How to set ListView Scroll position to bottom in android?

Question

I know this question is asked several times before but my situation is bit different from other questions.

I have a listview and initially i want to set the scroll position to the bottom of the list.

I have try 2 ways.

1st one

mCommentListView.setSelection(mAdaptor.getCount()-1);

2nd one

mCommentListView.post(new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        mCommentListView.setSelection(mAdaptor.getCount()-1);
    }
});

So my problem is both of above code working properly with the emulator but it is not working with the real device.

What have i missed?

Where are you invoking those method calls? Post more complete code. — Clyde, Jan 27 '14 at 05:20
Try this: `mCommentListView.setSelection(mCommentListView.getCount() - 1);` — Joel Fernandes, Jan 27 '14 at 05:23
And when is the AsyncTask started? Post your code for the Activity and the list adapter. — Clyde, Jan 27 '14 at 05:25
@kaluwila Did you try that with the first method? Also, try giving a number and see if it is working that way. Ex; `mCommentListView.setSelection(5);` — Joel Fernandes, Jan 27 '14 at 05:29
@ JoelFernandes yeah you got a point hmm it is not going to work with any number it will always set to first item.but anly in the device working fine with the emulater — Dinesh Anuruddha, Jan 27 '14 at 05:33
see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3606530/listview-scroll-to-the-end-of-the-list-after-updating-the-list — Shayan Pourvatan, Jan 27 '14 at 05:34
@kaluwila Hmm that's strange. Can you post all the code that's related to the ListView? — Joel Fernandes, Jan 27 '14 at 05:37

score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 15 '15 at 07:53

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try this. the below code is working fine for me.

give time delay 500 for load listview then call setselection method.

commentslistview.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        commentslistview.setSelection(commentsarraylist.size());
    }
}, 500);

edited Jul 15 '15 at 07:53

grebulon

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answered Jan 27 '14 at 05:43

RVG

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Ok Ganash i got it. thanks a lot to other people also giving me a great help. – Dinesh Anuruddha Jan 27 '14 at 05:57

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 27 '14 at 05:21

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Did you set these in your ListView?

android:stackFromBottom="true"
android:transcriptMode="alwaysScroll"

answered Jan 27 '14 at 05:21

Luc

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yes i tried this on also but if you set android:transcriptMode="alwaysScroll" it will scroll to bottom always i dont need that i want that for the first time only. – Dinesh Anuruddha Jan 27 '14 at 05:24

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 22 '14 at 06:21

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listView.setAdapter(adapter);
listView.setSelection(position);

edited Oct 22 '14 at 06:21

Andrey Korneyev

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answered Oct 22 '14 at 05:59

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 27 '14 at 05:29

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Try this

srollView.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(
            new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener() {

            @Override
            public void onGlobalLayout() {

                mScrollView.post(new Runnable() {

                    @Override
                    public void run() {


                        scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0,scrollView.getBottom());
                        }
                    });
                }
        });

answered Jan 27 '14 at 05:29

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hyy what is the srollView? hear i am dealing with a listview – Dinesh Anuruddha Jan 27 '14 at 05:36
scrollView is object of a ScrollView here .But science u are dealing with a list view you can try to to have a the listview in side of a scrollView. – Biplab Jan 27 '14 at 05:49
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@ Biplab putting a listview inside scrollview is not a good practice in android anyway thanks a lot for your help. – Dinesh Anuruddha Jan 27 '14 at 06:05

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 27 '14 at 05:45

:D I just set:

mListView.setSelection(adapter.getCount() - 1);

And my Layout

<ListView
    android:id="@+id/tb_body"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
    android:stackFromBottom="true"
    tools:ignore="NestedScrolling" >
</ListView>

SET

android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:stackFromBottom="true"

Hope it works fine with you.

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 27 '14 at 05:23

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Try,

mCommentListView.getChildAt(mCommentListView.getChildCount() - 1).requestFocus();

answered Jan 27 '14 at 05:23

Luis

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score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Jan 11 '16 at 13:24

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Try the below code

commentslistview.smoothScrollToPosition(commentsarraylist.size() -1);

edited Jan 11 '16 at 13:24

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This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post. – Wladimir Palant Jan 27 '14 at 07:04
I got what OP was asking, but solution gives an animation scroll To last position. – mrsus Jan 27 '14 at 07:20
This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post. - [From Review](/review/low-quality-posts/10851424) – Dennis Kriechel Jan 11 '16 at 14:05
@DennisKriechel Why not? – NoDataDumpNoContribution Jan 11 '16 at 22:32

How to set ListView Scroll position to bottom in android?

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