I am trying to make an AlertDialog that scales in size to the content. The textual content can be larger than the dialog, so it has to be able to scroll. If I use a RelativeLayout everything renders properly no matter how much info there is, but when there is not enough text to fill up the TextView it leaves a lot of extra space. This is the code:
<?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"
android:paddingTop="6dip"
android:paddingLeft="12dip"
android:paddingRight="12dip"
android:paddingBottom="2dip"
>
<CheckBox
android:id="@+id/saleListingCheckbox"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Save sale"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
>
</CheckBox>
<ScrollView
android:id="@+id/saleListingLinear"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="@id/saleListingCheckbox"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/saleListingTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="7pt"
android:paddingBottom="4dip"
/>
</ScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>
java code:
@Override
protected boolean onTap(int index) {
if (overlays.isEmpty()) {
return false;
}
final SaleOverlayPushPin saleItem = overlays.get(index);
AlertDialog alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(context).create();
alertDialog.setButton("Ok", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
dialog.cancel();
}
});
LayoutInflater inflater = context.getLayoutInflater();
dialogView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.sale_listing, null);
textView = (TextView) dialogView.findViewById(R.id.saleListingTextView);
checkbox = (CheckBox) dialogView.findViewById(R.id.saleListingCheckbox);
checkbox.setOnCheckedChangeListener(this);
alertDialog.setView(dialogView);
alertDialog.setTitle(saleItem.getTitle());
textView.setText(saleItem.getSnippet());
checkbox.setTag(saleItem);
checkbox.setChecked(saleItem.isSelected());
alertDialog.show();
return true;
}
And here is what it looks like with little data and a lot of data:
I have been able to make it work using a LinearLayout, but then I have a different problem where if the text content is larger than the dialog it cuts off the checkbox. Here is the code and the screenshots:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingTop="6dip"
android:paddingLeft="12dip"
android:paddingRight="12dip"
android:paddingBottom="2dip"
android:orientation="vertical"
>
<ScrollView
android:id="@+id/saleListingLinear"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_gravity="top"
>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/saleListingTextView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="7pt"
android:paddingBottom="4dip"
/>
</ScrollView>
<CheckBox
android:id="@+id/saleListingCheckbox"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Save sale"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_gravity="bottom"
>
</CheckBox>
</LinearLayout>
I would prefer that the "little data" behavior works like the LinearLayout and the "lot of data" work like the RelativeLayout. Is this possible?
UPDATE: bart's solution for the LinearLayout works perfectly. Removing the layout_weight from the CheckBox was the key.
However the RelativeLayout still does not work as expected. It makes the CheckBox unviewable if the data in the TextView is large enough. I would still love to know the solution for the RelativeLayout if at all possible. See below:
