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Android

Posted by Stephen Little
Stephen Little
8,312 Points

My imageView won't align top like it does in the video...

Here is my XML

<ImageView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/imageView" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentStart="true" android:src="@mipmap/page0" />

why does it keep displaying right in the middle?

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points

Hi Stephen, we can't see your XML, are you able to paste it in?

Stephen Little
Stephen Little
8,312 Points 
<ImageView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/imageView"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:src="@mipmap/page0" />

2 Answers

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points
Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points

The ImageView width is set to 'match_parent'. The image will center within the available space, you need to use 'wrap_content'.

android:layout_width="wrap_content"
Stephen Little
Stephen Little
8,312 Points

Changed that and it didn't change anything, the image is still dead center of the design view phone. I'm at a loss as to what to try next. If you have any other idea's I would be more then glad to try.

Stephen

Stephen Little
Stephen Little
8,312 Points
Stephen Little
Stephen Little
8,312 Points

I put in 

android:adjustViewBounds="true"

and that did the tick, thanks so much for you help

Stephen