom="30dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="100dp"
android:layout_marginRight="100dp"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:visibility="gone" />
Here is the java:
public void progressDialog () {
if(this.message.getText().length() > 0){
message.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}else{
message.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
progress.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
leftButton.setVisibility(View.GONE);
rightButton.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
When message is set GONE the progressbar shows, when message is set VISIBLE the progressbar does not show. I assume it is getting hidden by the message somehow.
I've tried moving it around in the layout as this question might suggest was needed ProgressBar not displaying, but to no avail.
How do I get the progressbar to always show when calling progressDialog()?
Edit***** Added full layout 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="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/dialog_background"
android:orientation="vertical">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/dialog_title"
style="#style/arialBold"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:layout_marginTop="35dp"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="1"
android:text="#string/waiting"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:textSize="21sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/dialog_message"
style="#style/arial"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_margin="30dp"
android:text=" "
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:textSize="20sp" />
<ProgressBar
android:id="#+id/progress"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginBottom="30dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="100dp"
android:layout_marginRight="100dp"
android:layout_marginTop="30dp"
android:visibility="gone" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginBottom="30dp"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/dialog_button_one"
style="#android:style/Widget.Button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:background="#color/purple"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/dialog_button_one_text"
style="#style/arialBold"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="#dimen/alert_dialog_button_margin_left_right"
android:layout_marginRight="#dimen/alert_dialog_button_margin_left_right"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="1"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:textSize="20sp" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/dialog_button_two"
style="#android:style/Widget.Button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginStart="20dp"
android:background="#color/purple"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/dialog_button_two_text"
style="#style/arialBold"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="#dimen/alert_dialog_button_margin_left_right"
android:layout_marginRight="#dimen/alert_dialog_button_margin_left_right"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:maxLines="1"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:textSize="20sp" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

I think you are using linear layout. So use Relative Layout instead of linear layout.

Add a parent constraint layout to your linear layout and move progress bar out of linear layout.
<constraint>
<linear/>
<progress/>
</constraint>
Some thing like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/dialog_background"
android:orientation="vertical"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
>
<!-- Your complete layout -->
</LinearLayout>
<ProgressBar
android:id="#+id/progress"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
android:visibility="gone" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

Ok, it looks like you use some wrong property for what you want, look:
android:layout_gravity="center" will put your TextView in center of the layout, but you also set it in your ProgressBar this mean that only one of then will be shown, it is only useful when you want to show one view at time, if you want to show both, try to remove one of this property.
Another thing, you set android:layout_margin="30dp" on TextView, so your progressBar will be far removed from TextView, which may also cause the invisibility of the ProgressBar, try 16dp.
<TextView
android:id="#+id/dialog_message"
style="#style/arial"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center" // remove here or in ProgressBar
android:layout_margin="16dp" // I just replace 30dp to 16dp
android:text=" "
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textColor="#android:color/white"
android:textSize="20sp" />
EDIT - Another Answer
I edit your full XML code, replacing some margin with padding, and show the progressBar always. You can now hide/show the textView or progressbar, it should work.
I also replace some property, since I have not it here, make sure to add again. Hope it help you.
I recommend to use RelativeLayout to improve your UI. Below I show the current XML behavior.
When ProgressBar is showed
The full source code on link below, I am unable to paste the code here.
https://gist.github.com/pedromassango/a6dc213823b297931f1ef2e6b6954466

Layout larger than device screen causes app to crash

I am currently having an issue with a mobile app I am developing. The idea behind it being it displays the value of various variables from a passed object. As I have needed to add more and more objects to the layout xml file in order to display everything, the preview has since stopped displaying any objects besides the action bar and trying to start the activity using this layout crashes the app.
I have a feeling this may be due to the layout being larger than the virtual device screen, though there could be another cause i'm totally unaware of. Any help in this matter would be appreciated. This activity currently uses the Relative layout, would it resolve the issue to wrap the Relative layout in a Scrollview to make the activity scrollable?
<?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"
android:paddingBottom="16dp"
android:paddingLeft="16dp"
android:paddingRight="16dp"
android:paddingTop="16dp">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:text="Name"
android:id="#+id/RequestNameTextView"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/RequestNameDisplay"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/RequestNameTextView"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:text="Student ID"
android:id="#+id/RequestStudentIDTextView"
android:layout_below="#+id/RequestNameDisplay"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/RequestStudentIDDisplay"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/RequestStudentIDTextView"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/RequestLocationTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/RequestStudentIDDisplay"
android:text="Location"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/RequestLocationDisplay"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/RequestLocationTextView"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/RequestProblemTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/RequestLocationDisplay"
android:text="Problem Description"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/RequestProblemDisplay"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/RequestProblemTextView"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/RequestStatusTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/RequestProblemDisplay"
android:text="Current Status"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/RequestStatusDisplay"
android:layout_below="#+id/RequestStatusTextView"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/RequestAssignmentTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/RequestStatusDropDown"
android:text="Assigned To"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/RequestAssignmentDisplay"
android:layout_below="#+id/RequestAssignmentTextView"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/RequestStatusUpdateTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/RequestAssignmentDisplay"
android:text="Update Status to:"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
/>
<Spinner
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/RequestStatusDropDown"
android:layout_below="#+id/RequestStatusUpdateTextView"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/RequestAssignmentUpdateTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/RequestStatusDropDown"
android:text="Assign Request To:"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
/>
<Spinner
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/RequestAssignmentDropDown"
android:layout_below="#+id/RequestAssignmentUpdateTextView"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/RequestSaveChangesButton"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="Save Changes" />
</RelativeLayout>

It is because your Relative Layout having Circular dependencies. From RequestAssignmentTextView to RequestStatusDropDown, your are having a circular dependency. Just change your 'below' element of RequestAssignmentTextView to avoid this error.

Align views in a relative layout to the bottom of the screen

I am trying to align a text area with username and phone along with a button to the bottom of the screen by adding margin-top on id with
android:id="#+id/textView1"
attribute but no effect as shown in the following snippet
<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"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher"
/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/phone"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:text="Username"
/>
<EditText
android:id="#+id/username"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_below="#+id/textView1"
android:ems="10" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/TextView01"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignLeft="#+id/username"
android:layout_below="#+id/username"
android:text="Phone No" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:text=" User Registration"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/phone"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#+id/TextView01"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:ems="10"/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/register"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignRight="#+id/phone"
android:layout_below="#+id/phone"
android:text="Register" />
</RelativeLayout>
The screen below shows the output
I want from the username textview down to the register button to be align to the bottom of the screen. I have tried adding margin but did not work

Did you try to use a relative layout.
If you have a relative layout that fills the whole screen you should be able to use android:layout_alignParentBottom to move the button to the bottom of the screen.

Android Textview settext issue in Samsung J5

I have a "problem" with my application and I don't know what has happened.
I have this interface:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="1dp"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<Button
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:background="#color/white"
android:gravity="center"
android:textColor="#color/black" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/detailServiceTxtPhone"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginTop="-35dp"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:gravity="center"
android:maxLength="50"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textColor="#color/black" />
</LinearLayout>
I get the field value from a web service and set text in java code:
m_txtPhone.setText(m_currentService.PassengerPhone);
In all the devices where I check it this is the result:
But I have a problem in with Samsung J5 (5.1.1). When I try to set text in that TextView (and similars) I have this result:
It seems that I have some problem setting the text or I don't know. Any idea?
NOTE:
I implement the interface in this way because in other cases I do something like this:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="1dp"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/detailServiceBtnClient"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:background="#color/white"
android:drawableRight="#drawable/icon_detail"
android:gravity="left|center_vertical"
android:paddingLeft="5dp"
android:paddingRight="5dp"
android:text="#string/detailServiceBtnClient"
android:textColor="#color/black" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/detailServiceTxtClient"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="right"
android:layout_marginRight="25dp"
android:layout_marginTop="-35dp"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:gravity="center"
android:maxLength="50"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textColor="#color/black" />
</LinearLayout>

You are using LinearLayout. In this layout items are added after each element. Your orientation is vertical, hence, it is below the button. Use RelativeLayout and then use alignTop and alignBottom properties of TextView.
android:alignTop="#+id/button"
android:alignBottom="#+id/button"
android:gravity="center"