Android ListView padding for content without moving ListView height?

Question

I have a ListView with a bunch of items inside it. How do I make the top and bottom items have a top margin of 10dp for top item and bottom margin of 10dp for bottom item? Now I

Answer 1

You can get space at the top and bottom of your ListView, inside the scrolling region, by using headers and footers. Here's a quick example:

Define your filler view, which I named header_footer.xml:

Now your onCreate method looks like this, assuming you named your ListView listView:

    final LayoutInflater inflater = 
        (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
    final View headerFooter = inflater.inflate(R.layout.header_footer, null);
    listView.addFooterView(headerFooter);
    listView.addHeaderView(headerFooter);

And then set your adapter.