How do I remove lines between ListViews on Android?

Question

I'm using two ListViews like this:

<ListView
   android:id="@+id/ListView"
   android:text="@string/Website"
   android:layout_height="30px"
   android:layout_width="150px"
   android:scrollbars="none"
   android:transcriptMode="normal"/>
<ListView
   android:id="@+id/ListView1"
   android:text="@string/Website"
   android:layout_height="30px"
   android:layout_width="150px"
   android:scrollbars="none"
   android:transcriptMode="normal"/>

There is one blank line between the two ListViews. How do I remove it?

Do you have two separate ListViews showing different lists or do you mean you have a line between items in your ListView? — David Webb, Dec 16 '09 at 13:03
Is it "blank" or "black" line? Since the question got edited by someone other than the OP. There is a difference between those — miva2, Oct 14 '15 at 08:26
@deepthi, would you consider marking one of the answers as accepted? — Antek, Jan 23 '19 at 11:47

score 971 · Answer 1 · edited May 03 '11 at 14:26

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To remove the separator between items in the same ListView, here is the solution:

getListView().setDivider(null);
getListView().setDividerHeight(0);

developer.android.com # ListView

Or, if you want to do it in XML:

android:divider="@null"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"

edited May 03 '11 at 14:26

Lyudmil

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answered Dec 16 '09 at 13:12

dasilvj

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for some reason, setting it in the XML didn't work for me. had to set it in the code. – Jeffrey Blattman Aug 29 '12 at 17:20
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Worked in XML for me. Should put in the . Wonder why this was not accepted as the right answer. – zolio Jan 05 '13 at 03:30
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do we need to make both (nullify and zeroify) or is just one enough? – guness Jun 27 '13 at 08:59
Using the 'com.handmark.pulltorefresh.library.PullToRefreshListView', I was able to use the XML method successfully. – Someone Somewhere Apr 16 '14 at 21:21
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@Pranav. Please teacher, let's write about programming. Thank you. – Geltrude Oct 16 '14 at 07:22
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Weirdly only dividerHeight=0 didnt work, only divider=@null did. Why? – Chintan Shah Mar 24 '15 at 11:34
maybe OP is inactive on SE – BlueWizard Nov 09 '16 at 09:13

score 97 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 07 '16 at 00:13

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If you want to remove a divider line, use this code:
```
android:divider="@null"
```

If you want to add a space instead of a divider line:

android:divider="@android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="5dp"

So, you can use any drawable or color in the divider attribute.

edited Aug 07 '16 at 00:13

Peter Mortensen

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answered Dec 30 '13 at 12:31

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score 66 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 07 '16 at 00:15

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There are different ways to achieve this, but I'm not sure which one is the best (I don't even know is there is a best way). I know at least two different ways to do this in a ListView:

1. Set divider to null:

1.1. Programmatically

yourListView.setDivider(null);

1.2. XML

This goes inside your ListView element.

android:divider="@null"

2. Set divider to transparent and set its height to 0 to avoid adding space between listview elements:

2.1. Programmatically:

yourListView.setDivider(new ColorDrawable(android.R.color.transparent));
yourListView.setDividerHeight(0);

2.2. XML

android:divider="@android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"

edited Aug 07 '16 at 00:15

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answered Jul 09 '14 at 12:00

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In certain situations there seems to be an issue with simply setting the divider color to transparent. My ListView elements each had a solid-colored, semi-transparent background. When I was using the second method of hiding the divider, a "divider" still seemed to appear. When I switched to the first method, the "divider" disappeared. – themarshal Nov 30 '15 at 21:40

Saneesh · Answer 4 · 2018-04-30T05:15:05.667

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Set divider to null:

JAVA

  listview_id.setDivider(null);

XML

<ListView 
  android:id="@+id/listview"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:divider="@null"
  />

edited Apr 30 '18 at 05:15

answered Dec 28 '17 at 21:01

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score 27 · Answer 5 · edited Aug 07 '16 at 00:35

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In XML:

android:divider="@null"

Or in Java:

listView.setDivider(null);

edited Aug 07 '16 at 00:35

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answered Jul 31 '16 at 13:39

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score 18 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 25 '17 at 13:37

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   <ListView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:id="@+id/list"
  android:orientation="vertical"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:divider="@null"
  android:dividerHeight="0dp"/>

answered Jan 25 '17 at 13:37

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While this code may answer the question, providing additional context regarding how and/or why it solves the problem would improve the answer's long-term value. – Donald Duck Jan 25 '17 at 13:54

score 12 · Answer 7 · edited Sep 29 '13 at 09:04

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You can put below property in listview tag

android:divider="@null"

(or) programmatically listview.Divider(null); here listview is ListView reference.

edited Sep 29 '13 at 09:04

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score 10 · Answer 8 · edited Sep 05 '15 at 11:20

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Or in XML:

android:divider="@drawable/list_item_divider"
android:dividerHeight="1dp"

You can use a color for the drawable (e.g. #ff112233), but be aware, that pre-cupcake releases have a bug in which the color cannot be set. Instead a 9-patch or a image must be used..

edited Sep 05 '15 at 11:20

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answered Dec 16 '09 at 13:27

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Or you can even use the standard Android drawable for the divider: `@android:drawable/divider_horizontal_...` – racs Jun 17 '16 at 01:44

score 9 · Answer 9 · edited Aug 07 '16 at 00:06

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You can try the following. It worked for me...

android:divider="@android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"

edited Aug 07 '16 at 00:06

Peter Mortensen

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score 7 · Answer 10 · edited Aug 07 '16 at 00:35

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I find it easier to implement it in the XML file as it can be harder to trace the line of code in a class with hundreds of lines. For the XML you can use "null":

android:divider="@null"

edited Aug 07 '16 at 00:35

Peter Mortensen

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answered Aug 27 '15 at 14:29

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score 5 · Answer 11 · answered Apr 27 '14 at 11:42

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For ListFragment use

getListView().setDivider(null)

after the list has been obtained.

answered Apr 27 '14 at 11:42

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score 3 · Answer 12 · answered May 23 '22 at 01:25

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If you want to remove lines from

⛔ Problem

Having lines between items from <ListView>

✅ Solution

add an attribute android:drivider="@null"

answered May 23 '22 at 01:25

Mohamed Nabil Essefaihi

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Thank you adding an image that tells more than thousand words. :-) Just what I needed. – kometen Mar 22 '23 at 08:01

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Jun 09 '17 at 17:43

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If this android:divider="@null" doesn't work, maybe changing your ListViews for Recycler Views?

answered Jun 09 '17 at 17:43

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score -1 · Answer 14 · answered Sep 14 '21 at 16:04

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String txt = ( (TextView) view).getText().toString();
adapter.remove(txt);

answered Sep 14 '21 at 16:04

Abhinav Pandey

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This is not related to the question. – Mino Feb 26 '22 at 17:44

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