The layout file below should give you the idea that I want the contents of scroll view inside the RelativeLayout below the TextView, but the contents of the ScrollView go out of the RelativeLayout to get hidden behind the TextView. I don't understand how this is happening. In the RelativeLayout inside the ScrollView I'm adding a LinearLayoutCompat object programmatically and to that object I am adding several AppCompatTextView object also programmatically. The screenshot is just 1 instance of the layout.
I am setting the nested RelativeLayout to start below the TextView but still it starts from the very top.
layout.xml
<?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">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/narrowTextnon"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:background="@color/cherryRed"
android:elevation="8dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:padding="25dp"
android:text="Let's narrow down now !"
android:textColor="@color/wineBrown"
android:textSize="22sp" />
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@+id/narrowTextnon"
android:gravity="center">
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="@+id/dataContnon"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center">
</RelativeLayout>
</ScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
Finally got what I wanted by applying :
android:layout_height="match_parent"
to nested RelativeLayout to position the ScrollView in center
android:layout_below="@id/narrowText"
to have the ScrollView start from below the TextView instead of the very top.
android:layout_alignParentBottom = true
to have the ScrollView stretch from the bottom of the TextView to the bottom of the screen.