Have a view move down when more elements are added to ListView

Question

How can you have ListView fill the screen and also moving the view below with it until it reaches the bottom? For example, with the image below I would like for the 'Create' button to move down the screen when a new element is add and then when the button reaches the bottom then for the ListView to start Scrolling (with the create button still appearing on screen).

<RelativeLayout
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
        android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
        android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
        android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
        >

    <ListView
            android:id="@+id/galleryList"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            />

    <LinearLayout
            android:id="@+id/lowerButtonLayout"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="60dp"
            android:background="#ffa8269f"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
            xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

        <Button
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:background="@color/button_button_bg_colour"
                android:onClick="addRow"
                android:text="Create"/>
    </LinearLayout>

</RelativeLayout>

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Create a custom xml and add it as a footer of ListView. And you must set the ListView height to fill_parent. — Dharmendra Pratap Singh, Sep 06 '14 at 12:19
@dpsingh - was hoping this could be done exclusively via layouts — Mannie, Sep 06 '14 at 12:21
Have a look at this question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18367522/android-list-view-inside-a-scroll-view — Dharmendra Pratap Singh, Sep 06 '14 at 12:56

Herve · Answer 1 · 2014-09-06T19:46:09.030

Unfortunately, it can't be done only with xml file.

The easiest way to go would be to have 2 buttons. One in your main layout and one in your ListView (as a footer view for instance). Then depending on whether the ListView reaches a specific height, just set the visibility of one button to View.GONE. If your cells have the same height, the calculation is pretty straight forward.

Do not use a ListView inside a ScrollView. It will ruin all the purpose of a ListView (being able to recycle cell).

Have a view move down when more elements are added to ListView

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