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

Why not just check the position of the item relative to the size of your list:

Padding:

 public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
    {
         //recycle views and whatever else you normally would do goes here..
         //...
         //...

         if (position == 0){
            convertView.setPadding(0, 10, 0, 0); //padding on top for top item
         }
         else if (position == getCount() - 1){
            convertView.setPadding(0, 0, 0, 10); //padding on bottom for bottom item
         }
         else{
            convertView.setPadding(0, 0, 0, 0); //no padding
         }
}

For margins use

LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
lp.setMargins(left, top, right, bottom);
convertView.setLayoutParams(lp);

Ex:

public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
    {
             //recycle views and whatever else you normally would do goes here..
             //...
             //...
             LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,        LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
             if (position == 0){
                 lp.setMargins(0, 10, 0, 0); //margin on top for top item
             }
             else if (position == getCount() - 1){
                lp.setMargins(0, 10, 0, 10); //margin on bottom for bottom item
             }
             else{
                lp.setMargins(0, 0, 0, 0); //no margin
             }
             convertView.setLayoutParams(lp);
    }

this is provided you've implemented the getCount() method properly for your adapter.