Hi Ram, You should not be using wrap_content on the ListView but rather layout_height="0dip".
Thanks, Megha On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Ram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > *bump* > > On Mar 30, 1:00 am, Ram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, I'm trying to create a screen with a listview and two buttons on > > it. > > > > I tried the following combination in main.xml and it seemed to work > > right (with the listview taking up ~80% of the height and the two > > buttons ~10% each) > > > > <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > > android" > > android:orientation="vertical" > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > android:layout_height="fill_parent" > > ....... > > <ListView android:id="@+id/android:list" > > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > > android:layout_weight="0.8" ......... > > > > <Button android:id="@+id/test1" android:text="@string/ > > test1" > > android:layout_width="wrap_content" > > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > > android:layout_weight="0.1" ........ and similarly for button2 > > ------------ > > Then, I tried increasing the button weights to 0.3 each and I reduced > > the listview weight to 0.4. > > > > With these changes, my expectation was that the listview would take > > 40% of the screen height and that the buttons would take 30% each. > > However, after the changes, the listview took up even more space than > > before. So I could see more list elements on the first screen now > > (though the listview weight was now only 40% and it had been 80% > > earlier) > > The two buttons shrunk in height and so the button text wasn't > > drawn > > > > Does anyone know why increasing the layout_weight of the two buttons > > (from 10% to 30% each) decreased the height of the buttons (and why > > decreasing the layout_weight of the listview increased its height) > > > > Thanks Ram > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
