I have FrameLayout like this:
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:onClick="changeColor"
android:text="new button"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="some text"/>
</FrameLayout>
The problem is that the button is displayed on top while FrameLayout class overview tells us this: "Child views are drawn in a stack, with the most recently added child on top".
This answer
Buttons in Lollipop and higher have a default elevation to them which
causes them to always draw on top. You can change this by overriding
the default StateListAnimator.
Try putting this into your button XML:
android:stateListAnimator="@null"
The FrameLayout should now cover the
button.
In the Android 5.0 (API 21) and above, you must add android:elevation into the view.
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:onClick="changeColor"
android:text="new button"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="some text"
android:elevation="3dp"/>
As the official android documantation points out:
FrameLayout is designed to block out an area on the screen to display
a single item. Generally, FrameLayout should be used to hold a single
child view, because it can be difficult to organize child views in a
way that's scalable to different screen sizes without the children
overlapping each other. You can, however, add multiple children to a
FrameLayout and control their position within the FrameLayout by
assigning gravity to each child, using the android:layout_gravity
attribute.
It's better if you put your Button
and Textview
in a RelativeLayout
inside the FrameLayout
like:
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="some text"/>
<Button
android:id="@+id/button1"
android:layout_below="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:onClick="changeColor"
android:text="new button"/>
<RelativeLayout>
</FrameLayout>
FrameLayout should be used to hold a single child view
, because it can be difficult to organize child views in a way that's scalable to different screen sizes without the children overlapping each other.
You should use LinearLayout or RelativeLayout in FrameLayout .
Like this way
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:onClick="changeColor"
android:text="new button"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="some text"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</FrameLayout>
Apperently android:stateListAnimator="@null" works only for API = 21 or higher,
So for those who target API<21 use this, it worked for me :D
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:onClick="changeColor"
android:text="new button"/>
</FrameLayout>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="some text"/>
</FrameLayout>
Put in your Button
inside FrameLayout
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="new button" />
</FrameLayout>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="some text" />
</RelativeLayout>
For API < 21 you cant use android:stateListAnimator="@null" or change the elevation. In my case I used 2 frame layouts embedded in a constraint layout.
As the frame layouts can be stacked upon each other there is no need to change the elevation of the textview.
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
>
<Button
android:id="@+id/my_daybutton"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@drawable/cal_button_background"
android:textColor="@color/colorPrimaryDark"
android:gravity="start|top"
android:paddingTop="2dp"
android:paddingStart="2dp"
android:paddingEnd="2dp"
/>
</FrameLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="bla"
android:textSize="9sp"
android:textColor="@android:color/holo_red_dark"
android:layout_gravity="bottom|end"
/>
</FrameLayout>