Listview Height issue inside ScrollView in Android

Question

I am using ListView inside ScrollView in Android. So, as we all know, It will occur height issue. For that, I am setting ListView size using below code :

public static void getListViewSize(ListView myListView, Context context) {
        ListAdapter myListAdapter = myListView.getAdapter();

        if (myListAdapter == null) {
            return;
        }

        int totalHeight = 0;
        for (int size = 0; size < myListAdapter.getCount(); size++) {

            View listItem = myListAdapter.getView(size, null, myListView);
            if (listItem instanceof ViewGroup)
                listItem.setLayoutParams(new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
                        RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
                        RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));

            WindowManager wm = (WindowManager) context
                    .getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE);
            Display display = wm.getDefaultDisplay();
            @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
            int screenWidth = display.getWidth();
            int listViewWidth = screenWidth - 65;
            int widthSpec = MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(listViewWidth,
                    MeasureSpec.AT_MOST);
            listItem.measure(widthSpec, 0);

            totalHeight += listItem.getMeasuredHeight();
        }

        ViewGroup.LayoutParams params = myListView.getLayoutParams();
        params.height = totalHeight
                + (myListView.getDividerHeight() * (myListAdapter.getCount() - 1));
        myListView.setLayoutParams(params);
        myListView.requestLayout();
    }

Xml :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="@color/white" >

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical" >

        <ListView
            android:id="@+id/lvHomeStream"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:divider="#b5b5b5"
            android:dividerHeight="1dp" >
        </ListView>

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/tvMoreRecords"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginBottom="15dp"
            android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
            android:background="@drawable/list"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:paddingBottom="5dp"
            android:paddingTop="5dp"
            android:text="@string/viewmore"
            android:textColor="@color/blue"
            android:textSize="16sp" />
    </LinearLayout>

</ScrollView>

It works fine if height of each ListView item is same. But, if height of each ListView item is unusual, then it leave extra big space between ListView end boundary and TextView.

Please help me to solve this issue.

Answer 1

As Dev Carlsberg suggested DONT USE ListView inside ScrollView you can change the xml to this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@android:color/background_light" >

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tvMoreRecords"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_marginBottom="15dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:background="@drawable/list"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:paddingBottom="5dp"
        android:paddingTop="5dp"
        android:text="@string/viewmore"
        android:textColor="@color/blue"
        android:textSize="16sp" />

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/lvHomeStream"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:divider="#b5b5b5"
        android:dividerHeight="1dp" >
    </ListView>

</RelativeLayout>

or alternatively you may find the

Android ListView with Load More Button

Android - ListView to load more items when reached end

Hope it helps :)