How to make Android view width = (parent width - some constant)

Question

I have a layout and I'm trying to have a view fill all the remaining space, EXCEPT some 50dp width image at the end. When I set the first view's width to match_parent, it occupies the whole view, and whatever I set to the image's width, it's placed outside the screen bounds. Here is what's happening:

But I want it like this: (achieved by setting the first view's width to a constant just to demo, which I definitely don't want as it should fill a dynamic amount of width)

Here is my current layout:

The problem is at the LinearLayout (vertical) which is just below the avatar view in the hierarchy. It occupies the correct space, but it's children are not acting the way I want.

How can I achieve the desired layout?

Answer 1

Take a look on this example. Main idea is to set android:layout_width="0dp" and android:layout_weight="1" for the view which has to take all available space. In mine case it is TextView in you case it can be another layout or anything else.

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
              android:orientation="horizontal"
              android:layout_width="match_parent"
              android:layout_height="match_parent">
    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        ....
        />
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        ....
        />
    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        ...
        />

</LinearLayout>

Update

More information can be found here question.