Android Linear Layout - How to Keep Element At Bottom Of View

Question

I have a TextView which I want to pin at the bottom of a landscape activity that is using LinearLayout with vertically arranged elements     I have set android gravity  bottom  on the text view  but it still likes to be just below the last element of the LinearLayout exactly what I do not want it to do     Any suggestions

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You should put the parameter gravity to bottom not in the textview but in the Linear Layout  Like this    lt LinearLayout     xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android orientation  vertical      android gravity  bottom end  gt       lt TextView         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content          android text  Something   gt   lt  LinearLayout gt

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You can also use   android layout gravity  bottom    for your textview

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try this   lt LinearLayout     android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content      android layout gravity  bottom      android orientation  vertical   gt        lt TextView         android id    id textViewProfileName          android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android text  TextView    gt    lt  LinearLayout gt

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You will have to expand one of your upper views to fill the remaining space by setting android layout weight  1  on it  This will push your last view down to the bottom   Here is a brief sketch of what I mean    lt LinearLayout android orientation  vertical  gt       lt View  gt       lt View android layout weight  1   gt       lt View  gt       lt View android id    id bottom   gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    where each of the child view heights is  wrap content  and everything else is  fill parent

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DO LIKE THIS    lt LinearLayout android id    id LinearLayouts02  android layout width  match parent  android layout height  match parent  android orientation  vertical  android gravity  bottom end  gt    lt TextView     android id    id texts1      android layout height  match parent      android layout width  match parent      android layout weight  2      android text   string forgotpass      android padding  7dp      android gravity  bottom center horizontal      android paddingLeft  10dp      android layout marginBottom  30dp      android bottomLeftRadius  10dp      android bottomRightRadius  50dp      android fontFamily  sans-serif-condensed      android textColor   color colorAccent      android textStyle  bold      android textSize  16sp      android topLeftRadius  10dp      android topRightRadius  10dp       gt    lt  LinearLayout gt

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I think it will be perfect solution    lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android orientation  vertical  gt        lt  -- Other views -- gt       lt Space         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  0dp          android layout weight  1   gt        lt  -- Target view below -- gt       lt View         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content  gt    lt  LinearLayout gt

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Update  I still get upvotes on this question  which is still the accepted answer and which I think I answered poorly  In the spirit of making sure the best info is out there  I have decided to update this answer   In modern Android I would use ConstraintLayout to do this  It is more performant and straightforward    lt ConstraintLayout gt      lt View       android id    id view1           other attributes elided      gt      lt View       android id   id view2                app layout constraintTop toBottomOf   id view1    gt           other attributes elided      gt         etc for other views that should be aligned top to bottom         lt TextView     app layout constraintBottom toBottomOf  parent    gt    If you don t want to use a ConstraintLayout  using a LinearLayout with an expanding view is a straightforward and great way to handle taking up the extra space  see the answer by  Matthew Wills   If you don t want to expand the background of any of the Views above the bottom view  you can add an invisible View to take up the space   The answer I originally gave works but is inefficient  Inefficiency may not be a big deal for a single top level layout  but it would be a terrible implementation in a ListView or RecyclerView  and there just isn t any reason to do it since there are better ways to do it that are roughly the same level of effort and complexity if not simpler   Take the TextView out of the LinearLayout  then put the LinearLayout and the TextView inside a RelativeLayout  Add the attribute android layout alignParentBottom  true  to the TextView  With all the namespace and other attributes except for the above attribute elided    lt RelativeLayout gt     lt LinearLayout gt       lt  -- All your other elements in here -- gt     lt  LinearLayout gt     lt TextView     android layout alignParentBottom  true    gt   lt  RelativeLayout gt

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Step 1   Create two view inside a linear layout  Step 2   First view must set to android layout weight  1   Step 3   Second view will automatically putted downwards   lt LinearLayout android id    id botton header  android layout width  match parent  android layout height  wrap content  android orientation  vertical   gt        lt View     android layout width  match parent      android layout height  0dp      android layout weight  1    gt        lt Button     android id    id btn health advice      android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content   gt     lt  LinearLayout gt

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