diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/performance/ua/performancelab/CanvasApiView.java b/app/src/main/java/com/performance/ua/performancelab/CanvasApiView.java
index df5c55d..40350dd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/performance/ua/performancelab/CanvasApiView.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/performance/ua/performancelab/CanvasApiView.java
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
             // Each card is laid out a little to the right of the previous one.
             myPaint.setColor(Color.RED / (i + 1));
             myPaint.setStrokeWidth(10);
+            if (i != N-1) {
+                canvas.clipRect(MARGIN + i * shift, MARGIN, SIZE + i * shift, SIZE);
+            }
             canvas.drawRect(MARGIN + i * shift, MARGIN, SIZE + i * shift, SIZE, myPaint);
         }
         // Invalidate the whole view. Doing this calls onDraw() if the view is visible.
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/backgrounds_layout.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/backgrounds_layout.xml
index 031a411..d36753e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/backgrounds_layout.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/backgrounds_layout.xml
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@
 <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="match_parent"
-    android:background="@android:color/white">
+    >
 
     <TextView
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:text="@string/backgrounds_title"
-        android:background="@android:color/white"/>
+        />
 
     <ListView
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="match_parent"
         android:id="@+id/backgrounds_list"
-        android:background="@android:color/white"/>
+        />
 
 </LinearLayout>
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diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/hierarchy_layout.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/hierarchy_layout.xml
index 94440c0..aef7e5a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/hierarchy_layout.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/hierarchy_layout.xml
@@ -1,38 +1,32 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
-    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-    android:orientation="vertical">
-
-    <!-- Version 1. Uses nested LinearLayouts -->
-    <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-        android:layout_width="match_parent"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
-        android:orientation="horizontal">
+    android:layout_height="wrap_content">
 
         <ImageView
             android:id="@+id/chat_author_avatar1"
             android:layout_width="@dimen/avatar_dimen"
             android:layout_height="@dimen/avatar_dimen"
             android:layout_margin="@dimen/avatar_layout_margin"
-            android:src="@mipmap/ic_launcher" />
-
-        <LinearLayout
-            android:layout_width="match_parent"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:orientation="vertical">
+            android:src="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
+            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
+            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
+            />
 
             <TextView
+                android:id="@+id/text_line_top"
                 android:layout_width="match_parent"
                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-                android:text="@string/line1_text" />
+                android:text="@string/line1_text"
+                android:layout_toRightOf="@id/chat_author_avatar1"
+                />
 
             <TextView
                 android:layout_width="match_parent"
                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-                android:text="@string/line2_text" />
-        </LinearLayout>
-    </LinearLayout>
+                android:text="@string/line2_text"
+                android:layout_alignLeft="@id/text_line_top"
+                android:layout_below="@id/text_line_top"
+                />
 
-</LinearLayout>
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+</RelativeLayout>
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