I´m attempting to use the new Android Design Library´s CoordinatorLayout inside of another layout. The CoordinatorLayout contains a RecyclerView. What I´m attempting to do is to place a simple LinearLayout below the CoordinatorLayout. This layout should be placed below the CoordinatorLayout. This is XML I´m using:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:orientation="vertical">
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary" />
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="@+id/conversation_recyclerview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:scrollbars="vertical"
app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" />
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="150dp"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<EditText
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<ImageButton
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:src="@drawable/ic_send_white_36dp" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
As you can see, I´m attempting to wrap the CoordinatorLayout inside another LinearLayout. However, on-screen the second part of the layout doesn´t even render.
That is because the CoordinatorLayout
has layout_height="match_parent"
. That means it takes the whole size of the screen and your LinearLayout
is rendered but it is below the CoordinatorLayout
and off-screen.
An easy way to fix this would be setting the weight
of the CoordinatorLayout
to fill the parent layout but leave space necesseary to display the footer LinearLayout
. This would be
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1">
But this is not ideal way so I would suggest leaving the CoordinatorLayout
as the root element and place your LinearLayout
just bellow the RecyclerView
where it belongs. Since your footer LinearLayout
has fixed height this can be done easily
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar />
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:paddingBottom="150dp" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_height="150dp"
android:layout_gravity="bottom">
<EditText />
<ImageButton />
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
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