View overlapping with Toolbar using ConstraintLayout

Question

I'm having an issue of an overlapping ListView with a compat Toolbar using the ConstraintLayout
All i want to do is have a toolbar and then in the rest of the space have a listview. Pretty simple

This is my layout

<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
                                         xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
                                         android:layout_width="match_parent"
                                         android:layout_height="match_parent">

  <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/app_toolbar2"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:theme="@style/Toolbar"
        app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"
        android:visibility="visible"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        />

  <ListView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/app_toolbar2"
        />

</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

I'm not sure if the problem is that ListView's layout_height has precedence over everything else so to fit a ListView as high as the parent for sure there's either overlap or truncation at the bottom given that the toolbar took some space. What's the right way to make the ListView take the remaining vertical space after the toolbar?

Answer 1

Try this, should work:

<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
    android:layout_width="0dp"
    android:layout_height="56dp"
    android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
    android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"/>

<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
    android:id="@+id/main_area"
    android:layout_width="0dp"
    android:layout_height="0dp"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/toolbar"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent">

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/listview"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent" />

</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>