[android help] Android: setContentView taking up the entire screen

Android: setContentView taking up the entire screen

I have the following code in an activity that receives a string from the main activity:

    String message = intent.getStringExtra(MainActivity.EXTRA_MESSAGE);
            TextView textView = new TextView(this);
    textView.setTextSize(20);
    textView.setText(message);
    // Set the text view as the activity layout
    setContentView(textView);

I want to add an image below the textView:

    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

                  android:text="@+id/textView"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            />

                android:id="@+id/imageView2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:src="@drawable/serious" />    

With the line setContentView, the textview takes up the entire screen. Without the line, the image is displayed, but the string says "false". Any idea?

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