Recyclerview covered by BottomNavigationView in CoordinatorLayout

Question

I tried Google Support Library BottomNavigationView with a Framelayout for my Fragments .

Here are my code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:context="com.bottombarnavigation.MainActivity">

<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">

  <include layout="@layout/toolbar"/>

</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

<include layout="@layout/content_main" />

<android.support.design.widget.BottomNavigationView
    android:background="#fcfcfc"
    android:id="@+id/bottom_navigation"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="bottom|end"
    app:menu="@menu/bottom_navigation" />

</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

When i populate my Recyclerview inside the Fragment, it's content got covered up by the BottomNavigationView .

I have no idea why this happens. I look through other people tutorial and it works fine.

EDIT Here is my content_main.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@android:color/white"
    app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
    tools:context="com.bottombarnavigation.MainActivity"
    tools:showIn="@layout/activity_main">


<FrameLayout
    android:id="@+id/container"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"></FrameLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

Answer 1

Here my solution, is working for me.

I have almost the same layout as you, I moved the BottomNavigationView out of the CoordinatorLayout as I don't need any animation on it. I've aligned BottomNavigationView to the parent's bottom, and added layout_above to CoordinatorLayout to have it above the BottomNavigationView but filling all the screen.

With this configuration I fixed the overlapping issue, I hope this would help you.

Here you have my layout.

    <RelativeLayout         
            xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
            xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            tools:context=".ui.activities.MainActivity">

        <android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
                android:id="@+id/main_coordinator"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
                android:layout_above="@+id/dashboard_navigation">

            <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
                    android:id="@+id/main_appbar"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
                    android:elevation="16dp">

                    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
                        android:id="@+id/dashboard_toolbar"
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
                        android:background="@color/colorPrimary"/>
            </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

            <FrameLayout
                    android:id="@+id/main_frame_layout"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

        </android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

        <android.support.design.widget.BottomNavigationView
                android:id="@+id/dashboard_navigation"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
                android:background="@color/colorPrimaryDark"
                app:itemTextColor="@color/colorAccent"
                app:menu="@menu/menu_main"/>
    </RelativeLayout>