android - does minHeight do anything?

Question

In the attached image, I want the column of buttons to match the height of the image, but I also want there to be a minimum height for the column of buttons.

It correctly matches the height of the image, but does not respect the minHeight, and will smoosh the buttons down.

I am setting these properties for the column of buttons:

<LinearLayout
   ...
   android:layout_alignTop="@+id/image"
   android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/image"
   android:minHeight="150dp"
   >

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7408151/does-minheight-do-anything

Answer 1

I don't know all your exact requirements, but it seems you can solve this with another layer pretty much like in your diagram. Set the minHeight on an outer layout and then just fill_parent/match_parent on the inside. Maybe something like:

<LinearLayout
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:minHeight="150dp">
    <LinearLayout
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content">
    </LinearLayout>
    <ImageView />
</LinearLayout>