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Jennifer
Jennifer

Reputation: 83

Android: How to design the ListView xml

I am making a contacts app. I wish to list the contact name one after another. However, the result that I get is not satisfactory. The output of this xml is contact name was listed in a way that one contact name for each background. I have a very long space between each contact name.

Below is my xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/layout1"
    android:background="@drawable/bg"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <TextView 
        android:id="@+id/contactTextView" 
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:padding="8dp"
        android:textSize="20sp" 
        android:textColor="@android:color/black"
        android:minHeight="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeight"
        android:gravity="center_vertical">

    </TextView>

</LinearLayout>

The output looks like it lists one contact name for one background photo.

I wish to post the screenshot here but my reputation is too low. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 691

Answers (1)

vipul mittal
vipul mittal

Reputation: 17401

If you want all items with same background set @drawable/bg as the background of list view instead of one item of list view.

Try this:

You can post the layout that has a listview, but for now consider this list view which has android:background="@drawable/bg"

<ListView
    android:id="@+id/list"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@drawable/bg">
</ListView>

And layout for each item will not have any background

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/layout1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <TextView 
        android:id="@+id/contactTextView" 
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:padding="8dp"
        android:textSize="20sp" 
        android:textColor="@android:color/black"
        android:minHeight="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeight"
        android:gravity="center_vertical">
    </TextView>

</LinearLayout>

Upvotes: 1

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