Merging TextView Above ImageView in a <merge> xml file android
<p>In my application, i want the text to appear above the image view with padding 2 dp. But when i run the program the textview overlay the image. How can i make the image appear 2dp below textview using &lt; merge > </p>

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<pre><code>&lt;ImageView

    android:id="@+id/item_image"

    android:layout_width="253dp"

    android:layout_height="240dp"

    android:layout_gravity="center"

    android:scaleType="fitXY"

    android:src="@drawable/one_louisrossi" /&gt;



    &lt;TextView

        android:id="@+id/title"

        android:layout_width="fill_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_marginLeft="@dimen/fourty_eight"

        android:layout_weight="1.30"

        android:gravity="center_horizontal"

        android:text="xxxxxx"

        android:textColor="@color/white"

        android:textSize="@dimen/eighteen"

        android:textStyle="bold" /&gt;
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