I have an imageView with an image, over that image I want to place a text. How can I achieve that?


That is how I did it and it worked exactly as you asked for inside a RelativeLayout:

<RelativeLayout 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/relativelayout"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/myImageView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:src="@drawable/myImageSouce" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/myImageViewText"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@id/myImageView"
        android:layout_alignTop="@id/myImageView"
        android:layout_alignRight="@id/myImageView"
        android:layout_alignBottom="@id/myImageView"
        android:layout_margin="1dp"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="Hello"
        android:textColor="#000000" />

</RelativeLayout>

You may want to take if from a diffrent side: It seems easier to have a TextView with a drawable on the background:

 <TextView
            android:id="@+id/text"
            android:background="@drawable/rounded_rectangle"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        </TextView>