So I have an XML for my activity, and I want to put another view on top of whatever this XML has. The new view covers the entire screen (match_parent for both width and height). I use LayoutInflater.inflate(int,View) to inflate the new view into my root view. The new view is in front of everything but the last button. Even calling bringToFront or bringChildToFront doesn't do anything. If I wrap this button in another LinearLayout, it will solve the problem, but I don't want to do that. This only happens with Button.
Activity XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 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:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".Activities.LoginActivity"
android:background="@drawable/background"
android:id="@+id/root_view">
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/middle_views"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:gravity="center">
<EditText
android:id="@+id/user_name_edit_text"
android:layout_width="300dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:padding="10dp"
android:layout_margin="@dimen/small_dp"
android:background="@drawable/grey_edit_text_background"
android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
android:hint="@string/email_label"
android:fontFamily="@font/bariol"
android:textSize="@dimen/medium_sp"/>
<EditText
android:id="@+id/password_edit_text"
android:layout_width="300dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:padding="10dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/big_dp_1"
android:background="@drawable/grey_edit_text_background"
android:inputType="textPassword"
android:hint="@string/password_label"
android:fontFamily="@font/bariol"
android:textSize="@dimen/medium_sp"/>
<Button
android:onClick="onSignInClick"
android:layout_width="120dp"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:background="@drawable/orange_gradient_button"
android:text="@string/login_label"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:fontFamily="@font/bariol"
android:textStyle="bold"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="@id/middle_views"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_margin="@dimen/medium_dp">
<ImageView
android:layout_width="250dp"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:src="@drawable/banner"
android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/big_dp_3"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_below="@id/middle_views"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/small_dp">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/or_label"
android:fontFamily="@font/bariol"
android:textSize="@dimen/big_sp"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<Button
android:layout_width="45dp"
android:layout_height="45dp"
android:background="@drawable/facebook_icon"
android:layout_margin="@dimen/medium_dp"/>
<Button
android:layout_width="45dp"
android:layout_height="45dp"
android:background="@drawable/twitter_icon"
android:layout_margin="@dimen/medium_dp"/>
<Button
android:layout_width="45dp"
android:layout_height="45sp"
android:background="@drawable/google_icon"
android:layout_margin="@dimen/medium_dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="20dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:paddingStart="@dimen/big_dp_1"
android:paddingEnd="@dimen/big_dp_1"
android:layout_margin="@dimen/big_dp_2"
android:background="@drawable/white_button"
android:text="@string/create_new_account_label"
android:textSize="@dimen/small_sp"
android:textAllCaps="false"
android:textStyle="normal"
android:fontFamily="@font/bariol"/>
</RelativeLayout>
New view XML (InfoDialog is a subclass of RelativeLayout):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.sseo242.airua.CustomViews.InfoDialog
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@color/semiBlack"
android:focusable="true"
android:clickable="true">
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/dialog_board"
android:layout_width="300dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="@drawable/dialog_background">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/info_dialog_title"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="@dimen/medium_dp"
android:text="title"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:fontFamily="@font/bariol"
android:textSize="@dimen/large_sp"
android:textColor="#003f66"/>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/info_dialog_message"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/big_dp_1"
android:layout_marginStart="@dimen/big_dp_2"
android:layout_marginEnd="@dimen/big_dp_2"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="Content"
android:textColor="#333"
android:fontFamily="@font/bariol"
android:textSize="@dimen/big_sp"/>
<Button
android:id="@+id/info_dialog_ok_button"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="45dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/big_dp_1"
android:background="@drawable/orange_gradient_button"
android:text="@string/ok_button"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:fontFamily="@font/bariol"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textSize="@dimen/big_sp"/>
</LinearLayout>
</com.sseo242.airua.CustomViews.InfoDialog>
Method I use to show the new view:
public void showInfoDialog(BaseActivity activity, String title, String message,
@Nullable DialogOnClickHandler handler){
LayoutInflater inflater = activity.getLayoutInflater();
ViewGroup rootView = activity.getRootView();
int index = rootView.getChildCount();
InfoDialog dialog = (InfoDialog)((ViewGroup) inflater.inflate(R.layout.dialog_info, rootView))
.getChildAt(index);
rootView.bringChildToFront(dialog);
dialog.setContent(title, message, handler);
}
