Maybe I'm not understanding what the question is; you be the judge. With this layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ android" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" > <ProgressBar android:id="@+id/progress" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:visibility="gone" /> <TextView android:id="@+id/search_header" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="@string/default_search_header" /> <TextView android:id="@+id/page_info" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:gravity="center_horizontal" /> <ListView android:id="@android:id/list" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="0dip" android:layout_weight="1" android:transcriptMode="normal" /> <ImageView android:id="@id/android:empty" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:background="#000000" android:src="@drawable/beer" android:scaleType="centerCrop" /> </LinearLayout> I produce this layout on Android: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3fBAdPCyjWVMOHhixCENkg?authkey=Gv1sRgCPukwpvPkpasrgE&feat=directlink On Mar 11, 4:21 pm, Bob Kerns <r...@acm.org> wrote: > Are you sure? This sounds like exactly what I was asking earlier > today, based on my experience with Spinner. I speculated that ListView > might exhibit the same behavior. > > You describe the behavior I was expecting. Instead, the Spinner > ignored all constraints. If I put it first in the layout, it would > overlay or squeeze out the text. (I forget what distinguished the two > behaviors). > > If I put it second, the text would fail to wrap and the Spinner would > get squeezed out. I just could not get the Adapter-supplied views to > participate in the sizing process. > > I expect that I could have given it a fixed size, but that would be a > bug itself. > > I don't have time to try it again with ListViews at the moment, but if > anyone can confirm this working, especially with RelativeLayout, I'd > appreciate it. > > On Mar 11, 10:35 am, Brion Emde <brione2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > You can totally do this. > > > Make sure that your TextView is set to > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" and not to "fill_parent". That > > will surely do what you are describing. > > > --- > > > On Mar 11, 5:35 am, Pipen <erik.ing...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Dear All, > > > > I've tried to add a TextView before a ListView in a LinearLayout. The > > > result is that the ListView wont show at all. The same thing happens > > > if I put the TextView after the ListView, but then I will only see the > > > ListView. > > > > Is there a way to get a text view above the ListView without to much > > > of a hassle? > > > > Kind regards -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
