How to show a title to a ListView

[Claudinei Junior]

Hello,

I'm trying to show a TextView in the top of a screen and, below the TextView, I want to show a ListView.

My layout is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent">

	<TextView android:id="@+id/textViewCategoriesTitle"
   	    	  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    	      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         	  android:text="@string/categoriesTitle"
         	  android:background="#123"
         	  android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
         	  android:textSize="30sp" />
			
    <ListView android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    		  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    		  android:id="@+id/listViewCategories"
    		  android:layout_gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal" />
			    		  
</LinearLayout>

The only view that is being shown is the TextView. The ListView does not appear.

If I remove the TextView entry from the XML, the ListView appears.

Does anyone have an ideia of what I can do to show the TextView and the ListView?

Thanks in advance,
Best Regards

[Anuj Prashar]

Just add this line in LinearLayout for orientation

android:orientation="vertical"

After adding this line ListView will show along with TextView

[Claudinei Junior]

It worked!

Thanks a lot.

I'm just wondering why it worked - I mean: the vertical orientation is the "default" - why did I have to declare it explicity to work?

Thanks in advance,
Best Regards.

[Anuj Prashar]

I'm just wondering why it worked - I mean: the vertical orientation is the "default" - why did I have to declare it explicity to work?

Default orientation is horizontal.

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