Adding Empty Space to End of ListView

Question

I have a ListView that with alphabetical headers for each letter. I also have an index function that brings the letter headers to the top of the screen.

My problem is when I reach the end of the list setSelection is unable to bring the last few headers to the top because it will not scroll past the end of the list.

My question is this: Is there a way to add a blank space to the end of the screen dependent on screen size? I would like to scroll until the last item in the list is at the top of the listView.

score 89 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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The easiest way to add space is to add padding in xml and set clipToPadding:"false".

For `RecyclerView`

<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingTop="20dp"
android:paddingBottom="20dp"
android:clipToPadding="false"/>

For `ListView`

<ListView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingTop="20dp"
android:paddingBottom="20dp"
android:clipToPadding="false"/>

And same goes for the `ScrollView`

<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:paddingTop="20dp"
android:paddingBottom="20dp"
android:clipToPadding="false"/>

This specifically adds the blank space to top and bottom but hide the space when you scroll the view.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Jan 28 '15 at 07:41

Hemant Shori

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This must be as Accepted Answer. (y) – Arsalan Mehmood Feb 12 '15 at 16:07
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Don't forget to add `android:scrollbarStyle="outsideOverlay"` so your scrollbar doesn't stay inside the padding – gfpacheco May 06 '15 at 23:20
But the problem is the scrolling feature is gone, the screen becomes total blank (I set android:paddingBottom="800dp") and the listview is gone. – Logan Guo Feb 29 '16 at 09:38
@LoganGuo for that dynamically add a item in your list at 1 position , in padding scroll doesn't work – Hemant Shori Mar 03 '16 at 14:05
Best answer is here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13366310/2529315 with this http://stackoverflow.com/a/14560982/2529315 – Johnny Nov 29 '16 at 08:06

Yuwen · Answer 2 · 2013-09-18T00:22:14.247

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Try the followings:

View footer = new View(getActivity());
footer.setLayoutParams( new AbsListView.LayoutParams( LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, 100 ));
mListView.addFooterView(footer, null, false);

edited Sep 18 '13 at 00:22

answered Sep 18 '13 at 00:14

Yuwen

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what a tragedy http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13366281/how-can-i-add-blank-space-to-the-end-of-a-listview same answer with 2 downvotes – Shubham AgaRwal Oct 20 '15 at 06:40
Best answer is here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13366310/2529315 with http://stackoverflow.com/a/14560982/2529315 – Johnny Nov 29 '16 at 08:05

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 17 '10 at 21:10

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I'm assuming you are using an extension of BaseAdapter to populate your ListView?

There may be a built-in way to do what you are asking, but I don't know of one. If you end up creating it yourself, how about this approach:

Return list.size() + EXTRA in getCount()
Modify getItem() to return something sane if it asks for an item not in your list
Modify getView() to configure the given view as a simple horizontal padding with the same height as the rest of your views if the position index is more than your list size

You would need to fiddle around with the EXTRA constant to see what value is best.

answered Oct 17 '10 at 21:10

Aaron C

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I disagree, @Shayan_Aryan this answer perfectly helped me to figure what to do in a matter of 30 seconds :) – Async- Jun 29 '16 at 09:16
only in case of using BaseAdapter, though responsibility to provide full info lays on the person asking a question, and he did not specify what he used, so it's a valid answer – Async- Jun 29 '16 at 09:41

Adding Empty Space to End of ListView

3 Answers3

For RecyclerView

For ListView

And same goes for the ScrollView

For `RecyclerView`

For `ListView`

And same goes for the `ScrollView`