android layout with fragment breaks when toolbar is there

Question

Couldn't find a more appropriate title but my problem is the following. I have a LinearLayout that contains another LinearLayout and a fragment. I also want to add the toolbar but when I do so, then I only see the toolbar and the other screen is just white.

Here is the layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    tools:context="xeniasis.mymarket.MainActivity">

    <include
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        layout="@layout/toolbar" />

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:baselineAligned="false"
        android:weightSum="4">

        <LinearLayout
            android:id="@+id/categories_layout"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:paddingRight="20dp">

            <ExpandableListView
                android:id="@+id/categories_listView"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="match_parent" />
        </LinearLayout>

        <fragment
            android:id="@+id/mainPane"
            android:name="xeniasis.mymarket.Products"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="3"
            tools:layout="@layout/activity_main" />
    </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Toolbar:

<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
    android:elevation="4dp"
    android:padding="5dp"
    android:theme="@style/ToolbarTheme" />

And the fragment layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context="xeniasis.mymarket.MainActivity">

    <android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:id="@+id/main_content"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

        <android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            android:id="@+id/swipeRefreshContainer"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
            android:paddingLeft="8dp"
            android:paddingRight="8dp"
            android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin">

            <GridView
                android:id="@+id/productsGridview"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
                android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
                android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
                android:numColumns="3"></GridView>

        </android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout>

        <android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
            android:id="@+id/settings"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="bottom|start"
            android:layout_margin="8dp"
            android:clickable="true"
            android:elevation="5dp"
            android:src="@android:drawable/ic_menu_search" />
    </android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
</LinearLayout>

This only happens when I have a fragment , cause I previously had the same xml with a static layout where the fragment is now.

Answer 1

The problem is that you used a LinearLayout with

android:orientation="horizontal"

and since the toolbar has match_parent as width it occupies all the screen. Try to use

android:orientation="vertical" 

in the root layout