android custom dialog with scrollview pushes buttons off the screen

android, layout

Solution

Try `LinearLayout` instead of the `RelativeLayout` Put the buttons in a separate layout and put a weight on the buttons layout.

LinearLayout - top level start, android:layout_weight="0"
LinearLayout with TextViews embeded, android:layout_weight="1"
LinearLayout with ScrollView embeded, android:layout_weight="1"
LinearLayout with Buttons embeded, android:layout_weight="1"
LinearLayout - top level finish, android:layout_weight="0"

Problem

I have a custom dialog with a layout like this: ``` <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/mylayout"> <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/title" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical"> <TextView ... /> <TextView .../> </LinearLayout> <ScrollView android:id="@+id/scrollView" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_below="@+id/title"> <LinearLayout ...> <TextView ... android:text="lots of text........" /> <TextView .../> </LinearLayout> </ScrollView <RelativeLayout ... android:layout_below="@+id/scrollView"> <Button ...> <Button ...> </RelativeLayout> </RelativeLayout> ``` My problem is that the scrollview is that when there is too much text in the scrollview, the buttons below are pushed down out of the dialog. I've been able to prevent it by anchoring the RelativeLayout that contains the buttons to the bottom using android:layout_alignParentBottom="true", but I that stretches the entire dialog to the bottom of the screen when there is less text in the scrollview and I don't want that. How can I get a layout like this: ``` [SOME TEXT] [Scrollable region] [Buttons] ```

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