Use a vertical line in a ListView item
android, android-layout, android-listview
Solution
I found the cause and the obvious solution/workaround on another post Here
Basically RelativeLayouts for whatever reason won't play nice with the "match_parent" height setting in a ListView Item. One of the answer to the post recommended using a LinearLayout instead. So I just created a new File with the parent view being a LinearLayout. I then created a RelativeLayout child and tossed everything else in there.
It worked fine this time, easily allowing me to create my vertical rule.
Problem
I'm trying to show a vertical line in an android ListView item. I define it in the XML for the cell but when I preview it in the ListView it doesn't appear. I understand this is an issue because I see alot of questions on here, but don't see any real answer. The XML is pretty standard: Cell: ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:background="@color/appWhite" > <View android:layout_width="5dp" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:background="@color/appGreen" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" /> <RelativeLayout android:id="@+id/cell_trip_info_container" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/vertical_bar" > <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/cell_trip_name" android:paddingTop="20dp" android:paddingBottom="20dp" android:textColor="#2c3e50" android:paddingLeft="10dp" android:text="adfadf" /> <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/cell_trip_country" android:layout_below="@+id/cell_trip_name" android:textColor="#2c3e50" android:paddingLeft="10dp" android:text="adfadf" /> </RelativeLayout> <RelativeLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:id="@+id/whole_container" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" > <RelativeLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:background="@color/appGreen" android:id="@+id/cell_trip_date_box" android:layout_alignTop="@+id/update_buttons" android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/update_buttons" android:padding="20dp" > <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/cell_tripstart_date" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:textColor="#fff" /> <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/cell_date_thru" android:text="@string/thru" android:layout_below="@+id/cell_tripstart_date" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" android:textColor="#fff" /> <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/cell_tripend_date" android:layout_below="@+id/cell_date_thru" android:textColor="#fff" android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" /> </RelativeLayout> <RelativeLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:id="@+id/update_buttons" android:visibility="gone" android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/cell_trip_date_box" android:background="#e9e9e9" android:padding="20dp" > <ImageView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:id="@+id/cell_button_edit_trip" android:src="@drawable/slide_edit" android:adjustViewBounds="true" android:contentDescription="@string/content_description" /> <ImageView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:id="@+id/cell_button_delete_trip" android:src="@drawable/slide_delete" android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/cell_button_edit_trip" android:adjustViewBounds="true" android:contentDescription="@string/content_description" /> </RelativeLayout> </RelativeLayout> </RelativeLayout> ```