create a chatView layout in android

android, android-custom-view, android-layout, android-tablelayout

Solution

How about below code -

Main.xml

<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/list_layout"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/background"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <ListView android:id="@+id/myList" 
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"/>

</LinearLayout>

list_row_layout_even.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/even_container"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <ImageView android:id="@+id/user_img"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="80dip"
        android:src="@drawable/sample_image"/>

    <ImageView android:id="@+id/even_bubble"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_margin="5dip"
        android:src="@drawable/even"/>

    <TextView android:id="@+id/text" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:textColor="#000000" 
        android:textSize="16dip"
        android:layout_marginRight="8dip"
        android:layout_marginLeft="120dip"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dip" />

</RelativeLayout>

list_row_layout_odd.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/even_container"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <ImageView android:id="@+id/user_img"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="80dip"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:src="@drawable/sample_image"/>

    <ImageView android:id="@+id/odd_bubble"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_margin="5dip"
        android:src="@drawable/odd"/>

    <TextView android:id="@+id/text" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:textColor="#ffffff" 
        android:textSize="16dip"
        android:layout_marginRight="120dip"
        android:layout_marginLeft="8dip"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dip" />

</RelativeLayout>

This is my output -

Just Customize this example with your needs.

Problem

I'm creating a chat application and I'm thinking on ways to create the actual chat view. I already have the layout for the chat window itself but I was thinking about how to implement the chat messages. I was thinking of creating a `TableLayout` and each row will be the users image and the chat message (or bubble or what not). Does anyone have an idea on how to design and create these rows? this is what I did up to now: ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:background="@android:color/background_light" android:orientation="vertical" android:weightSum="10" > <ScrollView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1" > <TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:stretchColumns="1" > <TableRow android:id="@+id/tableRow1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" > <!-- insert chat message here !--> </TableRow> <View android:layout_height="2dip" android:background="#000" /> <TableRow android:id="@+id/tableRow2" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" > <!-- next chat message --!> </TableRow> </TableLayout> </ScrollView> <LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="9" android:orientation="horizontal" > <EditText android:id="@+id/chatLine" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:hint="Say:" android:imeOptions="actionSend" android:singleLine="true" /> </LinearLayout> </LinearLayout> ``` and I'm trying to achieve a this look

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