Android ScrollView and buttons at bottom of the screen

Question

I want to implement this: A ScrollView that contains many elements (ImageViews, TextViews, EditTexts etc) and then after the ScrollView some buttons (which are custom ImageViews) that appear always exactly at the bottom of the screen.

If I use the android:fillViewport="true" attribute, then if the elements of the ScrollView are too big to fit in the screen size the buttons get invisible . If I use the android:Weight=1 attribute then the ScrollView gets only 50% of the Screen when the screen is big and it can fit (I want the buttons to take a small percentage, about 10%). If I set the android:Weight to bigger values then the buttons appear very small.

Please help! Maybe it is something simple that I overlooked but I’ve been banging my head for hours!

Answer 1

Just created and tested it. Looks like you want.

<?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">

    <LinearLayout
            android:id="@+id/buttons"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="horizontal"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
        <Button
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="Custom Button1"/>
        <Button
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="Custom Button2"/>
    </LinearLayout>

    <ScrollView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_above="@id/buttons">
         <!--Scrollable content here-->
        <LinearLayout
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:orientation="vertical">                
            <TextView
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:text="test text"
                    android:textSize="40dp"/>
        </LinearLayout>
    </ScrollView>

</RelativeLayout>