overlapping text view

Question

xml file 

    RelativeLayout 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:background="@drawable/list_selector" 
    android:orientation="horizontal" 
    android:padding="5dip">

    <LinearLayout 
    android:id="@+id/thumbnail" 
    android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" 
    android:layout_marginRight="5dip" 
    android:padding="3dip">
   <ImageView 
      android:id="@+id/icon" 
      android:layout_width="80dip" 
      android:layout_height="80dip" 
      android:layout_gravity="top" 
      android:contentDescription="@string/app_name" 
      android:src="@drawable/high" /> 
   </LinearLayout>

   <TextView 
      android:id="@+id/newsaddress" 
      android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
      android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
      android:layout_alignTop="@+id/icon" 
      android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/icon" 
      android:layout_marginLeft="75dip" 
      android:layout_centerVertical="true" 
      android:paddingBottom="9dip" 
      android:text="Cebu City" 
      android:textColor="#040404" 
      android:textSize="25dip" 
      android:textStyle="bold" 
      android:typeface="sans" /> 

   <TextView 
      android:id="@+id/newsdate" 
      android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
      android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
      android:layout_below="@+id/newsaddress" 
      android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/newsaddress" 
      android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/icon" 
      android:paddingTop="5dip" 
      android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" 
      android:text="January 1 2000" 

      android:textColor="#343434" 
      android:textSize="15dip" /> 
    <TextView 
      android:id="@+id/newstitle" 
      android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
      android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
      android:layout_alignParentRight="true" 
      android:layout_centerVertical="true" 
      android:layout_marginRight="20dip" 
      android:layout_alignTop="@+id/newsaddress" 
      android:text="Fire" 
      android:textSize="30dip" /> 
   </RelativeLayout>

list xml 
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <LinearLayout 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">


    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/newslist"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        />

    </LinearLayout>

i have this list view with an image and a couple of text views my problem is that when the text are too long they over lap on each other ive tried a couple of post like this How to adjust text font size to fit textview and this one Auto Scale TextView Text to Fit within Bounds but they did work for me how can i possible solve this problem here is the result of this program the over lapping text is from 2nd text view

Answer 1

You have a few little problems.

These lines won't work correctly:

  android:layout_alignTop="@+id/icon" 
  android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/icon

You can't reference an id from inside a LinearLayout for lining up stuff in a relative layout, even if they are both in the same big layout.

I changed some of the layout, and put in some bigger strings to test it, and changed some of your padding, as it was kind of screwy because of the icon stuff, most likely.

This is the code I used. I'm sure its not exactly what you wanted, but I think it points out how to remedy a few problems.

<?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="wrap_content"
        android:background="@color/grey"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:padding="5dip">

<LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/thumbnail"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
        android:padding="3dip">
    <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/icon"
            android:layout_width="80dip"
            android:layout_height="80dip"
            android:layout_gravity="top"
            android:contentDescription="@string/app_name"
            android:background="@color/white" />
</LinearLayout>

<TextView
android:id="@+id/newsaddress"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignTop="@+id/thumbnail"
android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/thumbnail"
android:layout_marginLeft="2dp"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:paddingBottom="0dip"
android:text="Cebu City in the south of france"
android:textColor="#040404"
android:textSize="25dip"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:typeface="sans" />

<TextView
android:id="@+id/newsdate"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@+id/newsaddress"
android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/newsaddress"
android:paddingTop="1dip"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:text="January 1 2000"

android:textColor="#343434"
android:textSize="15dip" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/newstitle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true"
android:layout_marginRight="20dip"
android:layout_below="@id/newsdate"
android:text="Fire is exploding all around us now"
android:textSize="30dip" />
        </RelativeLayout>