constraint-layout-chains

I have a ConstraintLayout with an ImageView and 3 chained TextViews with a spread_inside chain style: <android.support.design.card.MaterialCardView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"> <android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/space_normal" android:paddingEnd="@dimen/space_normal" android:paddingStart="@dimen/space_normal" android:paddingTop="@dimen/space_big"> <ImageView android:id="@+id/ivImage" android:layout_width="@dimen/feed_list_image_size"

I am using the constraint layout ( android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout ) as the main layout in my XML file. As we get the two View of layout(One is for User View And Second is for the drag and drop the view and provide the relation between them) .But i am getting only one window which is totally blank and look alike below :- And getting this error while using any view in my layout.Please check below image for it My layout file is as below:- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

I need to apply some constraints to a group of views in ConstraintLayout . I want to group these views and continue editing while the layout designer in Android studio treats them as a single view. Is there a way to do so without actually wrapping the views with a ViewGroup (another layout)? If such a wrapper is necessary, maybe there is a wrapper layout that comes with ConstraintLayout and allows to group objects without creating heavy layouts like RelativeLayout ? ConstraintLayout Chains Android developers recently released a new version of ConstraintLayout ( 1.0.2 as of today). This version

How to vertically align and center objects in constraint layout? It is possible to align vertically or horizontally but I have not found a way to center at the same time beside constraining the views between two gridlines. Vertical Align Center: It seems like centering is a huge problem with constraint layout which forces me to go back to relative layout for "centerInParent", "centerVertical", and "centerHorizontal". I would like to create the layout boxed in red using constraint layout: Unfortunately, the only way I found without using two gridlines is with nested Relative and LinearLayouts

UPDATE JULY 2018: If you are using ConstraintLayout 1.1.0 , the correct property to use is app:layout_constrainedWidth="true" in place of the old app:layout_constraintWidth_default="wrap" (and the height counterpart). See updated answer. UPDATE NOVEMBER 2017: If you are using ConstraintLayout 1.0.0 stable (or above) (1.0.2 at this time), see the updated Answer for a simpler solution without the need to nest layouts. Original Question: Using ConstraintLayouts-Beta3 released on Nov 3rd 2016. ( source ) I'm trying to do the following: | | |<-[TextView]<->[ImageView] -----------> | | | Which I

Is it possible to achieve negative margin on constraint layout to achieve overlap? I am trying to have a image centered on the layout and have a Text view such that it overlaps a by x dp. I tried setting negative margin value but no luck. It would be great if there is a way to achieve this. Although it doesn't appear that negative margins will be supported in ConstraintLayout , there is a way to accomplish the effect using the tools that are available and supported. Here is an image where the image title is overlapped 22dp from the bottom of the image - effectively a -22dp margin: This was