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Android Studio – Input Text, Image and button stuck at the top left corner

I’m just new to kotlin and now trying to design the profile page just like the image below in android studio.

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When I am designing the profile page, I realize that the design in the application is display correctly. So, I run the project in a phone simulator and then everything stuck on the top left corner. After that, I trying to add a relative layout but the result still the same. May I know which part I do wrong or is there any solution?

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Below is the coding

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<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="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity"
android:background="@color/white">

<RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity"
    android:background="@color/white">


<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/imageView2"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    tools:ignore="MissingConstraints"
    tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="141dp"
    tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="98dp"
    tools:srcCompat="@tools:sample/avatars"
    android:contentDescription="@string/app_name"/>

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editTextTextPersonName2"
    android:layout_width="175dp"
    android:layout_height="48dp"
    android:ems="10"
    android:inputType="textPersonName"
    android:text="@string/first_name"
    android:textStyle="bold"
    tools:ignore="MissingConstraints"
    tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="16dp"
    tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="265dp" />

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editTextTextPersonName3"
    android:layout_width="175dp"
    android:layout_height="48dp"
    android:ems="10"
    android:inputType="textPersonName"
    android:text="@string/last_name"
    android:textStyle="bold"
    tools:ignore="MissingConstraints"
    tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="220dp"
    tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="265dp" />

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editTextTextEmailAddress"
    android:layout_width="379dp"
    android:layout_height="48dp"
    android:ems="10"
    android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
    android:text="@string/email"
    android:textStyle="bold"
    tools:ignore="MissingConstraints"
    tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="16dp"
    tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="333dp" />

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editTextTextPassword"
    android:layout_width="379dp"
    android:layout_height="48dp"
    android:ems="10"
    android:text="@string/password"
    android:textStyle="bold"
    tools:ignore="MissingConstraints"
    tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="16dp"
    tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="407dp"
    android:inputType="textVisiblePassword"/>
    <!--android:inputType="textPassword"-->

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editTextTextPassword2"
    android:layout_width="379dp"
    android:layout_height="48dp"
    android:ems="10"
    android:text="@string/confirm_password"
    android:textStyle="bold"
    tools:ignore="MissingConstraints"
    tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="16dp"
    tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="479dp"
    android:inputType="textVisiblePassword"/>
    <!--android:inputType="textPassword"-->

<Button
    android:id="@+id/button"
    android:layout_width="378dp"
    android:layout_height="48dp"
    android:text="@string/save"
    tools:ignore="MissingConstraints"
    tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="16dp"
    tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="556dp" />

    </RelativeLayout>

    </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
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  1. 0

    Just Remove the "RelativeLayout" Tag. Learn more about "ConstraintLayout" from here. https://developer.android.com/training/constraint-layout

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  2. 0 
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<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="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity"
    android:background="@color/white">


    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="64dp"
        android:contentDescription="@string/app_name"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        android:src="@mipmap/ic_launcher"/>

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editTextTextPersonName2"
        android:layout_width="175dp"
        android:layout_height="48dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="72dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:inputType="textPersonName"
        android:hint="@string/first_name"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/imageView2" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editTextTextPersonName3"
        android:layout_width="175dp"
        android:layout_height="48dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="73dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:inputType="textPersonName"
        android:hint="@string/last_name"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/imageView2" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editTextTextEmailAddress"
        android:layout_width="379dp"
        android:layout_height="48dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
        android:hint="@string/email"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/editTextTextPersonName2" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editTextTextPassword"
        android:layout_width="379dp"
        android:layout_height="48dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:inputType="textVisiblePassword"
        android:hint="@string/password"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/editTextTextEmailAddress" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editTextTextPassword2"
        android:layout_width="379dp"
        android:layout_height="48dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:ems="10"
        android:inputType="textVisiblePassword"
        android:hint="@string/confirm_password"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/editTextTextPassword" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/save"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/editTextTextPassword2" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
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  3. 0

    Copying an answer from here won’t help, it gonna make you struggle with your next layout, instead I recommend you to take a look on:

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  4. 0

    The way a ConstraintLayout works is you define the position and size of your views using constraints – things like "aligned with the left edge of the parent", "below this ImageView with a margin of 16dp", "fill the space between these two views, but maintain a 16:9 aspect ratio" etc.

    You’ve got three issues here:

    • you’re using a ConstraintLayout but you haven’t set any constraints, and you’ve suppressed the errors warning you about that with tools:ignore="MissingConstraints"
    • all your stuff is nested inside a RelativeLayout so it wouldn’t use the constraints anyway, and the ConstraintLayout is useless
    • you’re using absolute positioning inside the RelativeLayout (absoluteX and all that) but you’re using the tools prefix which is for defining stuff that shows up at design time but not when the app is running – it’s used for testing, placeholder text etc. Also layout_editor_absoluteX is a special attribute that only works in the layout editor – it’s like a positioning hack for while you’re designing. Doesn’t affect anything while the app is running.

    So the result is none of your views actually have any positioning attributes set on them, and they all just end up in the top left corner, at the origin

    You should probably ditch the RelativeLayout approach and learn to use ConstraintLayout (which it sounds like you wanted anyway) – it’s way more flexible and you’re going to run into it/need it at some point

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