RelativeLayout is taking fullscreen for wrap_content

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Why does FOOBARZ get layed out all the way at the bottom when no elements are layout_height="fill_parent" in other words, all elements are wrap_content for height? enter image description here 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/feed_u"
        android:layout_width="50dip"
        android:layout_height="50dip"
        android:layout_marginLeft="5dip"
        android:scaleType="centerCrop"
        android:drawableTop="@android:drawable/presence_online"
        android:text="U" />
    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/feed_u">
        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/feed_h"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:src="@android:drawable/btn_minus" />
        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/feed_ha"
            android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/feed_h"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:src="@android:drawable/btn_plus" />
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/feed_t"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Title">
        </TextView>
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/feed_a"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Band"
            android:layout_below="@id/feed_t">
        </TextView>
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/feed_s"
            android:layout_below="@id/feed_a"
            android:text="S"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content">
        </TextView>
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/feed_tm"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:text="FOOBARZ"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content">
        </TextView>

    </RelativeLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
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8 Answers

FrameLayout is usually good for placing different views one on top of each other (where the most recent child is on top of the previous child). In your case, you'd like to place views one next to each other (above, below, start, end), so I think ConstrainLayout fits better because it's exactly what it does.

Unlike RelativeLayout, you'd be able to set the ConstrainLayout width to wrap_content and still arrange its children views as you wish, for example instead of

android:layout_alignParentTop="true"

you can use

grid:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"

and instead of

android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"

you can use

grid:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
user_118787510

Not sure why all the answers here suggest FrameLayout, which is designed to render a single view or views layered in the z axis. OP's problem is a sequence of views stacked vertically, which should be in a LinearLayout.

user_2143500
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