How to make two CardView height as wrap_content in a linear layout

Question

I have two MaterialCardView in a linear or relative layout (i don't care about the parent layout I only want the result) I want that both of the MaterialCardView should have wrap_content height

Right now The 1st MaterialCardView contains a FrameLayout that has two things an image view and a include layout that has buttons that are to be shown on the image

and

The 2nd MaterialCardView also contains a FrameLayout that has some textViews and an imageView(as a button with both height and width as wrap_content)

right now it looks like this

as you can see in the above screenshot, I have given weightSum and both the MaterialCardView has match_parent height, but now

I want that

the 1st and 2nd card view height should be wrap_content so it can adjust their height accordingly. I have tried to just simply make it wrap_content but it doesn't work

Note:

1: This layout is a part of a verticle recycler view

2: The TextView Sort and Category above the imageView is not part of this layout

3: If anyone wants more references for the code please tell me I will update the question

Code

Update // Removed the button layout xml code so the question dont get more confusing and long

Ok after implementing ContraintLayout as suggested in the comment now the 1st and 2nd cardview is working fine as they taking up the height as the content inside it has but it is a mess

what I want probably to look like // this is the fixed height but can get the idea Link

After implementing ContraintLayout and wrap_content height it look like this

post_item_container_home.xml // this is the updated code with wrap_content and ContraintLayout

<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerInParent="true"
    android:background="@color/black"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView
        android:id="@+id/Card_View"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="5dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="5dp"
        android:elevation="6dp"
        app:cardBackgroundColor="@color/black"
        app:shapeAppearanceOverlay="@style/RoundedCornerHome"
        tools:ignore="MissingConstraints">

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">

            <com.google.android.material.imageview.ShapeableImageView
                android:id="@+id/imagePostHome"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:adjustViewBounds="true"
                android:contentDescription="@string/todo"
                android:tag="centerCrop"
                app:shapeAppearanceOverlay="@style/RoundedCornerHome" />

            <include
                android:id="@+id/imagepost_buttons"
                layout="@layout/imagepost_buttons" />
        </FrameLayout>

    </com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView>

    <com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="5dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="5dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
        android:elevation="6dp"
        app:cardBackgroundColor="@color/dark_grey"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/Card_View"
        app:shapeAppearanceOverlay="@style/RoundedCornerHome"
        tools:ignore="MissingConstraints">

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">

            <ImageView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="top|right"
                android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
                android:layout_marginEnd="25dp"
                android:contentDescription="@string/todo"
                android:src="@drawable/ic_baseline_attach_money_24"
                tools:ignore="RtlHardcoded" />

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
                android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
                android:fontFamily="@font/roboto"
                android:text="Ian Somerhalder"
                android:textColor="@color/white"
                android:textSize="20sp"
                android:textStyle="bold"
                tools:ignore="SmallSp" />

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="left|center_vertical"
                android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
                android:fontFamily="@font/roboto"
                android:text=".............."
                android:textColor="@color/white"
                android:textSize="17sp"
                tools:ignore="RtlHardcoded" />

        </FrameLayout>


    </com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView>


</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

OLD / Orignal

post_item_container_home.xml

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_centerInParent="true"
    android:background="@color/black"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:weightSum="5">

    <com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView
        android:id="@+id/Card_View"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="5dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="5dp"
        android:layout_weight="4"
        android:elevation="6dp"
        app:cardBackgroundColor="@color/black"
        app:shapeAppearanceOverlay="@style/RoundedCornerHome">

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent">

            <com.google.android.material.imageview.ShapeableImageView
                android:id="@+id/imagePostHome"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:adjustViewBounds="true"
                android:contentDescription="@string/todo"
                android:tag="centerCrop"
                app:shapeAppearanceOverlay="@style/RoundedCornerHome" />

            <include
                android:id="@+id/imagepost_buttons"
                layout="@layout/imagepost_buttons" />
        </FrameLayout>

    </com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView>

    <com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="5dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="5dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:elevation="6dp"
        app:cardBackgroundColor="@color/dark_grey"
        app:shapeAppearanceOverlay="@style/RoundedCornerHome">

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent">

            <ImageView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="top|right"
                android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
                android:layout_marginEnd="25dp"
                android:contentDescription="@string/todo"
                android:src="@drawable/ic_baseline_attach_money_24"
                tools:ignore="RtlHardcoded" />

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
                android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
                android:fontFamily="@font/roboto"
                android:text="Ian Somerhalder"
                android:textColor="@color/white"
                android:textSize="20sp"
                android:textStyle="bold"
                tools:ignore="SmallSp" />

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="left|center_vertical"
                android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
                android:fontFamily="@font/roboto"
                android:text=".............."
                android:textColor="@color/white"
                android:textSize="17sp"
                tools:ignore="RtlHardcoded" />

        </FrameLayout>


    </com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView>


</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

With ConstranitLayout, it would be easier to adjust the buttons layout on top of the image; and adjust the constraints of both cards to wrap their content.

The app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/Card_View" should be changed to:

• either app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
• or app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/Card_View"

And optionally you can adjust a minimum height constraint with app:layout_constraintHeight_min="100dp" and maximum height constraint with app:layout_constraintHeight_min="200dp".. adjust the sizing to your needs

<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerInParent="true"
    android:background="@color/black"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView
        android:id="@+id/Card_View"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="5dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="5dp"
        android:elevation="6dp"
        app:cardBackgroundColor="@color/black"
        app:layout_constrainedHeight="true"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@id/bottom_card"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        app:shapeAppearanceOverlay="@style/RoundedCornerHome">

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">

            <com.google.android.material.imageview.ShapeableImageView
                android:id="@+id/imagePostHome"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:adjustViewBounds="true"
                android:contentDescription="@string/todo"
                android:tag="centerCrop"
                app:shapeAppearanceOverlay="@style/RoundedCornerHome" />

            <include
                android:id="@+id/imagepost_buttons"
                layout="@layout/imagepost_buttons" />
        </FrameLayout>

    </com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView>

    <com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView
        android:id="@+id/bottom_card"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="5dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="5dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
        android:elevation="6dp"
        app:layout_constraintHeight_min="100dp"
        app:layout_constraintHeight_max="200dp"
        app:cardBackgroundColor="@color/dark_grey"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:shapeAppearanceOverlay="@style/RoundedCornerHome">

        <FrameLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">

            <ImageView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="top|right"
                android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
                android:layout_marginEnd="25dp"
                android:contentDescription="@string/todo"
                android:src="@drawable/ic_baseline_attach_money_24"
                tools:ignore="RtlHardcoded" />

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
                android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
                android:fontFamily="@font/roboto"
                android:text="Ian Somerhalder"
                android:textColor="@color/white"
                android:textSize="20sp"
                android:textStyle="bold"
                tools:ignore="SmallSp" />

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="left|center_vertical"
                android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
                android:fontFamily="@font/roboto"
                android:text=".............."
                android:textColor="@color/white"
                android:textSize="17sp"
                tools:ignore="RtlHardcoded" />

        </FrameLayout>


    </com.google.android.material.card.MaterialCardView>


</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

UPDATE

but now the bottom card view is not maintaining the min and max height

Here using the min & max constraints will limit the height of the TextView to a min & max values; but it still wraps its content if its height doesn't exceed the min & max values.

You can solve this by replacing the FrameLayout with a ConstraintLayout; actually using FrameLayout here can make inner views overlap with one another:

    <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">

        <ImageView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
            android:layout_marginEnd="25dp"
            android:layout_marginRight="25dp"
    android:contentDescription="@string/todo"
            android:src="@drawable/ic_baseline_attach_money_24"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
            tools:ignore="RtlHardcoded" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/title"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
            android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
            android:fontFamily="@font/roboto"
            android:text="Ian Somerhalder"
            android:textColor="@color/white"
            android:textSize="20sp"
            android:textStyle="bold"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
            tools:ignore="SmallSp" />

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginStart="10dp"
            android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
            android:fontFamily="@font/roboto"
            android:text=".............."
            android:textColor="@color/white"
            android:textSize="17sp"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/title"
            tools:ignore="RtlHardcoded" />

    </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>