Designing a customized xml view for my android activity

Question

I am very new to xml codings. I normally use android's graphical layout tools to design my views. But now I am facing problems designing the customized xml views. Below is an image of the design I'd like. Please suggest how can i design that. The space in between the different boxes also needs to be considered. If you can provide some xml code for this, it will be very helpful to me.

Answer 1

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:orientation="vertical"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent">
    <ScrollView android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/scrollView1" android:layout_width="match_parent">
        <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/linearLayout1" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent">
            <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="My Text View" android:id="@+id/textView1" android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"></TextView>


        </LinearLayout>
    </ScrollView>
    <LinearLayout android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/linearLayout2" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:orientation="horizontal">
    <LinearLayout android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/linearLayout3" android:layout_weight="1" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:orientation="vertical">
        <ImageButton android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/imageButton1" android:src="@drawable/icon" android:layout_width="fill_parent"></ImageButton>
        <ImageView android:id="@+id/imageView1" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/icon" android:layout_width="fill_parent"></ImageView>
    </LinearLayout>
    <EditText android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_weight="1" android:text="abcdef" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/editText1" android:inputType="textMultiLine">
        <requestFocus></requestFocus>
    </EditText>
    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

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