listView extends on program start

Question

I set my ListView in Android Studio like this:

<ListView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="200dp"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:id="@+id/listView" />

and attached it to the bottom of the screen. But if I run the app, the ListView extends and fills the entire screen.

check the second answer from this link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11295080/android-wrap-content-is-not-working-with-listview — Vivek Mishra, Feb 22 '17 at 09:08
`android:layout_height="200dp"` and `android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"` both will not work together. — Pratik Butani, Feb 22 '17 at 09:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 22 '17 at 09:03

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remove this line

 android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"

answered Feb 22 '17 at 09:03

n00b

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I want it to fill about the half of the screen, but stay at the bottom of the screen – G. Lukas Feb 22 '17 at 09:21

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 22 '17 at 09:25

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I think you are using LinearLayout insted of RelativeLayout in your .xml file. Use RelativeLayout

answered Feb 22 '17 at 09:25

Arpit Prajapati

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I am using RelativeLayout. I also noticed, that if I add some Items to the ListView and then scroll in there, the ListView gets back to its defined place. Just if i click in the EditText above, the ListView "jumps" up to the bottom of the EditText. – G. Lukas Feb 22 '17 at 09:32
@G.Lukas check onclick function for EditText. Provide some more information about .xml file and .java file – Arpit Prajapati Feb 23 '17 at 06:13

listView extends on program start

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