I put together my own test scaffold activity to use this row:

[sourcecode lang="java"]
public class DiagnosticDemo extends ListActivity {
String[] items={“lorem”, “ipsum”, “dolor”};
static int ROW_TO_TEST=R.layout.row_original;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setListAdapter(new TestAdapter(this));
}

class TestAdapter extends ArrayAdapter {
Activity context;

TestAdapter(Activity context) {
super(context, ROW_TO_TEST, items);

this.context=context;
}

public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
LayoutInflater inflater=context.getLayoutInflater();
View row=inflater.inflate(ROW_TO_TEST, null);

return(row);
}
}
}
[/sourcecode]

That gave me the following visual result:

Since that seemed to line up with what the author was getting, I felt I had reproduced the problem, and set about getting it to work. This eventually took 13 different test layouts. Since this post would be a mile long if I documented each and every one of them, I’ll pick out the highlights.

First, I added background colors, so we could better see what widget is taking up what space on-screen:

[sourcecode lang="xml"]

android:layout_width=”fill_parent”
android:layout_height=”wrap_content”
android:background=”#880000″
>
android:layout_centerVertical=”true”
android:layout_alignParentLeft=”true”
android:text=”Left Center”
android:layout_width=”wrap_content”
android:layout_height=”wrap_content”
android:background=”#008800″
/>