Android uses xml files to layout its components on a window.
Android uses xml files to layout its components on a window.
Questions tagged [xml-layout]
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Android: Creating a Circular TextView?
My current simple XML is below, however i would like the 3 TextViews within it to be circular, rather than rectangular.
How can I change my code to do so?
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Shape Drawable Size not working
I have a very simple shape that I want to set the width of:
However, when I assign this to the background of a EditText it just…
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How can i change included xml layout to another layout on java code?
I included second layout to first layout like this:
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Why i am not able to create the round border for specific corner?
In My android xml layout i am applying the border by using the borderframe.xml as a background.
borderframe.xml file is looks like below:
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How to fill the empty spaces with content below the Image in android
I have one ImageView and a TextView in my xml layout. I want to show the text below that i got by webservice on the right side of the ImageView. Can i show that text by using that one TextView ?
I tried to give android:singleLine="false" in xml…
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Theoretical question: load external XML-Layout file in Android
I thinks it's probably not possible for security reason but just want to be sure: is it possible to create layout in Android from an external XML file?
To be exactly: I'm creating XML output with XSL on a remote server. I could create the necessary…
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Android Warning : Grows due to localized text expansion
I am getting this type of warning
@id/order_row_date can overlap @id/order_row_amout if
@id/order_row_date grows due to localized text expansion.
If relative layout has text or button items aligned to left
and right sides they can overlap each…
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match_parent not performing as expected
I imagine this should be a fairly easy one to answer, if you understand XML Layouts better than I do that is. I don't seem to get what I was thinking I should when using the match_parent layout_height.
I have a LinearLayout root element with…
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Button under ListView not visible in Android
I am working on some ListView I want to display a Button under it I am using the following code but that is not working.
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Use special symbol (<, >) in layout design in Android
I need two navigation buttons with their texts are < and >. However, the compiler doesn't allow me use those symbols, even if I use \< and \>.
Is there anyway to put these symbol into the XML design file?
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How to use viewpager inside nestedScrollView with a view top of viewpager
I am unable to scroll nestedScrollView because of viewpager. So let me explain here is layout design that i want to create:
There is FrameLayout inside NestedScrollView and a viewpager with tab layout. Viewpager load three fragments with endless…
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Android ListView with Button is not selectable(Clickable)
I am facing a strange problem, I have added a Custom row in my ListView when I am removing the Button row is selectable, but as I add Button I am not able to click the row, please see the xml below.
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android (change string in java code)
In the /res/values folder of my android project i have a string and that is referenced in a text view in my xml file, i want to change the string in my java file.
As you can see below in the code i have made a string variable and then below that i…
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Android - Change background color of margin
I have a fragment named HostFragment which nests one to four other fragments.
This is the layout of HostFragment:
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Horizontally center Views inside Android GridLayout
We are writing an app targeting ICS+ and believe a GridLayout is the best layout paradigm, but it seems very little has been written about it, and we are having some alignment issues.
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