Why is my Android navigation drawer opening too wide? -

i had rather basic navigation drawer working pretty -- simple listview. need title above selectable items, (see below) modified xml drawer relativelayout containing textview title , listview items.

what resulted quite strange. though have specified width 3 (relativelayout, textview , listview) 240dp, width of listview when represented entire drawer's xml, looks (ignore volume control - didn't see pop up). notice listview 240 dp wide, red background i've assigned going way right.

here's xml first screen. relevant drawer xml @ bottom.

<android.support.v4.widget.drawerlayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/drawer_layout" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent"> <!-- main content view -->  <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"     android:paddingbottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"     android:paddingleft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"     android:paddingright="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"     android:paddingtop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"     android:background="@drawable/ail_background_gradient"     tools:context="com.allinlearning.assist_android.homescreenactivityfragment">      <imageview         android:id="@+id/imgviewlogo"         android:src="@drawable/ail_logo"         android:layout_margin="10dp"         android:layout_width="90dp"         android:layout_height="90dp"         android:scaletype="fitxy"         android:layout_alignparenttop="true"         android:layout_centerhorizontal="true" />      <textview         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:textappearance="?android:attr/textappearancelarge"         android:text="all in learning"         android:id="@+id/textviewlogo"         android:layout_margin="10dp"         android:layout_below="@+id/imgviewlogo"         android:layout_centerhorizontal="true"         android:textsize="@dimen/font_size26"         android:textstyle="bold" />      <imagebutton         android:id="@+id/imgbtngradeassessment"         android:src="@drawable/grade_assessment"         android:layout_width="100dp"         android:layout_height="95dp"         android:scaletype="fitxy"         android:layout_centervertical="true"         android:layout_toleftof="@+id/textviewgradeassessment"         android:layout_tostartof="@+id/textviewgradeassessment" />      <textview         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:textappearance="?android:attr/textappearancelarge"         android:text="grade"         android:id="@+id/textviewgradeassessment"         android:textcolor="@color/white"         android:textsize="@dimen/font_size28"         android:layout_centervertical="true"         android:layout_alignright="@+id/imgviewlogo"         android:layout_alignend="@+id/imgviewlogo" />      <imagebutton         android:id="@+id/imgbtnprivatedata"         android:src="@drawable/two_clickers"         android:layout_width="100dp"         android:layout_height="95dp"         android:scaletype="fitxy"         android:layout_below="@+id/imgbtngradeassessment"         android:layout_alignleft="@+id/imgbtngradeassessment"         android:layout_alignstart="@+id/imgbtngradeassessment" />       <textview         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:textappearance="?android:attr/textappearancelarge"         android:text="private data"         android:id="@+id/textviewprivatedata"         android:textcolor="@color/white"         android:textsize="@dimen/font_size28"         android:layout_alignbottom="@+id/imgbtnprivatedata"         android:layout_torightof="@+id/imgbtnprivatedata"         android:layout_toendof="@+id/imgbtnprivatedata"         android:layout_marginbottom="40dp" />  </relativelayout>  <!-- navigation drawer --> <linearlayout android:id="@+id/left_drawer"     android:orientation="vertical"     android:background="@color/red"     android:layout_width="240dp"     android:layout_height="wrap_content">      <textview         android:layout_width="240dp"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:textappearance="?android:attr/textappearancelarge"         android:text="i title"         android:id="@+id/tvdrawertitle"         android:layout_margin="10dp"         android:layout_centerhorizontal="true"         android:textsize="@dimen/font_size26"         android:textstyle="bold"         android:textalignment="center"         android:textcolor="@color/black" />      <listview         android:id="@+id/lvdraweritems"         android:layout_width="240dp"         android:layout_height="match_parent"         android:layout_gravity="left"         android:choicemode="singlechoice"         android:divider="@android:color/transparent"         android:dividerheight="0dp"         android:background="@color/white" />  </linearlayout>  </android.support.v4.widget.drawerlayout> 

the layout_gravity attribute determines child view acts drawer in drawerlayout. currently, neither of direct children of drawerlayout has attribute set, both filling it, linearlayout on top, covering content relativelayout.

move android:layout_gravity="left" listview linearlayout.