Android layout - alignment issue with ImageView

Question

I\'m trying to put an image at the top left of a LinearLayout, but with the image border and padding taking up the whole of the width of the window.

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Answer 1

Just configure your ImageView on your layout XML file with something like this:

                            <ImageView android:id="@+id/imageViewName" 
                            android:layout_width="90dp" 
                            android:layout_height="90dp" 
                            android:scaleType="fitStart" 
                            android:adjustViewBounds="true" 
                            android:padding="10dp" 
                            android:src="@drawable/ic_contact_picture"
                            android:background="@color/white" />

Answer 2

I was having a similar problem, to which you replied earlier today. Is this on "screen design" viewer provided by the Eclipse plugin side-by-side with the XML editor, or are you encountering the alignment problems when actually running the app? If the former, that appers to be a bug in the plugin, if the latter, try adding:

android:scaleType="fitStart"

From the documentation I've read, that seems to be the closest to what you need.