Android: Relative layout content goes below screen

Question

I\'m new to android and I\'m just trying to create a chat client. However the content at the bottom just goes off-screen.

The layout files:

chat_layout.xml

Answer 1

You've got some logical mistake in implementing a RelativeLayout. First, you don't have to set the orientation in case of RelativeLayout. Second, you don't have to capsulate the whole form inside a LinearLayout as you're using RelativeLayout you can arrange the views relatively with other views. So here you layout should look like.

Here's your activity_main.xml modified. This is from a working version from my code. Please modify as your need. You may have to change the ids.