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Android: setTranslationX glitches after view's anchor changed

Using setTranslationX, I'm trying to animate a view as I swipe it across the screen. Then after it passes a threshold-X, I assign the view a new RelativeLayout.RIGHT_OF.
I want it to stop animating (whether or not I continue swiping) at that point and basically lock to that new anchor.
This is where the problem is: suddenly the view jumps X position to the right of its new anchor.
I've tried, when it's >= threshold, to set setTranslationX(0), but then I see the view twitch/flash twice, once to its original 0, then to the new 0.
I would love to get rid of that double twitch/flash, but don't know how at this point.
#Override
public void onChildDraw(Canvas c ... float dX) {
threshold = anchorView.getRight();
if (animate) {
if (dX >= 0) {
translationX = Math.min(dX, threshold);
if (dX >= threshold) {
translationX = 0; // (A) if I do this, then mainView flashs twice: original 0, then new 0
setToRightOf(mainView, anchorView);
mainView.invalidate(); // has no effect
}
} else {
translationX = 0;
}
// if I don't do (A), then mainView will suddenly jump to 2*threshold
mainView.setTranslationX(translationX);
return;
}
super.onChildDraw(c ... dX);
}

Okay, instead of assigning RelativeLayout.RIGHT_OF during onDraw to set the threshold boundary, I took it out and assigned it when my touch left the screen.
But to insure I wouldn't swipe back behind that threshold while swiping, I had to add another case to check translationX and instead of previously trying to rely on the RelativeLayout anchor.
Now, I'm using setTag() and getTag() to help confirm the threshold during the swipe:
if (dX >= 0) {
if ((Object) past != tag)
translationX = Math.min(dX, threshold);
else
translationX = threshold;
if (dX >= threshold) {
if ((Object) past != tag) {
anchorView.setTag(past);
}
}
} else {
...
}
Plus a couple other places to make sure I reset anchorView's tag and the translationX when needed, then it's all good.
It works for now!
(doesn't directly solve the double flash/twitch issue, but a different approach to the same goal)
(any other recommendations besides using setTag()?)
P.S. In my earlier attempts, instead of invalidate(), I later tried mainView.requestLayout() with no success either, thinking requestLayout() also factors in position.

How to manually smoothScrollTo() a fragment view on a ViewPager

I'm working on a Circular ViewPager, and i've implemented this exactly solution (https://stackoverflow.com/a/12965787/1083564).
The only thing is missing, is the fact that i need to smoothScroll when i'm using the setCurrentItem(int i, bol b) method, that instantly goes to the pixel limit, without using the smoothScroll.
I already have the access to use this method, using the following code:
package android.support.v4.view;
import android.content.Context;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
public class MyViewPager extends ViewPager {
public MyViewPager(Context context) {
super(context);
}
public MyViewPager(Context context, AttributeSet attr) {
super(context, attr);
}
public void smoothScrollTo(int x, int y, int velocity) {
super.smoothScrollTo(x, y, velocity);
}
}
But i couldn't figure it out where and how to use it. I have the number of pixels that i need to run smoothly by using this code inside the setOnPageChangeListener on my ViewPager:
#Override
public void onPageScrolled(int position, float positionOffset, int positionOffsetPixels) {
Log.d( "viewpager", positionOffsetPixels+"");
}
Before it goes to 0, instantly, because of the setCurrentItem, i have the value of pixels left to reach 0 (to the left) or x (to the right, depending of screen). I dont know how can i get this x number too.
PS: I think this solution is the exatcly one used by IMDB app. You can see this scrolling from the first to the last but one, without remove your finger (use 2 fingers to do it). You will see that the "white limit" will show from the left side of the ViewPager. The only difference is that they know how to smooth scroll after using the setCurrentItem.
If you need some more information, please, ask! Thanks!

Issue: When you detect circular scrolling has to be perfomed, calling setCurrentItem immediately will cause the ViewPager to scroll to the real fragment immediately without smooth scrolling as it is set to false.
Solution: Instead allow the ViewPager to scroll to the fake fragment smoothly as it does for other fragments and then scroll to the real fragment after some delay with smooth scrolling set to false. User will not notice the change.
When we are performing circular scrolling, call setCurrentItem in a runnable with some delay. Use onPageSelected to know the index of the page selected.
public void onPageSelected(int position) {
// Consider eg. : C' A B C A'
boolean circularScroll = false;
if(position == 0) {
// Position 0 is C', we need to scroll to real C which is at index 3.
position = mPager.getAdapter().getCount() - 2;
circularScroll = true;
}
int lastIndex = mPager.getAdapter().getCount() - 1;
if(position == lastIndex) {
// Last index is A', we need to scroll to real A, which is at index 1.
position = 1;
circularScroll = true;
}
if(circularScroll) {
final int realPosition = position;
mPager.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
mPager.setCurrentItem(realPosition, false);
}
}, 500L);
}
}

When you set the second parameter of the setCurrentItem to true it should smooth scroll
#Override
public void onPageScrollStateChanged (int state) {
if (state == ViewPager.SCROLL_STATE_IDLE) {
int curr = viewPager.getCurrentItem();
int lastReal = viewPager.getAdapter().getCount() - 2;
if (curr == 0) {
viewPager.setCurrentItem(lastReal, true);
} else if (curr > lastReal) {
viewPager.setCurrentItem(1, true);
}
}
}

How can I automatically scroll a scrollview with a scroller?

I'm having trouble using a Scroller to scroll a ScrollView programmatically, so no touch gestures are involved in this so far. I want to scroll the ScrollView down at a certain speed, as long as data from a sensor is in a certain range. So basically I want to start scrolling the first time the data enters the valid range and then not disturb the scrolling process until the data is out of the range again. I don't want to connect the onSensorChanged directly to a scrollBy() because it will probably not work right on other devices. Here's what I've got so far:
in my onCreate:
tx = new TextView(ShowLyrics.this);
mainscrollarea = (ScrollView) findViewById (R.id.mainscrollarea);
scroller = new Scroller(getApplicationContext(), new LinearInterpolator());
tx.setScroller(scroller);
in my onSensorChanged:
if(integratedAngle - scrollTolerance > pointzero){ //this is checking for the data range and works so far
if(!scrollingDown){
scrollText("down");
}
}
and the scrollText function:
void scrollText(String direction){
if(direction.matches("down")){
scrollingUp = false;
scrollingDown = true;
scroller.forceFinished(true);
int currY = mainscrollarea.getScrollY();
int endY = tx.getHeight();
int distance = endY - currY;
scroller.startScroll(0, currY, 0, -distance, 5000);
}
if(direction.matches("up")){
//nothing yet
}
}
So for now I've hardcoded 5 seconds for a scroll down, but nothing happens. A Log.d() of the Scroller's getCurrY in the onSensorChanged only spits out 0's. If someone could point me in the right direction, I would be thankful.

I kind of do an automated scrolling like you. Except I rely on user input (when the user is near the edge of the screen with his finger, I start scrolling at a specific speed).
I use a runnable which does the same as the scroller will do.
private final DragScroller mDragScroller;
/** inner class */
private class DragScroller implements Runnable {
private SCROLL_DIRECTION mDirection;
private boolean mIsFinished = true;
DragScroller(Context context) {
}
void start(SCROLL_DIRECTION direction) {
mState = STATE.DRAG_SCROLL;
mIsFinished = false;
mDirection = direction;
post(this);
}
#Override
public void run() {
if (mIsFinished) {
return;
}
if (mDirection.equals(SCROLL_DIRECTION.UP)) {
// check if the touch is still in the correct area...
if (!isOverThreshold(0, mTempY, mDragScrollThreshold)) {
scrollTo(0, ensureScrollBoundaries(getScrollY() - mDragScrollSpeed));
post(this);
} else {
forceFinish();
}
} else {
// check if the touch is still in the correct area...
if (!isOverThreshold(getHeight(), mTempY, mDragScrollThreshold)) {
scrollTo(0, ensureScrollBoundaries(getScrollY() + mDragScrollSpeed));
post(this);
} else {
forceFinish();
}
}
}
public boolean isFinished() {
return mIsFinished;
}
public void forceFinish() {
mIsFinished = true;
}
}
It is simply started by: mDragScroller.start(SCROLL_DIRECTION.UP); and can be stopped by mDragScroller.forceFinish();
edit
Based on your comment, you want to use the duration for the speed. This is kind of problematic because the resulting speed of the scroll depends on the distance you have to scroll in your given time. Short math sample: Scrolling 600px in 1 minute means you scroll 10px per second which is not that bad (depends on what you scroll, text or image...) but if you are near the edge and you need to scroll only 60px, the resulting speed depending on the given duration of 1min means very slow 1px per second.
Given that example you should base your scroll speed not on total duration but on pixel per second.
And yes, there is no need to use a Scroller for programmatically scrolling. Just the runnable which will call itself until it should stop and the speed can be adjusted to what ever you need...

Is there a way to programmatically scroll a scroll view to a specific edit text?

I have a very long activity with a scrollview. It is a form with various fields that the user must fill in. I have a checkbox half way down my form, and when the user checks it I want to scroll to a specific part of the view. Is there any way to scroll to an EditText object (or any other view object) programmatically?
Also, I know this is possible using X and Y coords but I want to avoid doing this as the form may changed from user to user.

private final void focusOnView(){
yourScrollView.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
yourScrollView.scrollTo(0, yourEditText.getBottom());
}
});
}

The answer of Sherif elKhatib can be greatly improved, if you want to scroll the view to the center of the scroll view. This reusable method smooth scrolls the view to the visible center of a HorizontalScrollView.
private final void focusOnView(final HorizontalScrollView scroll, final View view) {
new Handler().post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
int vLeft = view.getLeft();
int vRight = view.getRight();
int sWidth = scroll.getWidth();
scroll.smoothScrollTo(((vLeft + vRight - sWidth) / 2), 0);
}
});
}
For a vertical ScrollView use
...
int vTop = view.getTop();
int vBottom = view.getBottom();
int sHeight = scroll.getBottom();
scroll.smoothScrollTo(0, ((vTop + vBottom - sHeight) / 2));
...

This works well for me :
targetView.getParent().requestChildFocus(targetView,targetView);
public void RequestChildFocus (View child, View focused)
child - The child of this ViewParent that wants focus. This view will contain the focused view. It is not necessarily the view that actually has focus.
focused - The view that is a descendant of child that actually has focus

In my opinion the best way to scroll to a given rectangle is via View.requestRectangleOnScreen(Rect, Boolean). You should call it on a View you want to scroll to and pass a local rectangle you want to be visible on the screen. The second parameter should be false for smooth scrolling and true for immediate scrolling.
final Rect rect = new Rect(0, 0, view.getWidth(), view.getHeight());
view.requestRectangleOnScreen(rect, false);

I made a small utility method based on Answer from WarrenFaith, this code also takes in account if that view is already visible in the scrollview, no need for scroll.
public static void scrollToView(final ScrollView scrollView, final View view) {
// View needs a focus
view.requestFocus();
// Determine if scroll needs to happen
final Rect scrollBounds = new Rect();
scrollView.getHitRect(scrollBounds);
if (!view.getLocalVisibleRect(scrollBounds)) {
new Handler().post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, view.getBottom());
}
});
}
}

You should make your TextView request focus:
mTextView.requestFocus();

Another varition would be:
scrollView.postDelayed(new Runnable()
{
#Override
public void run()
{
scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, img_transparent.getTop());
}
}, 200);
or you can use the post() method.

My EditText was nested several layers inside my ScrollView, which itself isn't the layout's root view. Because getTop() and getBottom() were seeming to report the coordinates within it's containing view, I had it compute the distance from the top of the ScrollView to the top of the EditText by iterating through the parents of the EditText.
// Scroll the view so that the touched editText is near the top of the scroll view
new Thread(new Runnable()
{
#Override
public
void run ()
{
// Make it feel like a two step process
Utils.sleep(333);
// Determine where to set the scroll-to to by measuring the distance from the top of the scroll view
// to the control to focus on by summing the "top" position of each view in the hierarchy.
int yDistanceToControlsView = 0;
View parentView = (View) m_editTextControl.getParent();
while (true)
{
if (parentView.equals(scrollView))
{
break;
}
yDistanceToControlsView += parentView.getTop();
parentView = (View) parentView.getParent();
}
// Compute the final position value for the top and bottom of the control in the scroll view.
final int topInScrollView = yDistanceToControlsView + m_editTextControl.getTop();
final int bottomInScrollView = yDistanceToControlsView + m_editTextControl.getBottom();
// Post the scroll action to happen on the scrollView with the UI thread.
scrollView.post(new Runnable()
{
#Override
public void run()
{
int height =m_editTextControl.getHeight();
scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, ((topInScrollView + bottomInScrollView) / 2) - height);
m_editTextControl.requestFocus();
}
});
}
}).start();

The above answers will work fine if the ScrollView is the direct parent of the ChildView. If your ChildView is being wrapped in another ViewGroup in the ScrollView, it will cause unexpected behavior because the View.getTop() get the position relative to its parent. In such case, you need to implement this:
public static void scrollToInvalidInputView(ScrollView scrollView, View view) {
int vTop = view.getTop();
while (!(view.getParent() instanceof ScrollView)) {
view = (View) view.getParent();
vTop += view.getTop();
}
final int scrollPosition = vTop;
new Handler().post(() -> scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, scrollPosition));
}

I know this may be too late for a better answer but a desired perfect solution must be a system like positioner. I mean, when system makes a positioning for an Editor field it places the field just up to the keyboard, so as UI/UX rules it is perfect.
What below code makes is the Android way positioning smoothly. First of all we keep the current scroll point as a reference point. Second thing is to find the best positioning scroll point for an editor, to do this we scroll to top, and then request the editor fields to make the ScrollView component to do the best positioning. Gatcha! We've learned the best position. Now, what we'll do is scroll smoothly from the previous point to the point we've found newly. If you want you may omit smooth scrolling by using scrollTo instead of smoothScrollTo only.
NOTE: The main container ScrollView is a member field named scrollViewSignup, because my example was a signup screen, as you may figure out a lot.
view.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onFocusChange(final View view, boolean b) {
if (b) {
scrollViewSignup.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
int scrollY = scrollViewSignup.getScrollY();
scrollViewSignup.scrollTo(0, 0);
final Rect rect = new Rect(0, 0, view.getWidth(), view.getHeight());
view.requestRectangleOnScreen(rect, true);
int new_scrollY = scrollViewSignup.getScrollY();
scrollViewSignup.scrollTo(0, scrollY);
scrollViewSignup.smoothScrollTo(0, new_scrollY);
}
});
}
}
});
If you want to use this block for all EditText instances, and quickly integrate it with your screen code. You can simply make a traverser like below. To do this, I've made the main OnFocusChangeListener a member field named focusChangeListenerToScrollEditor, and call it during onCreate as below.
traverseEditTextChildren(scrollViewSignup, focusChangeListenerToScrollEditor);
And the method implementation is as below.
private void traverseEditTextChildren(ViewGroup viewGroup, View.OnFocusChangeListener focusChangeListenerToScrollEditor) {
int childCount = viewGroup.getChildCount();
for (int i = 0; i < childCount; i++) {
View view = viewGroup.getChildAt(i);
if (view instanceof EditText)
{
((EditText) view).setOnFocusChangeListener(focusChangeListenerToScrollEditor);
}
else if (view instanceof ViewGroup)
{
traverseEditTextChildren((ViewGroup) view, focusChangeListenerToScrollEditor);
}
}
}
So, what we've done here is making all EditText instance children to call the listener at focus.
To reach this solution, I've checked it out all the solutions here, and generated a new solution for better UI/UX result.
Many thanks to all other answers inspiring me much.

yourScrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, yourEditText.getTop());
Just Do It ;)

scrollView.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, myTextView.getTop());
}
});
Answering from my practical project.

I think I have found more elegant and less error prone solution using
ScrollView.requestChildRectangleOnScreen
There is no math involved, and contrary to other proposed solutions, it will handle correctly scrolling both up and down.
/**
* Will scroll the {#code scrollView} to make {#code viewToScroll} visible
*
* #param scrollView parent of {#code scrollableContent}
* #param scrollableContent a child of {#code scrollView} whitch holds the scrollable content (fills the viewport).
* #param viewToScroll a child of {#code scrollableContent} to whitch will scroll the the {#code scrollView}
*/
void scrollToView(ScrollView scrollView, ViewGroup scrollableContent, View viewToScroll) {
Rect viewToScrollRect = new Rect(); //coordinates to scroll to
viewToScroll.getHitRect(viewToScrollRect); //fills viewToScrollRect with coordinates of viewToScroll relative to its parent (LinearLayout)
scrollView.requestChildRectangleOnScreen(scrollableContent, viewToScrollRect, false); //ScrollView will make sure, the given viewToScrollRect is visible
}
It is a good idea to wrap it into postDelayed to make it more reliable, in case the ScrollView is being changed at the moment
/**
* Will scroll the {#code scrollView} to make {#code viewToScroll} visible
*
* #param scrollView parent of {#code scrollableContent}
* #param scrollableContent a child of {#code scrollView} whitch holds the scrollable content (fills the viewport).
* #param viewToScroll a child of {#code scrollableContent} to whitch will scroll the the {#code scrollView}
*/
private void scrollToView(final ScrollView scrollView, final ViewGroup scrollableContent, final View viewToScroll) {
long delay = 100; //delay to let finish with possible modifications to ScrollView
scrollView.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
Rect viewToScrollRect = new Rect(); //coordinates to scroll to
viewToScroll.getHitRect(viewToScrollRect); //fills viewToScrollRect with coordinates of viewToScroll relative to its parent (LinearLayout)
scrollView.requestChildRectangleOnScreen(scrollableContent, viewToScrollRect, false); //ScrollView will make sure, the given viewToScrollRect is visible
}
}, delay);
}

reference : https://stackoverflow.com/a/6438240/2624806
Following worked far better.
mObservableScrollView.post(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
mObservableScrollView.fullScroll([View_FOCUS][1]);
}
});

Examining Android source code, you can find that there already is a member function of ScrollView– scrollToChild(View) – that does exactly what is requested. Unfortunatelly, this function is for some obscure reason marked private. Based on that function I've written following function that finds the first ScrollView above the View specified as a parameter and scrolls it so that it becomes visible within the ScrollView:
private void make_visible(View view)
{
int vt = view.getTop();
int vb = view.getBottom();
View v = view;
for(;;)
{
ViewParent vp = v.getParent();
if(vp == null || !(vp instanceof ViewGroup))
break;
ViewGroup parent = (ViewGroup)vp;
if(parent instanceof ScrollView)
{
ScrollView sv = (ScrollView)parent;
// Code based on ScrollView.computeScrollDeltaToGetChildRectOnScreen(Rect rect) (Android v5.1.1):
int height = sv.getHeight();
int screenTop = sv.getScrollY();
int screenBottom = screenTop + height;
int fadingEdge = sv.getVerticalFadingEdgeLength();
// leave room for top fading edge as long as rect isn't at very top
if(vt > 0)
screenTop += fadingEdge;
// leave room for bottom fading edge as long as rect isn't at very bottom
if(vb < sv.getChildAt(0).getHeight())
screenBottom -= fadingEdge;
int scrollYDelta = 0;
if(vb > screenBottom && vt > screenTop)
{
// need to move down to get it in view: move down just enough so
// that the entire rectangle is in view (or at least the first
// screen size chunk).
if(vb-vt > height) // just enough to get screen size chunk on
scrollYDelta += (vt - screenTop);
else // get entire rect at bottom of screen
scrollYDelta += (vb - screenBottom);
// make sure we aren't scrolling beyond the end of our content
int bottom = sv.getChildAt(0).getBottom();
int distanceToBottom = bottom - screenBottom;
scrollYDelta = Math.min(scrollYDelta, distanceToBottom);
}
else if(vt < screenTop && vb < screenBottom)
{
// need to move up to get it in view: move up just enough so that
// entire rectangle is in view (or at least the first screen
// size chunk of it).
if(vb-vt > height) // screen size chunk
scrollYDelta -= (screenBottom - vb);
else // entire rect at top
scrollYDelta -= (screenTop - vt);
// make sure we aren't scrolling any further than the top our content
scrollYDelta = Math.max(scrollYDelta, -sv.getScrollY());
}
sv.smoothScrollBy(0, scrollYDelta);
break;
}
// Transform coordinates to parent:
int dy = parent.getTop()-parent.getScrollY();
vt += dy;
vb += dy;
v = parent;
}
}

My solution is:
int[] spinnerLocation = {0,0};
spinner.getLocationOnScreen(spinnerLocation);
int[] scrollLocation = {0, 0};
scrollView.getLocationInWindow(scrollLocation);
int y = scrollView.getScrollY();
scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, y + spinnerLocation[1] - scrollLocation[1]);

Vertical scroll, good for forms. Answer is based on Ahmadalibaloch horizontal scroll.
private final void focusOnView(final HorizontalScrollView scroll, final View view) {
new Handler().post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
int top = view.getTop();
int bottom = view.getBottom();
int sHeight = scroll.getHeight();
scroll.smoothScrollTo(0, ((top + bottom - sHeight) / 2));
}
});
}

You can use ObjectAnimator like this:
ObjectAnimator.ofInt(yourScrollView, "scrollY", yourView.getTop()).setDuration(1500).start();

Add postDelayed to the view so that getTop() does not return 0.
binding.scrollViewLogin.postDelayed({
val scrollTo = binding.textInputLayoutFirstName.top
binding.scrollViewLogin.isSmoothScrollingEnabled = true
binding.scrollViewLogin.smoothScrollTo(0, scrollTo)
}, 400
)
Also make sure the view is a direct child of scrollView, otherwise you would get getTop() as zero. Example: getTop() of edittext which is embedded inside TextInputLayout would return 0. So in this case, we have to compute getTop() of TextInputLayout which is a direct child of ScrollView.
<ScrollView>
<TextInputLayout>
<EditText/>
</TextInputLayout>
</ScrollView>

In my case, that's not EditText, that's googleMap.
And it works successfully like this.
private final void focusCenterOnView(final ScrollView scroll, final View view) {
new Handler().post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
int centreX=(int) (view.getX() + view.getWidth() / 2);
int centreY= (int) (view.getY() + view.getHeight() / 2);
scrollView.smoothScrollBy(centreX, centreY);
}
});
}

Que:Is there a way to programmatically scroll a scroll view to a specific edittext?
Ans:Nested scroll view in recyclerview last position added record data.
adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
nested_scroll.setScrollY(more Detail Recycler.getBottom());
Is there a way to programmatically scroll a scroll view to a specific edit text?

The following is what I'm using:
int amountToScroll = viewToShow.getBottom() - scrollView.getHeight() + ((LinearLayout.LayoutParams) viewToShow.getLayoutParams()).bottomMargin;
// Check to see if scrolling is necessary to show the view
if (amountToScroll > 0){
scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, amountToScroll);
}
This gets the scroll amount necessary to show the bottom of the view, including any margin on the bottom of that view.

Based on Sherif's answer, the following worked best for my use case. Notable changes are getTop() instead of getBottom() and smoothScrollTo() instead of scrollTo().
private void scrollToView(final View view){
final ScrollView scrollView = findViewById(R.id.bookmarksScrollView);
if(scrollView == null) return;
scrollView.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, view.getTop());
}
});
}

If you want to scroll to a view when a soft keyboard is opened, then it might get a bit tricky.
The best solution I've got so far is to use a combination of inset callbacks and requestRectangleOnScreen method.
First, you need to setup inset callbacks:
fun View.doOnApplyWindowInsetsInRoot(block: (View, WindowInsetsCompat, Rect) -> Unit) {
val initialPadding = recordInitialPaddingForView(this)
val root = getRootForView(this)
ViewCompat.setOnApplyWindowInsetsListener(root) { v, insets ->
block(v, insets, initialPadding)
insets
}
requestApplyInsetsWhenAttached()
}
fun View.requestApplyInsetsWhenAttached() {
if (isAttachedToWindow) {
requestApplyInsets()
} else {
addOnAttachStateChangeListener(object : View.OnAttachStateChangeListener {
override fun onViewAttachedToWindow(v: View) {
v.removeOnAttachStateChangeListener(this)
v.requestApplyInsets()
}
override fun onViewDetachedFromWindow(v: View) = Unit
})
}
}
We are setting a callback on a root view to make sure we get called. Insets could be consumed before our view in question received them, so we have to do additional work here.
Now it's almost easy:
doOnApplyWindowInsetsInRoot { _, _, _ ->
post {
if (viewInQuestion.hasFocus()) {
requestRectangleOnScreen(Rect(0, 0, width, height))
}
}
}
You can get rid of a focus check. It's there to limit number of calls to requestRectangleOnScreen. I use post to run an action after scrollable parent scheduled scroll to a focused view.

If anybody is looking for a Kotlin version you can do this with an extension function
fun ScrollView.scrollToChild(view: View, onScrolled: (() -> Unit)? = null) {
view.requestFocus()
val scrollBounds = Rect()
getHitRect(scrollBounds)
if (!view.getLocalVisibleRect(scrollBounds)) {
findViewTreeLifecycleOwner()?.lifecycleScope?.launch(Dispatchers.Main) {
smoothScrollTo(0, view.bottom - 40)
onScrolled?.invoke()
}
}
}
There is a little callback that lets you do something after the scroll.

If scrlMain is your NestedScrollView, then use the following:
scrlMain.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
scrlMain.fullScroll(View.FOCUS_UP);
}
});

here is another better version for efficient scrolling:
kotlin code to scroll to particular position of view added in scrollview(horizontal)
horizontalScrollView.post {
val targetView = findViewById<View>(R.id.target_view)
val targetX = targetView.left
horizontalScrollView.smoothScrollTo(targetX, 0)
}
for vertical scroll just change targetView.left to targetView.top
for JAVA here is a sample code:
scrollView.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
int targetViewY = targetView.getTop();
scrollView.smoothScrollTo(0, targetViewY);
}
}, 500);

What's the best way to check if the view is visible on the window?

What's the best way to check if the view is visible on the window?
I have a CustomView which is part of my SDK and anybody can add CustomView to their layouts. My CustomView is taking some actions when it is visible to the user periodically. So if view becomes invisible to the user then it needs to stop the timer and when it becomes visible again it should restart its course.
But unfortunately there is no certain way of checking if my CustomView becomes visible or invisible to the user. There are few things that I can check and listen to: onVisibilityChange //it is for view's visibility change, and is introduced in new API 8 version so has backward compatibility issue
onWindowVisibilityChange //but my CustomView can be part of a ViewFlipper's Views so it can pose issues
onDetachedFromWindows //this not as useful
onWindowFocusChanged //Again my CustomView can be part of ViewFlipper's views. So if anybody has faced this kind of issues please throw some light.

In my case the following code works the best to listen if the View is visible or not:
#Override
protected void onWindowVisibilityChanged(int visibility) {
super.onWindowVisibilityChanged(visibility);
Log.e(TAG, "is view visible?: " + (visibility == View.VISIBLE));
}

onDraw() is called each time the view needs to be drawn. When the view is off screen then onDraw() is never called. When a tiny bit of the view is becomes visible to the user then onDraw() is called. This is not ideal but I cannot see another call to use as I want to do the same thing. Remember to call the super.onDraw or the view won't get drawn. Be careful of changing anything in onDraw that causes the view to be invalidate as that will cause another call to onDraw.
If you are using a listview then getView can be used whenever your listview becomes shown to the user.
obviously the activity onPause() is called all your views are all covered up and are not visible to the user. perhaps calling invalidate() on the parent and if ondraw() is not called then it is not visible.

This is a method that I have used quite a bit in my apps and have had work out quite well for me:
static private int screenW = 0, screenH = 0;
#SuppressWarnings("deprecation") static public boolean onScreen(View view) {
int coordinates[] = { -1, -1 };
view.getLocationOnScreen(coordinates);
// Check if view is outside left or top
if (coordinates[0] + view.getWidth() < 0) return false;
if (coordinates[1] + view.getHeight() < 0) return false;
// Lazy get screen size. Only the first time.
if (screenW == 0 || screenH == 0) {
if (MyApplication.getSharedContext() == null) return false;
Display display = ((WindowManager)MyApplication.getSharedContext().getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE)).getDefaultDisplay();
try {
Point screenSize = new Point();
display.getSize(screenSize); // Only available on API 13+
screenW = screenSize.x;
screenH = screenSize.y;
} catch (NoSuchMethodError e) { // The backup methods will only be used if the device is running pre-13, so it's fine that they were deprecated in API 13, thus the suppress warnings annotation at the start of the method.
screenW = display.getWidth();
screenH = display.getHeight();
}
}
// Check if view is outside right and bottom
if (coordinates[0] > screenW) return false;
if (coordinates[1] > screenH) return false;
// Else, view is (at least partially) in the screen bounds
return true;
}
To use it, just pass in any view or subclass of view (IE, just about anything that draws on screen in Android.) It'll return true if it's on screen or false if it's not... pretty intuitive, I think.
If you're not using the above method as a static, then you can probably get a context some other way, but in order to get the Application context from a static method, you need to do these two things:
1 - Add the following attribute to your application tag in your manifest:
android:name="com.package.MyApplication"
2 - Add in a class that extends Application, like so:
public class MyApplication extends Application {
// MyApplication exists solely to provide a context accessible from static methods.
private static Context context;
#Override public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
MyApplication.context = getApplicationContext();
}
public static Context getSharedContext() {
return MyApplication.context;
}
}

In addition to the view.getVisibility() there is view.isShown().
isShown checks the view tree to determine if all ancestors are also visible.
Although, this doesn't handle obstructed views, only views that are hidden or gone in either themselves or one of its parents.

In dealing with a similar issue, where I needed to know if the view has some other window on top of it, I used this in my custom View:
#Override
public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasWindowFocus) {
super.onWindowFocusChanged(hasWindowFocus);
if (!hasWindowFocus) {
} else {
}
}

This can be checked using getGlobalVisibleRect method. If rectangle returned by this method has exactly the same size as View has, then current View is completely visible on the Screen.
/**
* Returns whether this View is completely visible on the screen
*
* #param view view to check
* #return True if this view is completely visible on the screen, or false otherwise.
*/
public static boolean onScreen(#NonNull View view) {
Rect visibleRect = new Rect();
view.getGlobalVisibleRect(visibleRect);
return visibleRect.height() == view.getHeight() && visibleRect.width() == view.getWidth();
}
If you need to calculate visibility percentage you can do it using square calculation:
float visiblePercentage = (visibleRect.height() * visibleRect.width()) / (float)(view.getHeight() * view.getWidth())

This solution takes into account view obstructed by statusbar and toolbar, also as view outside the window (e.g. scrolled out of screen)
/**
* Test, if given {#code view} is FULLY visible in window. Takes into accout window decorations
* (statusbar and toolbar)
*
* #param view
* #return true, only if the WHOLE view is visible in window
*/
public static boolean isViewFullyVisible(View view) {
if (view == null || !view.isShown())
return false;
//windowRect - will hold available area where content remain visible to users
//Takes into account screen decorations (e.g. statusbar)
Rect windowRect = new Rect();
view.getWindowVisibleDisplayFrame(windowRect);
//if there is toolBar, get his height
int actionBarHeight = 0;
Context context = view.getContext();
if (context instanceof AppCompatActivity && ((AppCompatActivity) context).getSupportActionBar() != null)
actionBarHeight = ((AppCompatActivity) context).getSupportActionBar().getHeight();
else if (context instanceof Activity && ((Activity) context).getActionBar() != null)
actionBarHeight = ((Activity) context).getActionBar().getHeight();
//windowAvailableRect - takes into account toolbar height and statusbar height
Rect windowAvailableRect = new Rect(windowRect.left, windowRect.top + actionBarHeight, windowRect.right, windowRect.bottom);
//viewRect - holds position of the view in window
//(methods as getGlobalVisibleRect, getHitRect, getDrawingRect can return different result,
// when partialy visible)
Rect viewRect;
final int[] viewsLocationInWindow = new int[2];
view.getLocationInWindow(viewsLocationInWindow);
int viewLeft = viewsLocationInWindow[0];
int viewTop = viewsLocationInWindow[1];
int viewRight = viewLeft + view.getWidth();
int viewBottom = viewTop + view.getHeight();
viewRect = new Rect(viewLeft, viewTop, viewRight, viewBottom);
//return true, only if the WHOLE view is visible in window
return windowAvailableRect.contains(viewRect);
}

you can add to your CustomView's constractor a an onScrollChangedListener from ViewTreeObserver
so if your View is scrolled of screen you can call view.getLocalVisibleRect() and determine if your view is partly offscreen ...
you can take a look to the code of my library : PercentVisibleLayout
Hope it helps!

in your custom view, set the listeners:
getViewTreeObserver().addOnScrollChangedListener(this);
getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(this);
I am using this code to animate a view once when it is visible to user.
2 cases should be considered.
Your view is not in the screen. But it will be visible if user scrolled it
public void onScrollChanged() {
final int i[] = new int[2];
this.getLocationOnScreen(i);
if (i[1] <= mScreenHeight - 50) {
this.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
Log.d("ITEM", "animate");
//animate once
showValues();
}
});
getViewTreeObserver().removeOnScrollChangedListener(this);
getViewTreeObserver().removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(this);
}
}
Your view is initially in screen.(Not in somewhere else invisible to user in scrollview, it is in initially on screen and visible to user)
public void onGlobalLayout() {
final int i[] = new int[2];
this.getLocationOnScreen(i);
if (i[1] <= mScreenHeight) {
this.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
Log.d("ITEM", "animate");
//animate once
showValues();
}
});
getViewTreeObserver().removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(this);
getViewTreeObserver().removeOnScrollChangedListener(this);
}
}