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Scrolling up and down the ListView loses the top and bottom items in the list - Screenshot attached

I have an activity with the following items:
Action bar (one imageview, one view and two imagebutton) displayed on top of the activity, and for the rest of the screen I have one ListView. This is all placed in main.xml layout. The list will always have 6 rows no more and the action bar is not visible on this activity.
The listview loses text/images from some rows when scrolling up and down.
Before scrolling (I had to hide the logo though, sorry)
Before scrolling http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/37/32572081.png
After scrolling down and up (note DGL Lookup text disappear)
after first scrolling http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/7334/4scrollup.png
After scrolling down and up again (note DGL Lookup is still not there and Hazard Classes graphic and text disappear too
scrolling again and again http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/4970/5scrolldownagain.png
If I keep scrolling up and down, rows might show up again and might disappear as well.
here is my main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#FFF"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<include layout="#layout/action_bar" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/splashscreen"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_gravity="center" >
</ImageView>
<ListView
android:id="#android:id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:cacheColorHint="#00000000"
android:textColor="#000" >
</ListView>
</LinearLayout>
Any quick help! I am very new to Android

#Frankenstein: Thanks for your help, you gave me the thread head and I followed it until the I got the solution.
The issue was that the listview display certain number of rows on a screen, and display more rows as you scroll up and down using getView method. The new rows displayed will normally take the style of the rows they are replacing.
So, if row1 has a different font style than others, then the row that will take it's place will inherit the same font style. What you may do, check if this is a different row that shouldn't inherit the style and then change the style to what you like.
Check this article http://android.amberfog.com/?p=296 which will explain what I just said in a technical way

How to make a section header in ListView which always sticks on top?

Android does not have a support for section headers on ListView by default. Based from my research, I've learned that there are 2 ways to implement a section header on ListView. The first one is to support 2 types of views in the list view: the separator view and the content view. The second one is to include a separator view in all of the content views and just set the visibility of the separator view to either VISIBLE or GONE. I'm using the second method.
However, when I scroll the ListView upwards, the section header is also scrolled up. I know this is normal. But I want the section header to remain on top as long as some data belonging to its section are still being displayed. The behavior that I want to accomplish is similar to the behavior of the section headers of UITableView in iOS. How can I accomplish this?
Also, I would like to note that I've read that one solution for this is to create a view above the ListView and just change it if needed. However, this won't work for all phones. For example, the ListView on Samsung phones are bouncing. If I placed a view above the ListView to act as header and the ListView bounces, the dummy header view won't bounce together with the ListView. Also, the top of the default ListView can easily be spotted because it glows when the ListView is being scrolled. Is there anyway to accomplish the said effect while making sure that it still looks natural?
The picture below shows the problem that I will be encountering if I just add a textview on top of the listview: (Taken from Samsung Galaxy S2)

see in this xml + symbol is static u will get some help
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:id="#+id/linearlayout">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#00ffff">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/plus" />
</LinearLayout>
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/scrollView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>

Scrollbar does not scroll while using dynamically filled listview

I am not able to scroll in a scrollview which contains a listview and is filled dynamically as I get data from the webservice.
I am able to do scrolling in emulator through mouse wheel, but in avtual device I can not scroll the list.
The attributes of scrollview are
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_weight="0.6"
android:fillViewport="true"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="6.0dip"
android:scrollbarAlwaysDrawVerticalTrack="true"
android:scrollbarFadeDuration="5000"
android:scrollbarSize="20dp"
android:scrollbarStyle="insideOverlay"
android:scrollbars="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/linearLayout2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="2dp" >
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listbox_list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="599.84"
android:minHeight="250dp" >
</ListView>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
Please help me soon

by just looking at the layout_width and layout_height of your elements, it's clear that your scrollview will not scroll. unless you have a fixed height listview, never put a listview inside a scrollview (or in this case, a listview inside a layout that sits inside a scrollview).

I don't have any links to back this up right now, but it's not possible, and a well-known 'problem'. If you google a bit, or search here on SO, you'll find a number of topics covering this.
The problem arises in most cases when you have a scrolling view inside another scrolling view in the same direction. Consider the following example:
You have Two lists inside of a ScrollView.
Both lists are exactly one screen tall.
How do you scroll down to the second list?
When scrolling, how will your layout know if you are scrolling the list or the container?
This is basically the question that is the cause, and the only official solution is that it is as it should be, and there won't be a fix. Usually it is enough to have either a ListView or a ScrollView, but I have faced cases when you must have a listview in a scrollview (in my case a client wanted an iPhone-like datespinner in a scrolling page).
I solved it by using a FrameLayout, containing a custom ScrollView, and a ListView on top of that. Then in the code for the custom ScrollView, I added a line in the onScroll method that updated the top margin of the ListView, to psuh it upwards or downwards as the user scrolled. Surprisingly it worked.
NOTE: remember that:
The ListView handles its own scroll. If all you need is a scrolling
list, you do not need a ScrollView.
If you need a layout with a list and space for buttons or other
views, consider creating your layout so that the list only covers
enough space for you to fit your other views below/above without
scrolling.

Add following in your linear layout
android:scrollbars="vertical"
android:scrollbarAlwaysDrawVerticalTrack="true"

android listview doesn't stick on the top of the layout

I have this xml file. The list contains 2 items. When I test the application on the SDK emulator or a tablet, it is displayed as intented. However, when I download the application on a Samsung GT-S5570 with Android v2.2.1, the user can drag the list from the top and move it towards the bottom of the screen. Is there any way to prevent this from happening?
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<ListView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:paddingTop="20dip"
android:id="#android:id/list"
android:cacheColorHint="#android:color/transparent"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearance"/>
</RelativeLayout>

If you just want to display limited number of items, then put that items within the ScrollView instead of using ListView.
ListView is intended to display unlimited number of items with scrollview to scroll other items.
This answer is the more informative and helpful: how can i automatically size listview so it doesn't scroll

How can I make horizontally scrollable items in a vertical listview?

I would like to use horizontall scrolling items in a vertically scrolling Listview.
My naive take on this was to put the contents of the listview items inside a scrollView. The items are wider horizontally than the scrollview, but not higher than the scrollview. Since the listview is a normal vertically scrolling listview, I figured that dragging vertically would scroll in the list, while dragging horizontally would scroll in the items.
However that didn't work. The list scrolls fine vertically and shows the items correctly, but scrolling horizontally does not work (nothing happens). Unfortunately I am really not sure where to go from here.
Note that the items should scroll horizontally independently of the other items, i.e the whole list should not scroll sideways when dragging sideways.
As a reference, I would like the list to behave similar to what it does in the app 'Pulse', in case you have seen it.

Make ordinary ListView with any adapter you like but design the item Layout something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<HorizontalScrollView
android:id="#+id/hor_scroll"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/lin"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/icon"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_marginRight="6.0dip"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:focusable="false" />
<TextView
android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceMedium"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:id="#+id/text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:singleLine="true"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/icon"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
</LinearLayout>
</HorizontalScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>
You'll have Vertically Scrollable ListView with Horizontally Scrollable items. And the items are scrolled independantly from other items.

You need to use a HorizontalScrollView. Droidstack is an open source app (I wrote) that does just this (in the questions lists you can scroll the tags on each question), if you want a concrete example.

if you follow the good practices of android development, you should never put a ScrollView inside a ListView, is unrecomended bu Romain Guy and other people from android development, to read the arguments read here: Android ScrollView layout problem
from the android docs:
"You should never use a HorizontalScrollView with a ListView, since ListView takes care of its own scrolling. Most importantly, doing this defeats all of the important optimizations in ListView for dealing with large lists, since it effectively forces the ListView to display its entire list of items to fill up the infinite container supplied by HorizontalScrollView."
EDIT: it seems that the warning posted above is an error from the android documentation, talking with some colleagues they told me its possible. The issue in the documentation is here, http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2781.
my appologies

You can use "ViewPager" each element in the list can be a ViewPager