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Android: put element below another element and align at bottom of screen


I am trying to define a layout where an ImageView is aligned at the bottom of the screen and also under a GridView, to avoid overlapping.

This however results in the ImageView being set just under the GridView but not aligned with the bottom of the screen.

Can this be solved using a different kind of Layout?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:background="@drawable/background"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <RelativeLayout 
        android:id="@+id/gs_top_text_container"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:paddingBottom="30dp">

        <RelativeLayout 
            android:id="@+id/gs_top_sub_container"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
            android:paddingBottom="30dp">

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/text_l"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"/>

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/text_t"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignParentRight="true"/>

        </RelativeLayout>

        <RelativeLayout 
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@id/gs_top_sub_container"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true">

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/text1"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/text2"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@id/text1"/>

        </RelativeLayout>



    </RelativeLayout>



    <GridView
        android:id="@+id/gs_grid_view"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@id/gs_top_text_container"
        android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"
        android:horizontalSpacing="2dp"
        android:verticalSpacing="2dp"
        android:numColumns="3"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:paddingBottom="10dp"
        android:paddingTop="10dp" />


    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/gs_bottom_logo"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@id/gs_grid_view"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:adjustViewBounds="true"
        android:maxWidth="200dp"
        android:paddingLeft="20dp"
        android:paddingRight="20dp"/>

</RelativeLayout>

Solution

  • This is how I would do that:

    1 - Put the ImageView on the Bottom
    2 - Put the GridView ABOVE it.

    <!-- First anchor this View to the bottom -->
    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/gs_bottom_logo"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:adjustViewBounds="true"
        android:maxWidth="200dp"
        android:paddingLeft="20dp"
        android:paddingRight="20dp"
    />
    <!-- Then put this View ABOVE the ImageView -->
    <GridView
        android:id="@+id/gs_grid_view"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@id/gs_top_text_container"
        android:layout_above="@id/gs_bottom_logo"
        android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"
        android:horizontalSpacing="2dp"
        android:verticalSpacing="2dp"
        android:numColumns="3"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:paddingBottom="10dp"
        android:paddingTop="10dp"
    />
    

    This way I used the relativity of elements in a RelativeLayout

    [EDIT]

    Just for fun... I optimized your WHOLE LAYOUT.
    Please note how the same design is achieved by using many layouts less.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <RelativeLayout
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
        android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
        android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
        android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
        android:background="@drawable/background"
        >
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/text_l"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:paddingBottom="30dp"
        />
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/text_t"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:paddingBottom="30dp"
        />
        <!--
            This container is (unfortunately) still needed, to make these two
            textViews horizontally centered... :(
        -->
        <RelativeLayout
            android:id="@+id/rlCentering"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@id/text_l"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
            android:paddingBottom="30dp"
            >
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/text1"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            />
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/text2"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@id/text1"
            />
        </RelativeLayout>
    
        <!-- First, anchor this View to the bottom -->
        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/gs_bottom_logo"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
            android:adjustViewBounds="true"
            android:maxWidth="200dp"
            android:paddingLeft="20dp"
            android:paddingRight="20dp"
        />
        <!-- Then put this View ABOVE the ImageView -->
        <GridView
            android:id="@+id/gs_grid_view"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@id/rlCentering"
            android:layout_above="@id/gs_bottom_logo"
            android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"
            android:horizontalSpacing="2dp"
            android:verticalSpacing="2dp"
            android:numColumns="3"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:paddingBottom="10dp"
            android:paddingTop="10dp"
        />
    </RelativeLayout>
    

    And this is what I got in the Graphical Editor (I put some images I had and some texts to identify the TextViews):

    enter image description here