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I really tried to, but I can't understand how Android interprets layout_weight setting... What I'm trying to achieve is a header on top with a fixed height an input area at the bottom containing an EditText and a Button a content part in the middle that's taking all what's left of space When typing I'd like to grow the EditText to a specific height and to start scrolling if the text entered exceeds the available height. Doing this I need the surrounding LinearLayout to grow together with the EditText. If I define a specific height for the inner LinearLayout it won't grow. If I don't, the inner layout takes ALL the space instead of the ScrollView, no matter what I try using layout_weight . :( My current XML looks like that: <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" > <TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="I'm a header" /> <ScrollView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1" android:gravity="bottom"> <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/itemContainer" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" /> </ScrollView> <LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="50dp" android:padding="2dp" android:gravity="bottom" android:isScrollContainer="true" android:background="@drawable/steel" > <EditText android:id="@+id/edittext01" android:layout_width="fill_parent"

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