Android list view inside a scroll view

Question

I have an android layout which has a scrollView with a number of elements with in it. At the bottom of the scrollView I have a listView

Answer 1

As others had already mentioned, don't use ListView inside a ScrollView.

To workaround, you can use a LinearLayout, but to still keep things neat - populate your LinearLayout with an Adapter, same as you do with a ListView

You can use this class as a LinearLayout replacement that supports Adapters

import android.content.Context;
import android.database.DataSetObserver;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.BaseAdapter;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;

public class AdaptableLinearLayout extends LinearLayout {

private BaseAdapter mAdapter;

private int mItemCount = 0;

private boolean mDisableChildrenWhenDisabled = false;

private int mWidthMeasureSpec;
private int mHeightMeasureSpec;


public AdaptableLinearLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    super(context, attrs);
    // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
}

public BaseAdapter getAdapter() {
    return mAdapter;
}

public void setAdapter(BaseAdapter adapter) {
    mAdapter = adapter;
    adapter.registerDataSetObserver(new DataSetObserver() {
        @Override
        public void onChanged() {
            updateLayout();
            super.onChanged();
        }

        @Override
        public void onInvalidated() {
            updateLayout();
            super.onInvalidated();
        }
    });
    updateLayout();
}

private void updateLayout() {
    mItemCount = mAdapter.getCount();
    requestLayout();
    invalidate();
}

/**
 * set size for the current View
 */
@Override
protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
    super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
    mWidthMeasureSpec = widthMeasureSpec;
    mHeightMeasureSpec = heightMeasureSpec;

    removeAllViewsInLayout();
    for (int i = 0; i < mItemCount; i++) {
        makeAndAddView(i);
    }
}

private View makeAndAddView(int position) {
    View child;

    // Nothing found in the recycler -- ask the adapter for a view
    child = mAdapter.getView(position, null, this);

    // Position the view
    setUpChild(child, position);

    return child;

}

private void setUpChild(View child, int position) {

    ViewGroup.LayoutParams lp = child.getLayoutParams();
    if (lp == null) {
        lp = generateDefaultLayoutParams();
    }
    addViewInLayout(child, position, lp);

    // Get measure specs
    int childHeightSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(mHeightMeasureSpec, getPaddingTop() + getPaddingBottom(), lp.height);
    int childWidthSpec = ViewGroup.getChildMeasureSpec(mWidthMeasureSpec, getPaddingLeft() + getPaddingRight(), lp.width);

    // Measure child
    child.measure(childWidthSpec, childHeightSpec);

    int childLeft;
    int childRight;

    // Position vertically based on gravity setting
    int childTop = getPaddingTop() + ((getMeasuredHeight() - getPaddingBottom() - getPaddingTop() - child.getMeasuredHeight()) / 2);
    int childBottom = childTop + child.getMeasuredHeight();

    int width = child.getMeasuredWidth();
    childLeft = 0;
    childRight = childLeft + width;

    child.layout(childLeft, childTop, childRight, childBottom);

    if (mDisableChildrenWhenDisabled) {
        child.setEnabled(isEnabled());
    }
}
}