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I have a recyclerView (Shimmer RecyclerView) and a fab. I need to display a description for my fab but when I place a textView in the xml file, the textView is displayed behind the recyclerView while I need it on top of the recyclerView. Any idea how to achieve the disired result?

My code:

<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="match_parent">

 <android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
 android:layout_width="60dp"
 android:layout_height="60dp"
 android:layout_gravity="bottom|left"
 android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
 android:layout_marginBottom="10dp" />

 <TextView
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_gravity="bottom|left"
 android:layout_marginLeft="80dp"
 android:layout_marginBottom="21dp"
 android:background="@drawable/dark_gray_rounded"
 android:gravity="center"
 android:padding="10dp"
 android:text="someText"
 android:textColor="@color/white" />

 <com.cooltechworks.views.shimmer.ShimmerRecyclerView xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="match_parent"
 android:clipToPadding="false"
 android:paddingTop="15dp"
 app:shimmer_demo_angle="35"
 app:shimmer_demo_child_count="10"
 app:shimmer_demo_layout_manager_type="linear_vertical"
 app:shimmer_demo_reverse_animation="true" />
 </android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

CoordinatorLayout extends from FrameLayout, so the child Views are stacked each on top of the previous one (with the FloatingActionButton as an exception because this View specifically is managed by the CoordinatorLayout).

So you need to swap the TextView and the RecyclerView to achieve the desired effect (at least it works with a "normal" RecyclerView)

<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="match_parent">

 <android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
 android:layout_width="60dp"
 android:layout_height="60dp"
 android:layout_gravity="bottom|left"
 android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
 android:layout_marginBottom="10dp" />

 <com.cooltechworks.views.shimmer.ShimmerRecyclerView xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="match_parent"
 android:clipToPadding="false"
 android:paddingTop="15dp"
 app:shimmer_demo_angle="35"
 app:shimmer_demo_child_count="10"
 app:shimmer_demo_layout_manager_type="linear_vertical"
 app:shimmer_demo_reverse_animation="true" />

 <TextView
 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_gravity="bottom|left"
 android:layout_marginLeft="80dp"
 android:layout_marginBottom="21dp"
 android:background="@drawable/dark_gray_rounded"
 android:gravity="center"
 android:padding="10dp"
 android:text="someText"
 android:textColor="@color/white" />
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

Try this:

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

<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
 android:layout_width="60dp"
 android:layout_height="60dp"
 android:layout_gravity="bottom|left"
 android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
 android:layout_marginBottom="10dp" />

<com.cooltechworks.views.shimmer.ShimmerRecyclerView xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="match_parent"
 android:clipToPadding="false"
 android:paddingTop="15dp"
 app:shimmer_demo_angle="35"
 app:shimmer_demo_child_count="10"
 app:shimmer_demo_layout_manager_type="linear_vertical"
 app:shimmer_demo_reverse_animation="true"/>

<TextView
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:layout_gravity="bottom|left"
 android:layout_marginLeft="80dp"
 android:layout_marginBottom="21dp"
 android:background="@drawable/dark_gray_rounded"
 android:gravity="center"
 android:padding="10dp"
 android:text="someText"
 android:textColor="@color/white" />

I have tried this. It works same as you wish in question. I Hope this work for you.

organise your fab and textView in a separate layout, and include that in your coordinatorLayout