weird behaviour

[hvar90]

hi

i wanna to have a behaviour like whatsapp with the side buttons, where the side buttons are fixed at bottom no matter the height of the input text size
i have used relative layout with android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
and i have used android:layout_gravity="bottom" android:gravity="bottom" with a linear layout but that did not work

[hluhovskyi]

Hello. Can you provide xml file of your layout?

[hvar90]

of course

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 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"
xmlns:emojicon="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="@+id/root_view"
android:background="@drawable/wallpaper"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingTop="0dp"
android:paddingBottom="5dp"
android:paddingRight="6dp"
android:paddingLeft="6dp"
app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
tools:context="schan.main.ChatActivity"
tools:showIn="@layout/activity_chat">
    <com.dewarder.holdinglibrary.HoldingButtonLayout
        android:id="@+id/input_holder"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        app:hbl_cancel_icon="@drawable/ic_close_black_24dp"
        app:hbl_holding_view="@+id/start_record"
        app:hbl_icon="@drawable/ic_mic_white_24dp"
        app:hbl_radius="@dimen/activity_main_holding_button_radius"
        app:hbl_second_radius="@dimen/activity_main_holding_button_second_radius">
        <LinearLayout
            android:id="@+id/slide_to_cancel"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:minHeight="48dp"
            android:layout_gravity="bottom|center_horizontal"
            android:gravity="center_vertical|center"
            android:background="@android:color/white"
            android:visibility="invisible">
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/time"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="0:00"
                android:textSize="25dp"
                />
            <ImageView
                android:layout_width="@dimen/activity_main_slide_to_cancel_icon_size"
                android:layout_height="@dimen/activity_main_slide_to_cancel_icon_size"
                android:layout_marginEnd="@dimen/activity_main_slide_to_cancel_icon_margin_right"
                android:layout_marginRight="@dimen/activity_main_slide_to_cancel_icon_margin_right"
                android:scaleType="center"
                android:src="@drawable/ic_keyboard_arrow_left_black_24dp"/>
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/textView_to_cancel"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/label_slide_to_cancel"/>

        </LinearLayout>
        <LinearLayout
            android:id="@+id/box_emoji_input_text"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="bottom"
            android:gravity="bottom" >
            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/emoji_btn"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:minHeight="48dp"
                android:background="@android:color/white"
                android:src="@drawable/smiley"
                />
            <com.vanniktech.emoji.EmojiEditText
                android:id="@+id/emojicon_edit_text"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_main_input_padding_vertical"
                android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_main_input_padding_vertical"
                android:layout_width="0dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:hint="@string/typeMessage"
                android:textColorHint="#bcbcbc"
                android:inputType="textCapSentences|textAutoCorrect|textMultiLine"
                android:minHeight="48dp"
                android:background="@android:color/white"
                emojicon:emojiSize="26dp" />
            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/submit_btn"
                android:layout_marginRight="@dimen/input_margin_right"
                android:background="@android:color/white"
                android:minHeight="48dp"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:src="@drawable/ic_action_send_now"
                />
            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/start_record"
                android:layout_width="@dimen/activity_main_start_record_width"
                android:layout_height="@dimen/activity_main_start_record_height"
                android:scaleType="center"
                android:background="@drawable/round_image"
                android:src="@drawable/ic_mic_white_24dp"/>
        </LinearLayout>

    </com.dewarder.holdinglibrary.HoldingButtonLayout>
    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/lv"
        android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_above="@id/input_holder"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="false"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="false"
        android:transcriptMode="normal"
        android:divider="@null"
        />
</RelativeLayout>

[hluhovskyi]

Just set fixed or wrap_content height for emoji_btn and submit_btn . Currently they take all possible height of parent so buttons are aligned to bottom but images inside ImageView are centered.

[hvar90]

now the buttons are fixed but is neccesary that only de image are fixed but the background can increase its height

[hvar90]

i found the solution, i wrapped the button with another linear layout, thanks anyway... :)

<LinearLayout
                android:background="@android:color/white"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:gravity="bottom" >
                <ImageView
                    android:id="@+id/emoji_btn"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:minHeight="48dp"
                    android:background="@android:color/white"
                    android:src="@drawable/smiley"
                    />
            </LinearLayout>

[hluhovskyi]

Wrap emoji_btn, emojicon_edit_text, submit_btn with another layout and set background for it. Currently it isn't issue of library.