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This RelativeLayout layout or its LinearLayout parent is useless

Asked 2012-04-25T16:33:43.753
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I'm developing an Android 3.1. and above application.

On one activity I generate its layout dynamically. I'm using formdetail.xml as contentview:

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.formdetail);

    Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();
    if (extras != null)
    {
        currentFormId = extras.getString("FormId");
    }
}

formdetail.xml :

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

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
        <Button
            android:id="@+id/downloadFormsButton"
            android:enabled="false"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_margin="10dp"
            android:text="@string/download_forms_button" />
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/formErrorMsg"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:padding="10dp"
            android:textSize="16dp" >
        </TextView>
    </RelativeLayout>

</LinearLayout>

downloadFormsButton and formErrorMsg must be always in form.

But using that xml I get this warning:

This RelativeLayout layout or its LinearLayout parent is useless

I need linearLayout to add TableLayouts programmatically.

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That is just an warning from lint. Lint doesn't know you would later append views to this layout and it will warn you that you added an unnecessary extra view(increasing your layout depth).

You should just ignore the warning(If it really bothers you here is a link on how to remove warnings from lint).

answered 2012-04-25T16:39:05.590

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