Maintain scroll position when adding to ListView with reverse endless-scrolling

Question

I am building a chat-like Android application, similar to Hangouts. For this purpose I am using a vertical ListView with stackFromBottom=true and transcriptMo

Answer 1

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I think I've found your issue. I replicated your described use cases by using a standalone list as the only view in XML:

I fixed the problem to follow your desired use cases by nesting the layout in a parent layout: