Problems with ConstraintLayout - ImageView 16:9 inappropriate top margin

Question

I want to build the following layout using ConstraintLayout:

I use this source for layout:

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Answer 1

I need to get rid of this top margin

For this,just Remove this line

app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textView1"

from your ImageView

Answer 2

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>

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

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>

Answer 5

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>