Button at bottom of ListView only working in Eclipse designer

Question

I am trying to place a Button at the bottom of a ListActivity. The following works perfectly in the Eclipse designer but not when I launch the app of my phone or AVD.

Any ideas?

<?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" >

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/list"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_above="@+id/btn_New" >
    </ListView>

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn_New"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:text="Button"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
</RelativeLayout>

Button appears correctly in the designer

Button not appearing on my phone or AVD

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 28 '12 at 14:03

you have to put the button BEFORE the list:

<?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" >

<Button
    android:id="@+id/btn_New"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:text="Button"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />

<ListView
    android:id="@+id/list"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_above="@+id/btn_New" >
</ListView>
</RelativeLayout>

so the layout inflater can 'see' which view the list have to be on top of

This had no effect. The Button still shows in the Eclipse designer but not on my phone or AVD. And yes I made sure to uninstall the app from the phone and AVD to verify the modification actually took place. — Cathal Coffey, Oct 28 '12 at 14:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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you may add a footer to your ListView. you can use the example provided in this link

View footerView = ((LayoutInflater)      
ActivityContext.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE)).inflate(R.layout.footer_layout, null, false);
ListView.addFooterView(footerView);

edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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answered Oct 28 '12 at 17:56

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 28 '12 at 18:36

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this one is completely my mistake. My Activity was extending SherlockListActivity, instead of SherlockActivity. So of course the Button wasn't displaying.

Thanks for all your help, Cathal

answered Oct 28 '12 at 18:36

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Button at bottom of ListView only working in Eclipse designer

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