Unable to position a button to the bottom of screen

Question

Im trying to align two buttons ("Reset" and "Apply") at the bottom but it always aligns itself to the top of the screen

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<?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:background="@drawable/form_bg">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:id="@+id/strp"
        android:orientation="horizontal">

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="vertical"
            android:padding="5dp">

            <com.widget.AppButton
                android:id="@+id/country_filter"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:background="@drawable/button_config"
                android:gravity="left"
                android:padding="10dp"
                android:text="Country"
                android:textColor="#000"
                android:textSize="32sp"
                android:textStyle="italic" />

            <com.widget.AppButton
                android:id="@+id/domain_filter"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:background="@drawable/button_config"
                android:gravity="left"
                android:padding="10dip"
                android:text="Domain"
                android:textColor="#000"
                android:textSize="32sp"
                android:textStyle="italic" />

            <com.widget.AppButton
                android:id="@+id/unit_filter"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="0dp"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:background="@drawable/button_config"
                android:gravity="left"
                android:padding="10dp"
                android:text="Unit"
                android:textColor="#000"
                android:textSize="32sp"
                android:textStyle="italic" />


        </LinearLayout>

        <View
            android:layout_width="1px"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:background="@drawable/white_divider" />

        <View
            android:layout_width="1px"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:background="@drawable/black_divider" />

    </LinearLayout>

    <LinearLayout
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/strp"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">

        <com.widget.AppButton
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Reset"
            android:textStyle="bold"
            android:id="@+id/button"
            style="@style/btn"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>

        <com.widget.AppButton
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Apply"
            android:textStyle="bold"
            android:id="@+id/button2"
            style="@style/btn"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
    </LinearLayout>


</RelativeLayout>`

I have of-course set layout_alignParentBottom to true but still the problem persists

Answer 1

You should change your last LinearLayout by

• remove android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/strp"
• change android:layout_height="match_parent" to android:layout_height="wrap_content"

So the code should be

<?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:background="@drawable/form_bg">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:id="@+id/strp"
        android:orientation="horizontal">

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="vertical"
            android:padding="5dp">

            <com.widget.AppButton
                android:id="@+id/country_filter"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:background="@drawable/button_config"
                android:gravity="left"
                android:padding="10dp"
                android:text="Country"
                android:textColor="#000"
                android:textSize="32sp"
                android:textStyle="italic" />

            <com.widget.AppButton
                android:id="@+id/domain_filter"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:background="@drawable/button_config"
                android:gravity="left"
                android:padding="10dip"
                android:text="Domain"
                android:textColor="#000"
                android:textSize="32sp"
                android:textStyle="italic" />

            <com.widget.AppButton
                android:id="@+id/unit_filter"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="0dp"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:background="@drawable/button_config"
                android:gravity="left"
                android:padding="10dp"
                android:text="Unit"
                android:textColor="#000"
                android:textSize="32sp"
                android:textStyle="italic" />


        </LinearLayout>

        <View
            android:layout_width="1px"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:background="@drawable/white_divider" />

        <View
            android:layout_width="1px"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:background="@drawable/black_divider" />

    </LinearLayout>

    <LinearLayout
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">

        <com.widget.AppButton
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Reset"
            android:textStyle="bold"
            android:id="@+id/button"
            style="@style/btn"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>

        <com.widget.AppButton
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Apply"
            android:textStyle="bold"
            android:id="@+id/button2"
            style="@style/btn"
            android:layout_weight="1"/>
    </LinearLayout>


</RelativeLayout>