Android add other layout in ConstraintLayout using include tag

I'm making a simple test app using ConstraintLayout, but I have a problem.

Here is my code:

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layout 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.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.example.user.myapplication.activity.MainActivity">

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn_launch"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:text="launch"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="1.0"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/text_view"
        android:layout_width="100dp"
        android:layout_height="50dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:text="Hello World!"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="1"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/btn_launch" />

    <include
        layout="@layout/content_main"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/text_view" />

</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

content_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layout 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.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:text="123456"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView3"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:text="98765"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView2" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:text="abc"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView3" />

</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

Code result

I want "content_main" to be under the "Hello world!" TextView.

I using RelativeLayout, LinearLayout, ConstraintLayout at "content_main" element, but they do not not work.

I don't find any solution.

Does the Android "include" tag not work with ConstraintLayout?

Android include tag does work with ConstraintLayout, but you need to declare how big is the layout you want to include with the following attributes.

<include
     layout="@layout/content_main"
     android:layout_width="100dp"
     android:layout_height="250dp"
     .../>

For included layout having dynamic height use wrap_content as a value in layout_height or layout_width attributes of include tag.

<include
    android:id="@+id/input_include"
    layout="@layout/task_input"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

After that, your constraints should work.

In the constrain layout define the height and width and your constraints as follows:

<include
    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/custom_members_toolbar_layout"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@id/file_xfer_bottom_nav_bar"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    layout="@layout/file_xfer_upload_layout"/>

This will auto resize the height based on your constraints.

Cheers!

Not sure if the ideal solution but what worked for me was to have the include tag hosted by its own constraint layout such as

<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    android:id="@+id/todaysFightLayout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/tvLatestUpdate"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent">

<include
    layout="@layout/todays_fight_layout" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

And then add constraints from this new constraint layout to the next item to be displayed, in my case a textview with id tvLatestUpdate.