I'm trying to figure out which layout object to use for the following UI:
Screen
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Title text
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ListView control with vertical scroll capability
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EditField Button
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This is not unlike a chat window. I found that if I can figure out how to structure a window like this, it answers a lot of questions on how to do layouts of other screens/windows/activities.
I created a layout file for this as follows (Doesn't include button):
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center_horizontal" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/app_title"
android:textSize="@dimen/title_font_size"
/>
<ListView android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:id="@+id/listView"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:scrollbarAlwaysDrawVerticalTrack="true"
android:scrollbarStyle="insideOverlay"
android:scrollX="0px"
android:scrollY="0px"
android:fadeScrollbars="false"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
/>
<EditText android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/filterText">
<requestFocus></requestFocus>
</EditText>
</LinearLayout>
I load the ListView with enough data to produce a scrollbar, but the edittext field is never visible.
Any thoughts?
