Add a ListView Widget | Android Tutorial pdf

Add a ListView Widget

Now comes the challenging part – adding the ListView to the layout.
The challenge is in getting the layout right. Right now, while we have only the one screen to work with, we need to somehow squeeze in the list without eliminating space for anything else. In fact, ideally, the list takes up all the available space that is not being used by our current detail form.
One way to achieve that is to use a RelativeLayout as the over-arching layout for the screen. We anchor the detail form to the bottom of the screen, then have the list span the space from the top of the screen to the
top of the detail form.
To make this change, replace your current LunchList/res/layout/main.xml with the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<TableLayout android:id="@+id/details"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:stretchColumns="1"
>
<TableRow>
<TextView android:text="Name:" />
<EditText android:id="@+id/name" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow>
<TextView android:text="Address:" />
<EditText android:id="@+id/addr" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow>
<TextView android:text="Type:" />
<RadioGroup android:id="@+id/types">
<RadioButton android:id="@+id/take_out"
android:text="Take-Out"
/>
<RadioButton android:id="@+id/sit_down"
android:text="Sit-Down"
/>
<RadioButton android:id="@+id/delivery"
android:text="Delivery"
/>
</RadioGroup>
</TableRow>
<Button android:id="@+id/save"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Save"
/>
</TableLayout>
<ListView android:id="@+id/restaurants"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_above="@id/details"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
If you recompile and rebuild the application, then run it, you will see our form slid to the bottom, with empty space at the top:

                                    Adding a list to the top and sliding the form to the bottom