Android: Adding Components To RelativeLayout

in My screen, i want to have Hearder(specifically image) on top, and List, and at bottom i want to have small imagebuttons (like youtube,facebook). I'm using RelativeLayout.. firs

Solution 1:

In a RelativeLayout it matters in which order you add the child views (since the latter can be bound to the ones added previously).
I think this is the problem in your layout, you have a fill_parent/match_parent high view already inside (the ListView), and there is no room for the footer.

You should change the order of your views inside the RelativeLayout:

1. first you should add the header view (and bind it to the top: android:align_parent_top="true"), then
2. the footer with buttons (and bind it to the bottom: android:align_parent_bottom="true"), and
3. the ListView which should fill up the empty space will go in as the thirds view, with android:layout_below="header_view" and adroid:layout_above="footer_view"`

Your layout would then look like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout>
    <image android:id="@+id/header" 
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"></image>
    <RelativeLayout android:id="@+id/footer"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
        <ImageButton></ImageButton>
    </RelativeLayout>
    <ListView
        android:layout_below="@id/header" 
        android:layout_above="@id/footer"></ListView>
</RelativeLayout>