Aligning textviews

I am developing an android app whose relative layout is given below.

Here is an imgur link to how the app shows on screen: http://imgur.com/c4rNJ. I would like 'Text 1' to appear right above 'a lazy fox ..'. Hope that helps clarify what I wish to accomplish.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

    <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:background="@color/white">

    <TextView android:id="@+id/text1" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_marginLeft="0dip"


        android:textColor="@color/black" android:text="Text 1" android:lines="1"
        android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:ellipsize="end" />

    <Button android:id="@+id/checkBox" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:drawableRight="@drawable/checkbox_unchecked_30"
        android:layout_below="@+id/text1" android:background="@color/white" />

    <TextView android:id="@+id/text2" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/checkBox"
        android:layout_alignTop="@+id/checkBox" android:layout_below="@+id/text1"


        android:textColor="@color/blac开发者_运维知识库k" android:text="a lazy fox jumped over the dam and said help"

        android:lines="1" android:scrollHorizontally="true" android:ellipsize="end" />

    <TextView android:id="@+id/text3" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/checkBox"
        android:layout_below="@+id/text2" android:textColor="@color/black"
        android:text="Text 3" />

    <TextView android:id="@+id/text4" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_below="@+id/text2"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/text3" android:textColor="@color/black"
        android:text="Text 4" />

    <TextView android:id="@+id/text5" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_below="@+id/text2"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/text4" android:textColor="@color/black"
        android:text="Text 5" />

</RelativeLayout>

I want "Text 1" to appear right above the text that starts off with "a lazy fox...". Right now 'Text 1' appears above the checkbox. I am not sure how to achieve the above. I have tried various things but nothing seems to be working. What should I be doing to achieve the desired layout?

You need to add layout_alightLeft attribute to your text1:

<TextView android:id="@+id/text1" 
    android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/text2"
    ...
/>

Full layout file:

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

    <TextView android:id="@+id/text1" 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_marginLeft="0dip"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/text2"
        android:text="Text 1"
        android:lines="1"
        android:scrollHorizontally="true" 
        android:ellipsize="end" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/checkBox" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"        
        android:layout_below="@+id/text1"
        android:text="button"  />

    <TextView 
        android:id="@+id/text2" 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/checkBox"
        android:layout_alignTop="@+id/checkBox" 
        android:layout_below="@+id/text1"         
        android:text="a lazy fox jumped over the dam and said help"
        android:lines="1" 
        android:scrollHorizontally="true"
         android:ellipsize="end" />

    <TextView 
        android:id="@+id/text3" 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/checkBox"
        android:layout_below="@+id/text2"        
        android:text="Text 3" />

    <TextView 
        android:id="@+id/text4" 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_below="@+id/text2"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/text3"        
        android:text="Text 4" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/text5"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/text2"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/text4"        
        android:text="Text 5" />

</RelativeLayout>

I was targeting Android 1.5 in which forward references do not work in RelativeLayout. Forward references were first implemented in Android 1.6 (See: http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/ui-1.6.html) and hence any of the suggested solutions by others were not working.

If I understand your requirement correctly, you want the "Text1" to show up right above/aligned with "a lazy fox...".

Try changing the definition of the first TextView to this (notice the last attribute):

    <TextView
    android:id="@+id/text1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginLeft="0dip"
    android:textColor="@color/black"
    android:text="Text 1"
    android:lines="1"
    android:scrollHorizontally="true"
    android:ellipsize="end"
    android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/text2" />

EDIT: Here's the full layout file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:background="@android:color/white">

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/text1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginLeft="0dip"
    android:textColor="@android:color/black"
    android:text="Text 1"
    android:lines="1"
    android:scrollHorizontally="true"
    android:ellipsize="end"
    android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/text2" />

<Button
    android:id="@+id/checkBox"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_below="@+id/text1"
    android:drawableRight="@drawable/checkbox_unchecked_30"
    android:background="@android:color/white" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/text2"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/checkBox"
    android:layout_alignTop="@+id/checkBox"
    android:layout_below="@+id/text1"


    android:textColor="@android:color/black"
    android:text="a lazy fox jumped over the dam and said help"

    android:lines="1"
    android:scrollHorizontally="true"
    android:ellipsize="end" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/text3"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/checkBox"
    android:layout_below="@+id/text2"
    android:textColor="@android:color/black"
    android:text="Text 3" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/text4"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_below="@+id/text2"
    android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/text3"
    android:textColor="@android:color/black"
    android:text="Text 4" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/text5"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_below="@+id/text2"
    android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/text4"
    android:textColor="@android:color/black"
    android:text="Text 5" />
</RelativeLayout>

I think you should add android: layout_below="@id/editText2" to text1