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How to make the last footer fixed (ListView)

I have a ListView with 2 footer views. The first one is a bunch of TextViews, while the second one is a button. I'm trying to fix the second footer so that it always shows at the bottom of the screen.
I tried the following:
1. alignParentBottom = true
2. layout_gravity="bottom"
3. footerView2.bringToFront()
And combinations of the above. But none of them worked out. How can I achieve this?
UPDATE
I shouldn't have added the View which I always want on the screen (fixed) as footer.
I just added the wannabe-fixed-view with the listView. Did alignParentBottom = true and also view.bringToFront(). It worked out for me.

Separate your ListView and bottom footer. The idea is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<Button
android:id="#+id/btn_bottom"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:text="Bottom button"/>
<ListView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_above="#id/btn_bottom"/>
</RelativeLayout>

Create separate xml file which contain all textviews and button you want as footer part.Then bind this xml as a footer of listview. You can binf footer with listview by this method: listview.addFooterView(footerView);
For example:
View footerView = ((LayoutInflater) getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE))
.inflate(R.layout.listviewfooter, null, false);
spDate = (Spinner) headerView.findViewById(R.id.spdate);
llDatepicker = (LinearLayout) headerView.findViewById(R.id.lldatepicker);
rvDatepicker = (RecyclerView) headerView.findViewById(R.id.rvdatepicker);
rvTimepicker = (RecyclerView) headerView.findViewById(R.id.rvtimepicker);
lvAddress.addFooterView(footerView);

If you are Trying to add a View which will be shown even if we scroll the List Up or Down... u can do something like this. I had done this before But as a header.
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:id="#+id/new_container"
android:background="#color/white"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<Button
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="LOAD EARLIER MESSAGES"
android:id="#+id/loadMore"
android:background="#90F58220"
android:visibility="visible"/>
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/listContainer"
android:layout_below="#+id/loadMore"
android:layout_above="#+id/container">
<ListView
android:id="#+id/messagesContainer"
android:transcriptMode="normal"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"
android:divider="#null"
android:stackFromBottom="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</RelativeLayout>
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/container"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:background="#ffffff"
android:paddingTop="10dp"
android:paddingBottom="10dp"
android:paddingLeft="0dp"
android:paddingRight="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</RelativeLayout>
The LoadMore Button is always visible on the Top of the List...
To add it to footer, Just Change
android:layout_below="#+id/loadMore"
android:layout_above="#+id/container"
to
android:layout_above="#+id/loadMore"

Dynamic content inside scrollview lost last view

I have ScrollView with LinearLayout and button inside:
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/layout_scroll"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/layout_list"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:background="#color/card_color"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:padding="10dp">
</LinearLayout>
<Button
android:id="#+id/button_leave"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
android:text="#string/leave" />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
Then in code I add view to layout_list:
View view = LayoutInflater.from(this)
.inflate(R.layout.item_member, mLayoutMemberList, true);
If I add not many items, then button_leave is visible. But if I add a lot of items (more then showing on the screen) then button is not visible on the screen even if I scroll down.
Update:
Looks like it is bug of android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout. I change it to simple linear layout and all work good.

Try like this:
I think layout view is working fine and try below code,
LayoutInflater inflater = context.getLayoutInflater();
View rowView=inflater.inflate(R.layout.layout_list, null, true);

Animate a ListView without applying an animation to the header

I currently have a listview that has a header and footer attached. I am now trying to animate the items within the list itself, but when I apply a LayoutAnimationController to to the listview, the header is also animated. Is there a way to apply the animation to the whole list without affecting the header?
I have currently already tried the solution at Can LayoutAnimationController animate only specified Views by making a LinearLayout subclass that checks for animatable, but the header is still animating in with the rest of the items.
public class AnimationAverseLinearLayout extends LinearLayout {
private boolean mIsAnimatable = true;
public AnimationAverseLinearLayout(Context context) {
super(context);
}
public AnimationAverseLinearLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
}
public void setAnimatable(boolean isAnimatable) {
if(!isAnimatable)
clearAnimation();
mIsAnimatable = isAnimatable;
}
#Override
public void startAnimation(Animation animation) {
if(mIsAnimatable) {
super.startAnimation(animation);
}
}
}
....
//in onCreateView
ListView listView = (ListView) v.findViewById(android.R.id.list);
listView.setLayoutAnimation(Animations.animateListView(listView.getContext()));
header = (com.yardi.hud.inspections.util.AnimationAverseLinearLayout) inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_case_search_header, null, false);
header.setAnimatable(false);
listView.addHeaderView(header);
...
SearchAdapter adapter = new SearchAdapter(results);
setListAdapter(adapter);

I had the same problem described above - the animation was being applied to the ListView header as well as list rows. I solved this problem with help from this answer. I subclassed the outermost View of my header (in my case a FrameLayout) and overrode the animation methods to take no action. For example:
list_header.xml:
<my.project.NonAnimatingFrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
...
>
<!-- other views in your header -->
...
</my.project.NonAnimatingFrameLayout>
and
package my.project
public class NonAnimatingFrameLayout extends FrameLayout {
...
#Override
public void setAnimation(Animation animation) {
// do nothing
}
The animation method you need to override my vary depending on the type of your outermost view.

I try like this if you want just look this xml file,
i declare header and footer separate & Listview separate in this if you want you can Animate listview . header and footer will not get animate.
if you give header and footer Animate then it will also animate...
<?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="match_parent" >
<!-- Header aligned to top -->
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/header"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:background="#FC9"
android:gravity="center" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:text="Fixed Header"
android:textColor="#000"
android:textSize="20sp" />
</RelativeLayout>
<!-- Footer aligned to bottom -->
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/footer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:background="#FC0"
android:gravity="center" >
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:text="Fixed Footer"
android:textColor="#000"
android:textSize="20sp" />
</RelativeLayout>
<!-- LIstview Item below header and above footer -->
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#+id/footer"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/header" >
</ListView>
</RelativeLayout>

Not really the best solution, but would it be an alternative to for exemple:
create a container view (LinearLayout with vertical orientation)
add your header view
add your ListView
add a footer view
I mean, header and footer would be independent of your list component and would be a quick fix. Isn't it? You'd still being able to control header/footer visibility, for example, just by setting visibility as View.GONE.
Also 1, is there any other method you could implement? I mean, canAnimate or something like that?
Also 2, how is your getView method implemented.
Just providing a quick example of what I've explained:
<!-- Scrollable container -->
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/scrollContainer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<!-- Container view -->
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/list"
android:orientation="vertical">
<!-- Header view -->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/header"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/header_text" />
<!-- LinearLayout acting as ListView -->
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:id="#+id/list"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<!-- Insert rows into the fake list -->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/row_item"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/row_item" />
</LinearLayout>
<!-- Footer view -->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/footer"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/footer_text" />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
I believe the problem got solved now :)

Android List Below Toggle Buttons

I have a list that is intended to be below toggle buttons. The list grabs data from a server and then parses them. My XML is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<ToggleButton
android:id="#+id/toggle_button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textOff="Apps"
android:textOn="Apps" />
<ToggleButton
android:id="#+id/toggle_button2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/toggle_button1"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textOff="VMs"
android:textOn="VMs" />
<ToggleButton
android:id="#+id/toggle_button3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#id/toggle_button2"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textOff="Groups"
android:textOn="Groups" />
<ListView
android:id="#+id/mylist"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/toggle_button1" />
</RelativeLayout>
Code for the actual fragment:
public class ProblemFragment extends SherlockListFragment
{
private SeparatedListAdapter list;
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
this.getSherlockActivity().setContentView(R.layout.problem_layout);
list = new SeparatedListAdapter(this.getSherlockActivity(), new Layout(R.layout.separated_list_adapter_two_text, R.id.two_text_title, R.id.two_text_desc));
ToggleButton b1 = (ToggleButton) this.getSherlockActivity().findViewById(R.id.toggle_button1);
ToggleButton b2 = (ToggleButton) this.getSherlockActivity().findViewById(R.id.toggle_button2);
ToggleButton b3 = (ToggleButton) this.getSherlockActivity().findViewById(R.id.toggle_button3);
setListAdapter(list);
refresh();
}
public void refresh()
{
list = new SeparatedListAdapter(this.getSherlockActivity(), new Layout(R.layout.separated_list_adapter_two_text, R.id.two_text_title, R.id.two_text_desc));
refreshStats();
}
public void refreshStats()
{
//Omitted parsing code
list.addSection(new String("Hello world!!"));
setListAdapter(list);
}
}
However, when I use setListAdapter(list), the buttons are overwritten. They are visible before the app retrieves the data and parses it, but they are overwritten after I call setListAdapter. How can i fix this?

First, remove
android:orientation="horizontal"
from your root layout. RelativeLayout doesn't have an orientation property. Also, weight is for child elements of a LinearLayout and when you use it then you should assign the width of each child view to 0dp for horizontal orientation and height="0dp" for vertical orientation.
Then wrap your ToggleButtons in a LinearLayout, vertical or horizontal orientation, and give it the property
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
then give your ListView the property
android:layout_below="#id/idOfLinearLayout"
So it may look something like
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/toggleLL"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true">
<ToggleButton
android:id="#+id/toggle_button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textOff="Apps"
android:textOn="Apps" />
<ToggleButton
android:id="#+id/toggle_button2"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textOff="VMs"
android:textOn="VMs" />
<ToggleButton
android:id="#+id/toggle_button3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textOff="Groups"
android:textOn="Groups" />
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/mylist"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/toggleLL" />
</RelativeLayout>
I also removed the RelativeLayout properties from the ToggleButtons since they are now wrapped in a LinearLayout. And you had a circular view error there with assigning the second ToggleButton to the right of itself which may have been a copy/paste error. Hope this helps.
Note that the default orientation for a LinearLayout is horizontal so leaving that property out will give you that effect.

Oh! I can not test your XML but I think that you need scrollbars! If the list is filled with a lot of entries, it can became bigger that the screen, making the buttons disappear because they are pushed up by the list. Try to add a scroll to the whole layout.
Something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<!-- Original layout here -->
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
Of course, if you just put only one layout inside the scrollview, there is no need for the outer layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!-- Original layout here -->
</ScrollView>

List view with buttons at the bottom of dialog theme activity keep overlapping

I am working on android project where I have an activity which is using the theme holo dialog.
Within the dialog I have a list view and what I want to have is at the bottom always on show a linear layout which contains two buttons next to each other. The list view is populated by retrieving data from the call log and populating the adapter of the list.
The problem I am having is the list view always shows on top taking up the whole dialogue with the buttons at the bottom, with the content of the list overlapping the buttons. I want the list to be within the space of the top of the dialogue to the top of the linear layout button group. Below is the code for the main content view. This layout is set using the setContentView in the onCreate method
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ListView android:id="#android:id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</ListView>
<LinearLayout android:id="#+id/call_log_select_host_button_group"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true">
<Button android:id="#+id/call_log_select_btnCancel"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="Block"/>
<Button android:id="#+id/call_log_select_btnBlock"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:text="Cancel" />
</LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>
I'm not sure if it makes any difference but just in case the below is how I am populating the list and setting the view.
#Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
{
CallInformation callInformation = (CallInformation)arrayList.get(position);
LayoutInflater inflator = (LayoutInflater)context
.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
View rowView = inflator.inflate(R.layout.call_log_selection, parent, false);
ImageView imageView = (ImageView)rowView.findViewById(R.id.call_log_selector_image);
if (callInformation.type == android.provider.CallLog.Calls.INCOMING_TYPE)
{
imageView.setImageResource(android.R.drawable.sym_call_incoming);
}
else if (callInformation.type == android.provider.CallLog.Calls.OUTGOING_TYPE)
{
imageView.setImageResource(android.R.drawable.sym_call_outgoing);
}
else if (callInformation.type == android.provider.CallLog.Calls.MISSED_TYPE)
{
imageView.setImageResource(android.R.drawable.sym_call_missed);
}
CheckBox checkbox = (CheckBox)rowView.findViewById(R.id.call_log_selector_checkbox);
checkbox.setText(callInformation.content);
checkbox.setTag(callInformation.telephone);
return rowView;
}
}
The below code is the XML layout that is inflated by the adapter get view function
<?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="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<ImageView android:id="#+id/call_log_selector_image"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:src="#android:drawable/stat_sys_phone_call"/>
<CheckBox android:id="#+id/call_log_selector_checkbox"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
Thanks for any help you can provide.

Try telling your ListView to stay above your LinearLayout
<ListView android:id="#android:id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_above="#+id/call_log_select_host_button_group> // Add this line here
</ListView>