title: Unable to place view below RecyclerView
body: <p>I'm having trouble placing an <code>Adview</code> below a <code>RecyclerView</code>. Currently the <code>RecyclerView</code> is taking up the rest of the layout and the <code>Adview</code> isn't being shown. None of the solutions I have found online have solved my issue. Usually <code>layout_weight</code> or <code>layout_below</code> solves the problem but it isn't in this case. </p>
  
  <p>XML</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;RelativeLayout 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"
      xmlns:ads="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
      tools:context=".MainActivity"&gt;
  
      &lt;RelativeLayout
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="match_parent"
          android:background="#7c7c7c"
          android:focusable="true"
          android:focusableInTouchMode="true"&gt;
  
  
          &lt;android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
              android:id="@+id/recycler_view"
              android:layout_width="match_parent"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:layout_below="@+id/relContainer"
              android:background="@drawable/bordershadow2"
              android:paddingBottom="17dp"
              android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
              android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
              android:paddingTop="10dp" /&gt;
  
  
          &lt;com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView
              android:id="@+id/adView"
              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:layout_below="@+id/recycler_view"
              ads:adSize="BANNER"
              ads:adUnitId="ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/6300978111"&gt;
          &lt;/com.google.android.gms.ads.AdView&gt;
  
          &lt;RelativeLayout
              android:id="@+id/relContainer"
              android:layout_width="wrap_content"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:background="@drawable/bordershadow"
              android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
              android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
              android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"&gt;
  
             &lt;TableLayout
                  android:id="@+id/purchaseTableLayout"
                  android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                  android:paddingBottom="7dp"
                  android:paddingTop="7dp"
                  android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
                  android:stretchColumns="0,1,2"&gt;
  
                  &lt;TableRow
                      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                      android:weightSum="3"&gt;
  
                      &lt;TextView
                          android:id="@+id/textView1"
                          android:layout_width="0dp"
                          android:layout_height="match_parent"
                          android:layout_weight="1"
                          android:gravity="center_vertical"
                          android:paddingLeft="2dp"
                          android:singleLine="true"
                          android:textColor="#000"
                          android:textSize="24sp"
                          android:textStyle="bold" /&gt;
  
                      &lt;TextView
                          android:id="@+id/textView2"
                          android:layout_width="0dp"
                          android:layout_height="match_parent"
                          android:layout_weight="1"
                          android:gravity="center_vertical"
                          android:paddingLeft="2dp"
                          android:singleLine="true"
                          android:textColor="#000"
                          android:textSize="24sp"
                          android:textStyle="bold" /&gt;
  
                      &lt;Spinner
                          android:id="@+id/typeSpinner"
                          style="style/Theme.Material"
                          android:layout_width="0dp"
                          android:layout_height="match_parent"
                          android:layout_weight="1"
                          android:gravity="center_vertical"
                          android:entries="@array/type_array"
                          android:textSize="@dimen/title_size" /&gt;
                  &lt;/TableRow&gt;
              &lt;/TableLayout&gt;
  
              &lt;EditText
                  android:id="@+id/searchEditText"
                  android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                  android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
                  android:layout_below="@+id/purchaseTableLayout"
                  android:digits="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'() "
                  android:hint="Search"
                  android:imeOptions="actionDone"
                  android:singleLine="true" /&gt;
  
              &lt;TableLayout
                  android:id="@+id/tableLayout"
                  android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                  android:layout_below="@+id/searchEditText"
                  android:paddingBottom="7dp"
                  android:paddingTop="7dp"
                  android:stretchColumns="0,1,2"&gt;
  
                  &lt;TableRow
                      android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                      android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                      android:weightSum="3.0"&gt;
  
                      &lt;Spinner
                          android:id="@+id/sortRaceSpinner"
                          style="style/Theme.Material"
                          android:paddingTop="5dp"
                          android:paddingBottom="10dp"
                          android:layout_width="0dp"
                          android:layout_height="match_parent"
                          android:layout_weight="1.0"
                          android:entries="@array/sort_race_array"
                          android:textSize="@dimen/title_size" /&gt;
  
                      &lt;Spinner
                          android:id="@+id/sortAffinitySpinner"
                          style="style/Theme.Material"
                          android:paddingTop="5dp"
                          android:paddingBottom="10dp"
                          android:layout_width="0dp"
                          android:layout_height="match_parent"
                          android:layout_weight="1.0"
                          android:entries="@array/sort_affinity_array"
                          android:textSize="@dimen/title_size" /&gt;
  
                      &lt;Spinner
                          android:id="@+id/sortSpinner"
                          style="style/Theme.Material"
                          android:paddingTop="5dp"
                          android:paddingBottom="10dp"
                          android:layout_width="0dp"
                          android:layout_height="match_parent"
                          android:layout_weight="1.0"
                          android:entries="@array/sort_array"
                          android:textSize="@dimen/title_size" /&gt;
                  &lt;/TableRow&gt;
              &lt;/TableLayout&gt;
          &lt;/RelativeLayout&gt;
      &lt;/RelativeLayout&gt;
  &lt;/RelativeLayout&gt;
  </code></pre>