I want to build the following layout using ConstraintLayout:
I use this source for layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:background="@color/colorAccent">
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
app:srcCompat="@android:color/darker_gray"
app:layout_constraintDimensionRatio="h,16:9"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textView1" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:text="Title"
android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Headline"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/imageView"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textView2" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="24dp"
android:text="Subtle"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView1"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
</FrameLayout>
And unfortunately get this result:
As you can see there's an unnecessary margin on the top of ImageView, though layout indicates marginTop=0.
I need to get rid of this top margin
For this,just Remove this line
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textView1"
from your ImageView
The first two answer will work. You can also add app:layout_constraintVertical_chainStyle="spread_inside"
to the top ImageView
if you want to maintain your vertical chain.
Here is an image after adding this statement (but not changing anything else.)
Here is the XML:
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:background="@color/colorAccent">
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
app:srcCompat="@android:color/darker_gray"
app:layout_constraintDimensionRatio="h,16:9"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_chainStyle="spread_inside"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textView1" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:text="Title"
android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Headline"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/imageView"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textView2" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="24dp"
android:text="Subtle"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView1"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
</FrameLayout>
Update: So the above doesn't work on API 23 with ConstraintLayout
version 1.0.2. Try the following instead:
Remove android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
from textView2
and add android:layout_marginBottom="16dp"
to textView1
. This makes a difference.
The gist of it is to use a packed chain, with a vertical bias of 0, so that the content of the chain will be at the top. Also, I'm not sure why you are using a FrameLayout -- you probably don't need to.
With 1.1.0-beta2:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@color/colorAccent"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textView1"
app:layout_constraintDimensionRatio="h,16:9"
app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.0"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintVertical_chainStyle="packed"
app:srcCompat="@android:color/darker_gray" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:text="Title"
android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Headline"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/imageView"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textView2" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="24dp"
android:text="Subtle"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView1"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
Try this one -> I removed app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textView1"
in the ImageView
and it works fine.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:background="@color/colorAccent">
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
app:srcCompat="@android:color/darker_gray"
app:layout_constraintDimensionRatio="h,16:9"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:text="Title"
android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Headline"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/imageView"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textView2" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="24dp"
android:text="Subtle"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView1"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
</FrameLayout>
Based on answers and comments posted in reply to this question and considering the fact constraint-layout v1.1.0 is still in beta, the best solution at this moment would be to use app:layout_constraintVertical_chainStyle="packed"
:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/imageView"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:scaleType="centerCrop"
app:srcCompat="@android:color/darker_gray"
app:layout_constraintDimensionRatio="h,16:9"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textView1"
app:layout_constraintVertical_chainStyle="packed"/>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:text="Title"
android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Headline"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/imageView"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textView2" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView2"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="24dp"
android:text="Subtle"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView1"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
</FrameLayout>