Im using this cardview (blue) and another one in an recyclerview to display messages sent and received.
But the cardview (blue) goes over the whole width as you can see int the picture and I cant stop it.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="5dp"
android:maxWidth="200dp"
app:cardBackgroundColor="#147EFB"
app:cardCornerRadius="25dp"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/OutgoingSender"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="15dp"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="90dp"
android:text="No sender available"
android:textColor="#FFFFFFFF"
android:textStyle="bold"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@+id/OutgoingDate"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/OutgoingDate"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="15dp"
android:text="No date"
android:textColor="#FFFFFFFF"
android:textStyle="italic"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/OutgoingContent"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="6dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="15dp"
android:text="No message content available"
android:textColor="#FFFFFFFF"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="@+id/OutgoingSender"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/OutgoingSender" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
I tried to change the root elements width, and to restrict the maxWidth of the cardview but neither helped.