How to layout a custom listviewitem with variable textview and two buttons on one line

Question

I've created a custom listview. All works fine though I struggle with the layout of the listitem.

The idea is to have a textview which can have a variable length (multilines is possible) and two buttons next to the textview all on one line.

This is what I have:

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center_vertical" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textSize="16sp"
        android:layout_weight=".80" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="A"
        android:layout_weight=".10"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/textView1" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="B"
        android:layout_weight=".10"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/button1" />

This works fine though my problem is that the textview fills out the parent and pushes the buttons of the screen. (when I have a short text the buttons are vissible)

So basically, what I need is a 80% wide textview aligned to the left and two 10% wide buttons aligned to the right. Can anyone guide me in the right direction?

Thanks

Answer 1

You can't use layout_weight with RelativeLayout. Try this:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textSize="16sp"
        android:layout_weight="1" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="A" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="B" />
</LinearLayout>

Answer 2

Change to LinearLayout. You cannot use layout_weight with RelativeLayout.

Good Luck