Android support v4 SwipeRefreshLayout empty view issue

Question

SwipeRefresh is not working after setting an empty view for listview which is the only child of a SwipeRefresh layout. How to solve this issue?

Answer 1

The problem for me was that when the empty view was visible then the refreshing circle wasn't shown although the refreshing method worked. For me this code worked, I hope it helps.

• the xml layout:

• the custom SwipeRefreshLayout:

  package misc;
  
  import android.content.Context;
  import android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout;
  import android.widget.ListView;
  
  public class CustomSwipeRefreshLayout extends SwipeRefreshLayout {
      private ListView mListView;
  
      public CustomSwipeRefreshLayout(Context context) {
          super(context);
      }
  
      public void setListView(ListView listView) {
          mListView = listView;
      }
  
      @Override
      public boolean canChildScrollUp() {
          if (mListView == null) {
              return true;
          }
  
          return mListView.canScrollVertically(-1);
      }
  }
  

• and in my Fragment where I use the layout I only set the swipe to refresh layout in this way:

  mSwipeRefreshLayout.setListView(mListView);
  

• the ListView's empty view is set in this way:

  TextView emptyView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.empty_view);
  emptyView.setText("No data");
  mListView.setEmptyView(emptyView);
  

I hope it helps.