How to always show scrollbar

Question

The scrollbar in my scrollview is only visible when I start scrolling. How can I always show it?

Answer 1

There are 2 ways:

• from Java code: ScrollView.setScrollbarFadingEnabled(false);
• from XML code: android:fadeScrollbars="false"

Simple as that!

Answer 2

Style your scroll bar Visibility, Color and Thickness like this:

<ScrollView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="@color/recycler_bg"

        <!--Show Scroll Bar-->
        android:fadeScrollbars="false"
        android:scrollbarAlwaysDrawVerticalTrack="true"
        android:scrollbarFadeDuration="50000"

        <!--Scroll Bar thickness-->
        android:scrollbarSize="4dp"

        <!--Scroll Bar Color-->
        android:scrollbarThumbVertical="@color/colorSecondaryText"/>

Hope it help save some time.