Is there a way to disable/edit the fading that a list view has at its edges?

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Scrollable views such as the ListView have a fade out of the content along the edges where there is more content in that direction. How can I turn this fading off? I know you can change the cacheColorHint as discussed here: http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/listview-backgrounds.html but that is not what I am looking for and will not achieve what I am looking for in this case.

I want to disable the fade completely or be able to reduce the size and or transparency of it. Is this possible?

score 85 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 14 '15 at 22:38

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I can't actually test it right now, but I believe fadingEdge is what you're looking for:

android:fadingEdge="none"

or

listView.setVerticalFadingEdgeEnabled(false);

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#setVerticalFadingEdgeEnabled(boolean)

edited Apr 14 '15 at 22:38

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answered Nov 09 '10 at 04:20

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That did it! Thank you. Also, I see there is a field called android:fadingEdgeLength for controlling the length of the fade. Thanks again. – cottonBallPaws Nov 09 '10 at 04:39
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It should be noted that fadingedges is disabled per default for all scrollviews from ice cream sandwich and henceforth (http://commonsware.com/blog/2011/10/19/curiosities-ice-cream-sandwich.html) – Warpzit Jul 11 '12 at 12:18
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Heh, funny that this answer comes back to help ME. Thanks @Warpzit, I was actually wondering yesterday why my fading edge wasn't working on ICS. :) – Kevin Coppock Jul 11 '12 at 12:25
@kcoppock heh well I figured it out because I was wondering why fadingedge was deprecated :) Glad it already helped someone :D – Warpzit Jul 11 '12 at 12:50

Christoph Bach · Answer 2 · 2013-03-20T15:30:37.817

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In case someone finds this via Google:

As mentioned, android:fadingEdge is deprecated. Use this instead:

android:overScrollMode="never"

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answered Mar 19 '13 at 16:17

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The only solution that worked for me on 4.3. All the suggestions above simply don't work. – tomrozb Aug 14 '13 at 07:29
If i need disable fadingEdge but without disabling OverScroll? – Suvitruf - Andrei Apanasik May 14 '14 at 08:30
this solution should be accepted , its the preferred way to do it. – Adib Faramarzi Jan 13 '15 at 22:31
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Works for RecyclerView too, tested – kit Mar 01 '18 at 14:21

score 9 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 31 '13 at 06:05

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Late answer, but at this point to maintain backwards compatibility with API 13 and below, use both android:requiresFadingEdge="none" and android:fadingEdge="none" together.

answered Jul 31 '13 at 06:05

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The accepted answer is out of date. This is the correct solution. – speedynomads Nov 07 '13 at 14:35

k4dima · Answer 4 · 2013-07-25T08:26:29.777

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If you targetSdkVersion >= 14 than there will be no fading edges.

android:requiresFadingEdge

can help you to get them back.

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answered Jul 24 '13 at 23:09

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Is there a way to disable/edit the fading that a list view has at its edges?

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