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How to create a scrollable template using fragments in Android

I am trying to achieve something like following
I am trying to build an activity joining 3 fragments. Top fragment contains a search bar (EditText), middle fragment has a Banner Slider (ViewPager), and the bottom fragment contains a GridView loaded with n number of items dynamically. I want to make the middle & bottom fragments scrollable vertically while the top one being fixed. But the Grid view is scrolling within itself while the height is set to wrap_content.
If the GridView is given a fixed height, it is working as expected. But I cannot give it a fixed height as its content is dynamically loaded.
Home Activity:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
android:background="#color/colorLightGray"
tools:context=".HomeActivity">
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/scrollableContents"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fillViewport="true"
android:padding="5dp">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/fragmentContainerSearchBar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</FrameLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/fragmentContainerSlider"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</FrameLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/fragmentContainerPopularItems"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>
SearchBarFragment:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
tools:context=".fragments.HomeSearchBarFragment">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:paddingHorizontal="2dp"
android:paddingVertical="2dp"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/etSearchBoxHome"
android:inputType="text"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="40dp"
android:drawableRight="#drawable/ic_search_24dp"
android:drawablePadding="5dp"
android:background="#drawable/et_search_home"
android:paddingLeft="15dp"
android:paddingRight="15dp"
android:layout_marginTop="0dp"
android:clickable="true"
android:cursorVisible="true"
android:focusable="true"
android:textSize="14dp"
android:hint="#string/home_searchbox_hint"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</FrameLayout>
Banner Slider Fragment:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="200dp"
android:layout_margin="2dp"
tools:context=".fragments.HomePromoSliderFragment">
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_margin="2dp"
card_view:cardBackgroundColor="#color/colorWhite"
card_view:cardCornerRadius="3dp">
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:id="#+id/view_pager"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</android.support.v4.view.ViewPager>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
</RelativeLayout>
Popular Items Fragment:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<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="wrap_content"
tools:context=".fragments.HomePopularItemsFragment">
<GridView
android:id="#+id/gvPopularItems"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:columnWidth="150dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:numColumns="auto_fit"
android:stretchMode="columnWidth">
</GridView>
</RelativeLayout>

You can take nestedScrollView outside of ViewPager and Gridview.
Set the recycler View to setNestedScrollingEnable(false).
<android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</android.support.v4.view.ViewPager>
<GridView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</GridView>
</android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView>

Try using `Constraint Layout` for whole layout, `autocomplete text view` for search bar, `viewpager` for banners, recycler view for showing the loaded items.
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<AutoCompleteTextView
android:id="#+id/search"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"/>
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent">
</android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
** Set the margins as per the UI
Set your layout manager as Gridlayout manager for recycler view as below:
recyclerview.layoutManager = GridLayoutManager(this, 2, OrientationHelper.VERTICAL, false)
Hope it will work fine. Let me know if you find any issues.

How to use slidinguppanel in fragments

I have 3 fragments and im trying to use the slidinguppanel from this library https://github.com/umano/AndroidSlidingUpPanel.
But how can i use the same slidinguppanel across all fragments, so the content stays the same and i don't have to make another sliding up panel in the other layout?
This is my xml for fragment 1
<com.sothree.slidinguppanel.SlidingUpPanelLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:id="#+id/mSlideUpPanel"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="bottom"
tools:context=".fragments.Tab1"
app:umanoPanelHeight="70dp"
app:umanoShadowHeight="5dp">
<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"
tools:context=".fragments.Tab1">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/recyclerViewSongs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true">
</android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView>
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<include layout="#layout/activity_song" />
</RelativeLayout>

ListView not utilizing full space in FrameLayout

I have an activity layout with 2 FrameLayout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="de.sioned.multivoc.AddWordActivity"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior">
<include layout="#layout/toolbar_layout"/>
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/scLeft"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/paneLeft"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/paneLeftTop"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/paneLeftBottom"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_below="#+id/paneLeftTop"/>
</RelativeLayout>
</ScrollView>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
The 2nd FrameLayout paneLeftBottom will at some point contain the following fragment:
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/lyTop"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
...some static fields...
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_below="#id/lyTop">
<ListView
android:id="#+id/lvResult"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="16dp"/>
</RelativeLayout>
In this configuration the ListView is only shown with a height of one of it's rows instead several rows utilizing the available space. The ListView works fine but only one row at a time is displayed.
The same ListView fragment works fine when I put it into a 2-pane landscape layout. How can I make the ListView use the available space ?
Edit:
Found a partial solution by switching to a LinearLayout within the ScrollView. Only problem left is, that the bottom Framelayout overlays a bit of the top FrameLayout when I load the said fragment into it. But that is acceptable in this case as it is only temporary to select some data.
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/scLeft"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fillViewport="true"
>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/paneLeft"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/paneLeftTop"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"/>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/paneLeftBottom"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"/>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>

This right here
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
Should be
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"

Fragment is not scrolling inside viewpager

I am using ViewPager to show 4 different fragments.
The component tree of my activity:
|_FrameLayout
|_ LinearLayout (Vertical)
Toolbar
ViewPager
TabLayout
RelativeLayout
And this is the component tree of my first fragment:
ScrollView
|_LinearLayout(Vertical)
LinearLayout(Horizontal)
|_LinearLayout(Horizontal)
|_CardView
TextView
LinearLayout(Horizontal)
LinearLayout(Horizontal)
But the Fragment inside the Viewpager is not scrolling when the device is in portrait mode. When in landscape mode, it scrolls a bit (so the scroll is working) but views inside the cardview are shrinked. Is CardView is responsible for all this (As it is scroll-able)? How to fix this ? Please help.

You should replace your ScrollView with a NestedScrollView that helps you with nested scrolling

Wrap both the viewpager.xml and fragment.xml in the scroll view like below:
viewpager.xml
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fillViewport="true">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
android:id="#+id/view_pager_id"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</android.support.v4.view.ViewPager>
</RelativeLayout>
</ScrollView>
fragment.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fillViewport="true">
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView6"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Text"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<!-- Along with other widgets -->
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
</ScrollView>
activity.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MyActivity">
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/layout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<!-- Top App Bar -->
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/layout2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
app:elevation="0dp">
<!-- Top Action Bar -->
<include layout="#layout/action_bar" />
<!-- Top Tabs -->
<include layout="#layout/top_tabs" />
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
<!-- Middle Section (Body) -->
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/view_pager"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_below="#+id/layout2">
<include layout="#layout/viewpager" />
</RelativeLayout>
<!-- Bottom Navigation View -->
<include layout="#layout/bottom_navigation_view" />
</RelativeLayout>
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

Android: How to display two fragments with RecyclerView in one screen

I have two fragments, each with its own respective RecyclerView list.
The RecyclerView from each of the fragments may contain many items. So, scrolling will mostly be necessary.
My problem is, how do I combine and display these two fragments into one screen using ScrollView, but at the same time, making the scrolling of the RecyclerViews behave as normally (non-sticky, follows the entire screen's scroll).
Thanks.
EDIT:
My layout file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.easyuni.courserecommender.ResultsActivity">
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/drawer_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<include
android:id="#+id/toolbar"
layout="#layout/toolbar" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_below="#+id/toolbar">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/fragment_container_results_career"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1" />
<View
android:id="#+id/divider"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="1dp"
android:layout_below="#+id/fragment_container_results_career"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
android:background="#color/divider" />
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/fragment_container_results_courses"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
<android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
android:id="#+id/navigation_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
app:itemIconTint="#333"
app:itemTextColor="#333" />
</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
Screenshot:
(Notice the RecyclerView at the top and bottom scrolls individually)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-glHmJbVcwiVU41WVRHU3g2bkE/view

You can do like this one -
In your activity's layout file, you should have two framelayout for containing your two fragment.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/first_fragment_container"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp">
</FrameLayout>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/second_fragment_container"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0dp">
</FrameLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Then in your Activity's onCreate() method, you can use FragmentManager class to add Fragment to the FrameLayout.
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction().add(R.id.first_fragment_container, new YourFirstFragment()).commit();
getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction().add(R.id.second_fragment_container, new YourSecondFragment()).commit();