I've found a nice way to be notified of what i've asked about here.
it works for scrollView with vertical LinearLayout, but if you wish you can make it work for other cases too, depending on the case.
i'm not sure if i should handle onSizeChanged() method too, and if so, what to do there, but in all other cases, this code works fine.
here's the code:
MainActivity.java (for testing) :
public class MainActivity extends Activity
{
@Override
protected void onCreate(final Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
final CustomScrollView scrollView=(CustomScrollView)findViewById(R.id.scrollView1);
scrollView.setOnChildViewVisibilityChangedListener(new onChildViewVisibilityChangedListener()
{
@Override
public void onChildViewVisibilityChanged(final int index,final View v,final boolean becameVisible)
{
Log.d("Applog","index:"+index+" visible:"+becameVisible);
}
});
final ViewGroup container=(ViewGroup)findViewById(R.id.linearLayout);
for(int i=0;i<20;++i)
{
final TextView tv=new TextView(this);
tv.setText("item "+i);
tv.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,300));
container.addView(tv);
}
}
}
activity_main.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<com.example.scrollviewvisibilitydetector.CustomScrollView
android:id="@+id/scrollView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<LinearLayout android:id="@+id/linearLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
</LinearLayout>
</com.example.scrollviewvisibilitydetector.CustomScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>
CustomScrollView.java (the real deal...) :
public class CustomScrollView extends ScrollView
{
Set<Integer> _shownViewsIndices =new HashSet<Integer>();
onChildViewVisibilityChangedListener _onChildViewVisibilityChangedListener;
public interface onChildViewVisibilityChangedListener
{
public void onChildViewVisibilityChanged(int index,View v,boolean becameVisible);
}
public CustomScrollView(final Context context)
{
super(context);
}
public CustomScrollView(final Context context,final AttributeSet attrs)
{
super(context,attrs);
}
public CustomScrollView(final Context context,final AttributeSet attrs,final int defStyle)
{
super(context,attrs,defStyle);
}
public void setOnChildViewVisibilityChangedListener(final onChildViewVisibilityChangedListener onChildViewVisibilityChangedListener)
{
_onChildViewVisibilityChangedListener=onChildViewVisibilityChangedListener;
}
@Override
protected void onLayout(final boolean changed,final int l,final int t,final int r,final int b)
{
super.onLayout(changed,l,t,r,b);
checkViewsVisibility(l,t);
}
private void checkViewsVisibility(final int l,final int t)
{
final ViewGroup viewGroup=(ViewGroup)getChildAt(0);
final int childCount=viewGroup.getChildCount();
if(childCount==0)
return;
final int parentBottom=t+getHeight();
// prepare to use binary search to find a view that is inside the bounds
int min=0,max=childCount-1,piv=-1;
int childTop,childBottom;
View v;
// check previously shown views
for(final Iterator<Integer> iterator=_shownViewsIndices.iterator();iterator.hasNext();)
{
final Integer cur=iterator.next();
v=viewGroup.getChildAt(cur);
childTop=v.getTop();
childBottom=v.getBottom();
if(childTop<=parentBottom&&childBottom>=t)
{
if(piv==-1)
piv=cur;
}
else
{
if(_onChildViewVisibilityChangedListener!=null)
_onChildViewVisibilityChangedListener.onChildViewVisibilityChanged(cur,v,false);
iterator.remove();
}
}
if(piv==-1)
{
// check first view
v=viewGroup.getChildAt(min);
childTop=v.getTop();
childBottom=v.getBottom();
if(childTop<=parentBottom&&childBottom>=t)
piv=min;
else
{
// check last view
v=viewGroup.getChildAt(max);
childTop=v.getTop();
childBottom=v.getBottom();
if(childTop<=parentBottom&&childBottom>=t)
piv=min;
}
if(piv==-1)
while(true)
{
piv=(min+max)/2;
v=viewGroup.getChildAt(piv);
childTop=v.getTop();
childBottom=v.getBottom();
if(childTop<=parentBottom&&childBottom>=t)
break;
if(max-min==1)
return;
if(childBottom<t)
// view above bounds
min=piv;
else max=piv;
}
}
//
for(int i=piv;i<childCount;++i)
{
v=viewGroup.getChildAt(i);
childTop=v.getTop();
childBottom=v.getBottom();
// _shownViewsIndices.
if(childTop<=parentBottom&&childBottom>=t&&!_shownViewsIndices.contains(i))
{
_shownViewsIndices.add(i);
if(_onChildViewVisibilityChangedListener!=null)
_onChildViewVisibilityChangedListener.onChildViewVisibilityChanged(i,v,true);
}
}
for(int i=piv-1;i>=0;--i)
{
v=viewGroup.getChildAt(i);
childTop=v.getTop();
childBottom=v.getBottom();
if(childTop<=parentBottom&&childBottom>=t&&!_shownViewsIndices.contains(i))
{
_shownViewsIndices.add(i);
if(_onChildViewVisibilityChangedListener!=null)
_onChildViewVisibilityChangedListener.onChildViewVisibilityChanged(i,v,true);
}
}
}
@Override
protected void onScrollChanged(final int l,final int t,final int oldl,final int oldt)
{
super.onScrollChanged(l,t,oldl,oldt);
checkViewsVisibility(l,t);
}
}