I have a `RelativeLayout` like this:

    &lt;RelativeLayout
		xmlns:android=&quot;http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android&quot;
		android:layout_width=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
		android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
		android:background=&quot;@drawable/single_row&quot;
		android:padding=&quot;12dip&quot;&gt;
		
		&lt;ImageView
			android:id=&quot;@+id/page_image&quot;
			android:layout_marginRight=&quot;6dip&quot;
			android:layout_width=&quot;66dip&quot;
			android:layout_height=&quot;66dip&quot;
			android:layout_alignParentLeft=&quot;true&quot;
			android:src=&quot;@drawable/no_photo&quot; /&gt;
		&lt;TextView
			android:id=&quot;@+id/page_name&quot;
			style=&quot;@style/pulse_content&quot;
			android:layout_alignTop=&quot;@id/page_image&quot;
			android:layout_toRightOf=&quot;@id/page_image&quot;
			android:layout_width=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
			android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot; /&gt;
		&lt;TextView
			android:id=&quot;@+id/page_desc&quot;
			android:layout_below=&quot;@id/page_name&quot;
			style=&quot;@style/pulse_content&quot;
			android:layout_alignLeft=&quot;@id/page_name&quot;
			android:layout_width=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
			android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
			android:text=&quot;Principal Consultant&quot; /&gt;
		&lt;Button
			android:id=&quot;@+id/follow_button&quot;
			android:layout_below=&quot;@id/author_image&quot;
			android:layout_marginTop=&quot;15dip&quot;
			android:layout_alignParentBottom=&quot;true&quot;
			android:text=&quot;Follow&quot;
			style=&quot;@style/follow_button&quot; /&gt;
	&lt;/RelativeLayout&gt;
The issue I&#39;m running into is that I want the `follow_button` to be below both the `page_desc` as well as the `page_image`. Sometimes the `page_desc` content will have a height bigger than the size of the image, sometimes not. The issue is that if I set the `follow_button` below either the image or the description, then the other one will get clipped. Is there an efficient / effective way to ensure that the image or `page_desc` are always visible and above the button?



Android RelativeLayout below 2 views

I have a relative layout which I am creating programmatically:

     RelativeLayout layout = new RelativeLayout( this );
        RelativeLayout.LayoutParams params = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
                LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);

Now I have two buttons which I want to add in this relative layout. But the problem is both buttons are being shown on the left of the RelatiiveLayout overlapping on each other. 

    buttonContainer.addView(btn1);
    buttonContainer.addView(btn2);

Now I want to know how can I programmatically set the the `android:layout_alignParentRight=&quot;true`&quot;
or  `android:layout_toLeftOf=&quot;@id/btn&quot;` attribute of buttons as we do in the xml?


How to programmatically set the layout_align_parent_right attribute of a Button in Relative Layout?

    String[] textArray={&quot;one&quot;,&quot;two&quot;,&quot;asdasasdf asdf dsdaa&quot;};
    int length=textArray.length;
    RelativeLayout layout = new RelativeLayout(this);
    RelativeLayout.LayoutParams relativeParams = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
    		LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
    for(int i=0;i&lt;length;i++){
    	TextView tv=new TextView(getApplicationContext());
    	tv.setText(textArray[i]);
    	relativeParams.addRule(RelativeLayout.BELOW, tv.getId());
    	layout.addView(tv, relativeParams);
    }

I need to do something like that.. so it would display as

    one
    two
    asdfasdfsomething

on the screen..

Create a new TextView programmatically then display it below another TextView

I am confused about the difference between `ConstraintLayout` and `RelativeLayout`. Could someone please tell me the exact differences between them? 

Differences between ConstraintLayout and RelativeLayout

I would like to define the z order of the views of a RelativeLayout in Android.

I know one way of doing this is calling `bringToFront`.

Is there are better way of doing this? It would be great if I could define the z order in the layout xml.

Defining Z order of views of RelativeLayout in Android

I&#39;m trying to achieve the following programmatically (rather than declaratively via XML):

    &lt;RelativeLayout...&gt;
       &lt;TextView ...
          android:id=&quot;@+id/label1&quot; /&gt;
       &lt;TextView ...
          android:id=&quot;@+id/label2&quot;
          android:layout_below: &quot;@id/label1&quot; /&gt;
    &lt;/RelativeLayout&gt;

In other words, how do I make the second `TextView` appear below the first one, but I want to do it in code:

    RelativeLayout layout = new RelativeLayout(this);
    TextView label1 = new TextView(this);
    TextView label2 = new TextView(this);
    ...
    layout.addView(label1);
    layout.addView(label2);
    setContentView(layout);


###Update:

Thanks, TreeUK. I understand the general direction, but it still doesn&#39;t work - &quot;B&quot; overlaps &quot;A&quot;. What am I doing wrong?

    
    RelativeLayout layout = new RelativeLayout(this);
    TextView tv1 = new TextView(this);
    tv1.setText(&quot;A&quot;);
    
    TextView tv2 = new TextView(this);
    tv2.setText(&quot;B&quot;);
    RelativeLayout.LayoutParams lp = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
    		RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT);
    lp.addRule(RelativeLayout.RIGHT_OF, tv1.getId());
    
    layout.addView(tv1);        
    layout.addView(tv2, lp);

How to lay out Views in RelativeLayout programmatically?

Is it possible when creating a _RelativeLayout_ at runtime to set the equivalent of `android:layout_below` programmatically?

Can I Set &quot;android:layout_below&quot; at Runtime Programmatically?

I am confused about the difference between LinearLayout, RelativeLayout, and AbsoluteLayout. 
Could someone please tell me the exact differences between them? 


What are the differences between LinearLayout, RelativeLayout, and AbsoluteLayout?

I have a _RelativeLayout_ like this:

    &lt;RelativeLayout xmlns:android=&quot;http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android&quot;
        android:orientation=&quot;horizontal&quot;
    	android:layout_width=&quot;fill_parent&quot;
    	android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
    	android:layout_marginTop=&quot;10dip&quot;&gt;

    	&lt;Button
            android:id=&quot;@+id/negativeButton&quot;
    	    android:layout_width=&quot;wrap_content&quot; 
    		android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
    		android:textSize=&quot;20dip&quot;
    		android:textColor=&quot;#ffffff&quot;
    		android:layout_alignParentLeft=&quot;true&quot;
    		android:background=&quot;@drawable/black_menu_button&quot;
    		android:layout_marginLeft=&quot;5dip&quot;
    		android:layout_centerVertical=&quot;true&quot;
    		android:layout_centerHorizontal=&quot;true&quot;/&gt; 
    					        		
        &lt;Button
            android:id=&quot;@+id/positiveButton&quot;
    	    android:layout_width=&quot;wrap_content&quot; 
    		android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
    		android:textSize=&quot;20dip&quot;
    		android:textColor=&quot;#ffffff&quot;
    		android:layout_alignParentRight=&quot;true&quot;
    		android:background=&quot;@drawable/blue_menu_button&quot;
    		android:layout_marginRight=&quot;5dip&quot;
    		android:layout_centerVertical=&quot;true&quot;
    		android:layout_centerHorizontal=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;
    &lt;/RelativeLayout&gt;

I want to be able to programatically set for `positiveButton` the same effect as:

    android:layout_centerInParent=&quot;true&quot;
 
How can I make this programatically ?

Android RelativeLayout programmatically Set &quot;centerInParent&quot;

I&#39;ve always been using RelativeLayout everytime I needed a View container, because of it&#39;s flexibility, even if I just wanted to display something really simple.

Is it ok to do so, or should I try using a LinearLayout when I can, from a performance/good practices standpoint?

Thanks!

Is a RelativeLayout more expensive than a LinearLayout?

For example I want to add 3 buttons on screen: one align left, one align center, last one align right.

How can I set their layout in code, not in `xml`?

How to set RelativeLayout layout params in code not in xml?

I have been trying for a few days now to make my layouts more efficient by converting from using several levels of nested `LinearLayouts` to one `RelativeLayout` and have come across a few problems that I haven not been able to find a workaround for...

I have searched the Android beginners group and this site and have not been able to find anything that would help me solve the problem.

I read on one of the blogs that you can combine layouts with merge and include tags. So what I have is a main layout file with a `RelativeLayout` root element.  Inside of that I have 5 include tags that reference 5 different xml layout files that each have a merge element for the root (all of my merge files are the same except for the ids in them). 

I am running into two problems, which I will explain after posting a simplified version of my layout code:

**Sample Main Layout File:**

    &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;utf-8&quot;?&gt;
    &lt;RelativeLayout xmlns:android=&quot;http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android&quot;
        android:layout_width=&quot;fill_parent&quot;
        android:layout_height=&quot;fill_parent&quot;
        android:background=&quot;@drawable/translucent_gray&quot; &gt;

        &lt;include 
            android:id=&quot;@+id/running_gallery_layout_id&quot;
            layout=&quot;@layout/running_gallery_layout&quot; /&gt;

        &lt;include 
            android:id=&quot;@+id/recent_gallery_layout_id&quot; 
            layout=&quot;@layout/recent_gallery_layout&quot;
            android:layout_below=&quot;@id/running_gallery_layout_id&quot; /&gt;

        &lt;include
            android:id=&quot;@+id/service_gallery_layout_id&quot;
            layout=&quot;@layout/service_gallery_layout&quot;
            android:layout_below=&quot;@id/recent_gallery_layout_id&quot; /&gt;

        &lt;include
            android:id=&quot;@+id/process_gallery_layout_id&quot;
            layout=&quot;@layout/process_gallery_layout&quot;
            android:layout_below=&quot;@id/service_gallery_layout_id&quot; /&gt;

    &lt;/RelativeLayout&gt;
    
**Sample included merge file:**

    &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;utf-8&quot;?&gt;
    &lt;merge xmlns:android=&quot;http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android&quot;&gt;
        &lt;TextView 
            style=&quot;@style/TitleText&quot;
            android:id=&quot;@+id/service_gallery_title_text_id&quot;
            android:layout_width=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:gravity=&quot;left&quot;
            android:text=&quot;@string/service_title&quot; /&gt;

        &lt;Gallery
            android:id=&quot;@+id/service_gallery_id&quot;
            android:layout_width=&quot;fill_parent&quot;
            android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_weight=&quot;1&quot;
            android:layout_below=&quot;@id/service_gallery_title_text_id&quot; /&gt;

        &lt;TextView 
            style=&quot;@style/SubTitleText&quot;
            android:id=&quot;@+id/service_gallery_current_text_id&quot;
            android:layout_width=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_toRightOf=&quot;@id/service_gallery_title_text_id&quot;
            android:layout_above=&quot;@id/service_gallery_id&quot; /&gt;
    &lt;/merge&gt;

I am running into two problems:

1) The `android:layout_*` attributes seem to be ignored when used in the include tag and all of the merged layouts are displayed on top of each other.  According to this post ([http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/layout-tricks-reuse.html][1]) &quot;any `android:layout_*` attribute can be used with the `&lt;include /&gt;` tag&quot;

2) Since I couldn&#39;t get this working I decided to try adding an `android:layout_below` attribute to the first `TextView` item in each merge layout file, meaning that each merge file would be referencing an id from another merge layout file... For the most part this actually worked and my layout looks fine.  However, I get an error on one of the `android:layout_below` attributes saying that it can&#39;t find the id I specified... I have double and triple checked the ids to make sure they were correct.  The weirdest part is that I used the `AutoFill` feature to put the id in the attribute in the first place.

If anyone has any suggestions or workarounds I will be more than happy to try them out.  Also, if anyone can think of a way for me to just have one merge xml layout file instead of 5 that would be greatly appreciated.  I couldn&#39;t find a way to do that because I need to have access to each item in the merge layout files at runtime...


  [1]: http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/layout-tricks-reuse.html

How to get RelativeLayout working with merge and include?

I am working on a form layout for a Login `Activity` in my Android App. The image below is how I want it to look like:

![enter image description here][1]

I was able to achieve this layout with the following **XML**. The problem is, it&#39;s a bit hackish. I had to hard-code a width for the host EditText. Specifically, I had to specify:

    android:layout_width=&quot;172dp&quot; 

I&#39;d really like to give a percentage width to the host and port EditText&#39;s . (Something like 80% for the host, 20% for the port.) Is this possible? The following XML works on my Droid, but it doesn&#39;t seem to work for all screens. I would really like a more robust solution. 

  

    &lt;!-- begin snippet: js hide: false --&gt;

    &lt;RelativeLayout xmlns:android=&quot;http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android&quot;
        android:id=&quot;@+id/main&quot;
        android:layout_width=&quot;fill_parent&quot;
        android:layout_height=&quot;fill_parent&quot; &gt;

        &lt;TextView
            android:id=&quot;@+id/host_label&quot;
            android:layout_width=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_below=&quot;@+id/home&quot;
            android:paddingLeft=&quot;15dp&quot;
            android:paddingTop=&quot;0dp&quot;
            android:text=&quot;host&quot;
            android:textColor=&quot;#a5d4e2&quot;
            android:textSize=&quot;25sp&quot;
            android:textStyle=&quot;normal&quot; /&gt;

        &lt;TextView
            android:id=&quot;@+id/port_label&quot;
            android:layout_width=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_below=&quot;@+id/home&quot;
            android:layout_toRightOf=&quot;@+id/host_input&quot;
            android:paddingTop=&quot;0dp&quot;
            android:text=&quot;port&quot;
            android:textColor=&quot;#a5d4e2&quot;
            android:textSize=&quot;25sp&quot;
            android:textStyle=&quot;normal&quot; /&gt;

        &lt;EditText
            android:id=&quot;@+id/host_input&quot;
            android:layout_width=&quot;172dp&quot;
            android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_below=&quot;@id/host_label&quot;
            android:layout_marginLeft=&quot;15dp&quot;
            android:layout_marginRight=&quot;15dp&quot;
            android:layout_marginTop=&quot;4dp&quot;
            android:background=&quot;@android:drawable/editbox_background&quot;
            android:inputType=&quot;textEmailAddress&quot; /&gt;

        &lt;EditText
            android:id=&quot;@+id/port_input&quot;
            android:layout_width=&quot;100dp&quot;
            android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_below=&quot;@id/host_label&quot;
            android:layout_marginTop=&quot;4dp&quot;
            android:layout_toRightOf=&quot;@id/host_input&quot;
            android:background=&quot;@android:drawable/editbox_background&quot;
            android:inputType=&quot;number&quot; /&gt;

        &lt;TextView
            android:id=&quot;@+id/username_label&quot;
            android:layout_width=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_below=&quot;@+id/host_input&quot;
            android:paddingLeft=&quot;15dp&quot;
            android:paddingTop=&quot;15dp&quot;
            android:text=&quot;username&quot;
            android:textColor=&quot;#a5d4e2&quot;
            android:textSize=&quot;25sp&quot;
            android:textStyle=&quot;normal&quot; /&gt;

        &lt;EditText
            android:id=&quot;@+id/username_input&quot;
            android:layout_width=&quot;fill_parent&quot;
            android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_below=&quot;@id/username_label&quot;
            android:layout_marginLeft=&quot;15dp&quot;
            android:layout_marginRight=&quot;15dp&quot;
            android:layout_marginTop=&quot;4dp&quot;
            android:background=&quot;@android:drawable/editbox_background&quot;
            android:inputType=&quot;textEmailAddress&quot; /&gt;

        &lt;TextView
            android:id=&quot;@+id/password_label&quot;
            android:layout_width=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_below=&quot;@+id/username_input&quot;
            android:paddingLeft=&quot;15dp&quot;
            android:paddingTop=&quot;15dp&quot;
            android:text=&quot;password&quot;
            android:textColor=&quot;#a5d4e2&quot;
            android:textSize=&quot;25sp&quot;
            android:textStyle=&quot;normal&quot; /&gt;

        &lt;EditText
            android:id=&quot;@+id/password_input&quot;
            android:layout_width=&quot;fill_parent&quot;
            android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_below=&quot;@id/password_label&quot;
            android:layout_marginLeft=&quot;15dp&quot;
            android:layout_marginRight=&quot;15dp&quot;
            android:layout_marginTop=&quot;4dp&quot;
            android:background=&quot;@android:drawable/editbox_background&quot;
            android:inputType=&quot;textPassword&quot; /&gt;

        &lt;ImageView
            android:id=&quot;@+id/home&quot;
            android:layout_width=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_alignParentTop=&quot;true&quot;
            android:layout_centerHorizontal=&quot;true&quot;
            android:layout_centerVertical=&quot;false&quot;
            android:paddingLeft=&quot;15dp&quot;
            android:paddingRight=&quot;15dp&quot;
            android:paddingTop=&quot;15dp&quot;
            android:scaleType=&quot;fitStart&quot;
            android:src=&quot;@drawable/home&quot; /&gt;

        &lt;Button
            android:id=&quot;@+id/login_button&quot;
            android:layout_width=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
            android:layout_below=&quot;@+id/password_input&quot;
            android:layout_marginLeft=&quot;15dp&quot;
            android:layout_marginTop=&quot;15dp&quot;
            android:text=&quot;   login   &quot;
            android:textSize=&quot;18sp&quot; &gt;
        &lt;/Button&gt;

    &lt;/RelativeLayout&gt;

    &lt;!-- end snippet --&gt;

  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/5mrcx.png

Percentage width in a RelativeLayout

Is there a way to implement something similar to what `RelativeLayout` does on Android?

In particular I&#39;m looking for something similar to `centerInParent`, `layout_below:&lt;layout_id&gt;`, `layout_above:&lt;layout_id&gt;`, and `alignParentLeft`

For more reference on RelativeLayout: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.html

EDIT: here is an example of a layout relying on `RelativeLayout`

[![Screenshot][1]][1]


  [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/bgx6h.png

So in the image above, on top, the &quot;tofu&#39;s Songs&quot; text is aligned as `centerInParent` inside a `RelativeLayout`. Whereas the other 2 are `alignParentLeft` and `alignParentRight`

On each cell, where the fire icon is at, the number of likes on the bottom of it is aligned around the center of the flame icon. Also, the top and bottom title on each cell are aligned to the right and to the top and bottom of the image avatar, respectively. 

Equivalent of RelativeLayout in Flutter

I want to make a list row layout. This layout has a imageview in the most left, a textview right next to the imageview, and a imageview in the most right. I want all of them are center vertical.

    &lt;RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width=&quot;fill_parent&quot; android:layout_height=&quot;100dp&quot;
        android:gravity=&quot;center_vertical&quot;
        &gt;
        &lt;ImageView 
            android:id=&quot;@+id/icon&quot;
            android:layout_width=&quot;50dp&quot; android:layout_height=&quot;50dp&quot;
            android:layout_gravity=&quot;center_vertical&quot; /&gt;
        &lt;TextView 
            android:id=&quot;@+id/func_text&quot; android:layout_toRightOf=&quot;@id/icon&quot;
            android:layout_width=&quot;wrap_content&quot; android:layout_height=&quot;100dp&quot;
            android:layout_gravity=&quot;center_vertical&quot; /&gt;
        &lt;ImageView 
            android:layout_width=&quot;50dp&quot; android:layout_height=&quot;50dp&quot;
            android:layout_alignParentRight=&quot;true&quot;
            android:layout_gravity=&quot;center_vertical&quot;
            android:src=&quot;@drawable/arrow&quot; /&gt;
    &lt;/RelativeLayout&gt;

I also tried to add `android:layout_centerVertical=&quot;true&quot;` to the textview, but the result is the textview align bottom with the two imageview.
I tried this in android 4.2 emulator.
Anybody could help me about this?




RelativeLayout center vertical

I&#39;ve a `RelativeLayout` thus:

    &lt;RelativeLayout&gt;
    &lt;TextView1/&gt;
    &lt;TextView2/&gt; // &lt;-- View.VISIBLE OR View.GONE
    &lt;TextView3/&gt;
    &lt;TextView4/&gt;
    &lt;/RelativeLayout&gt;

Each `TextView` is anchored below the previous `TextView` with `android:layout_below`.

The problem is that TextView2 may or may not be there (either `View.VISIBLE` or `View.GONE`); if it&#39;s `View.VISIBLE`, then all is fine, but if it&#39;s `View.GONE`, then TextView3 ends up being rendered on top of TextView1.

I&#39;ve tried various ways to fix this, but each time am caught out by `RelativeLayout`&#39;s &#39;you cannot reference an id before it&#39;s defined&#39; rule.

I&#39;m hoping that I&#39;m missing something obvious here. 

Issue with RelativeLayout when View visibility is View.GONE

I&#39;ve been looking through many google results / questions on here to determine how to show/hide a view via a vertical animation, but I can&#39;t seem to find one that&#39;s exactly right or not too vague.

I have a layout (undo bar) that&#39;s below another layout and above multiple other widgets; this undo bar should vertically slide open and slide closed, depending on the circumstances.

Currently all I do right now is set the view to be visible or gone.

Android: show/hide a view using an animation

What does &quot;baseline&quot; refer to when used in the context of a relative layout? Simple question, probably, but the documentation and google offer no hints.

What is the baseline in RelativeLayout?

Prior to API 17, how do I remove a rule from a layout? I have a RelativeLayout with a number of children. The RelativeLayout is the main layout of my activity. After adding the rule programmatically using 

    RelativeLayout.LayoutParams layout = (LayoutParams) theChild.getLayoutParams();
    layout.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_BOTTOM);

I need to remove the rule programmatically at some later time. How would I do this assuming earlier API than 17?

remove rule from RelativeLayout before api 17

Is it possible to have overlapping views in Android? I would like to have an ImageView with a transparent png in the front and another view in the background.

edit:

This is what I have at the moment, the problem is that the image in the imageView is not transparent, the parts that should be transparent are just black.

    &lt;RelativeLayout xmlns:android=&quot;http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android&quot; 
	    android:orientation=&quot;vertical&quot;
	    android:layout_width=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
	    android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
	    android:id=&quot;@+id/gallerylayout&quot;
    &gt;
    &lt;Gallery android:id=&quot;@+id/overview&quot;
	    android:layout_width=&quot;fill_parent&quot;
	    android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
	    /&gt;
	    
	 &lt;ImageView android:id=&quot;@+id/navigmaske&quot;
	 	android:layout_width=&quot;fill_parent&quot;
	    android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
	    android:src=&quot;@drawable/navigmask&quot;
	    /&gt; 
	 
	&lt;/RelativeLayout&gt;

edit:

I got it to work, it was a theme file from another programmer on the team.
Just changed this
    
    &lt;item name=&quot;android:background&quot;&gt;#FF000000&lt;/item&gt;
to this

    &lt;item name=&quot;android:background&quot;&gt;#00000000&lt;/item&gt;

Overlapping Views in Android

What are the advantages of `RelativeLayout` over `LinearLayout` in android ? For a particular design which one would you prefer and what&#39;s the reason behind of that ??

Is it(RelativeLayout) comparable or similar like HTML `&lt;div&gt;` ??

LinearLayout vs RelativeLayout

I&#39;ve used a relative layout and I want to set the button at bottom of the screen, However this puts it all the down to the bottom and I would like to have some margin so it there&#39;s some space between the end of the screen/view and the button. However whatever I do the button margin just doesn&#39;t do anything on 2.1+ for some reason. The relative layout contains a background so I cant but the margin on that. 

Anyone know a fix for this?

    &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;utf-8&quot;?&gt;
    &lt;RelativeLayout xmlns:android=&quot;http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android&quot;
    android:layout_width=&quot;match_parent&quot;
    android:layout_height=&quot;match_parent&quot;
    android:layout_marginBottom=&quot;0dp&quot;
    android:background=&quot;@drawable/background&quot; &gt;

        &lt;Button
            android:id=&quot;@+id/confirm_mobile_button_next&quot;
            android:layout_width=&quot;fill_parent&quot;
            android:layout_height=&quot;40dip&quot;
            android:layout_alignParentBottom=&quot;true&quot;
            android:layout_alignParentLeft=&quot;false&quot;
            android:layout_centerHorizontal=&quot;false&quot;
            android:layout_centerInParent=&quot;false&quot;
            android:layout_margin=&quot;15dp&quot;
            android:background=&quot;@drawable/button_shape_selector&quot;
            android:paddingLeft=&quot;10dip&quot;
            android:paddingRight=&quot;10dip&quot;
            android:text=&quot;@string/confirm_mobile_no_continue&quot;
            android:textColor=&quot;@color/white&quot;
            android:textStyle=&quot;bold&quot; /&gt;

    &lt;/RelativeLayout&gt;

Android: Align Parent Bottom + Bottom margin

I&#39;m adding two buttons to the UI, but they appear on top of one another. I want them to appear next to each other. What am I missing in this code?

    m_btnCrown = new ImageButton(this);
    m_btnCrown.setImageResource(R.drawable.king_crown_thumb);
    m_btnCrown.setAlpha(100);

    RelativeLayout.LayoutParams lp = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
		RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
    lp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_TOP);


    addContentView(m_btnCrown, lp);


    m_btnMonkey = new ImageButton(this);
    m_btnMonkey.setImageResource(R.drawable.monkey_small);
    m_btnMonkey.setAlpha(100);

    lp = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
		RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
    lp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_TOP);
    lp.addRule(RelativeLayout.RIGHT_OF, m_btnCrown.getId());   

    addContentView(m_btnMonkey, lp);


How to create a RelativeLayout programmatically with two buttons one on top of the other?

I have a linear layout that is contained inside a relative layout. 
It is set in the XML file to be to the right of another linear layout (this works fine).
In some cases I want to change the relative position of the layout during the onCreate of the activity so I need to modify the &quot;to the right of&quot; param to relate to another layout.
I tryed this:
    		

        RelativeLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams;

		layoutParams = (RelativeLayout.LayoutParams) linearLayoutToMove
				.getLayoutParams();
		layoutParams.addRule(RelativeLayout.RIGHT_OF,
				R.id.new_ref_LinearLayout);

But it does not work :o(

Any clues ?

How do I programmatically remove an existing rule that was defined in XML?

Can you give me a very simple example of adding child view programmatically  to `RelativeLayout` at a given position?

For example, to reflect the following XML:

    &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;utf-8&quot;?&gt;
    &lt;RelativeLayout xmlns:android=&quot;http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android&quot;
    android:layout_width=&quot;fill_parent&quot;
    android:layout_height=&quot;fill_parent&quot;&gt;

    &lt;TextView
        android:id=&quot;@+id/textView1&quot;
        android:layout_width=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
        android:layout_height=&quot;wrap_content&quot;
        android:layout_alignParentLeft=&quot;true&quot;
        android:layout_alignParentTop=&quot;true&quot;
        android:layout_marginLeft=&quot;107dp&quot;
        android:layout_marginTop=&quot;103dp&quot;
        android:text=&quot;Large Text&quot;
        android:textAppearance=&quot;?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge&quot; /&gt;

&lt;/RelativeLayout&gt;

I don&#39;t understand how to create an appropriate `RelativeLayout.LayoutParams` instance.

How to add a view programmatically to RelativeLayout?

I need to implement an overlay (translucent) screen for my app, something similar to [Showcase View][1]

My guess was to use `FrameLayout` for this usecase, because it is used to stack items on top of each other. But I was surprised to see that the above library uses `RelativeLayout`.

My question is when to use `FrameLayout` then, if not in cases like this? What are the disadvantages if I go the `FrameLayout` way?

  [1]: https://github.com/Espiandev/ShowcaseView

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