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ListView containing only a single item appears at the bottom

I'm fairly new to Android and when I have a ListView containing only a single item that item appears at the bottom of the ListView. I'm assuming this is because the ListView is populated from the bottom. So, is there a way to get the ListView to populate from the top? Or are there any other methods to get the same result? Thank you.
Here is my definition of the ListView
<ListView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/fileList"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_above="#+id/previous"/>
When I remove android:layout_above="#+id/previous the problem is fixed, but my list extends behind the button I have at the bottom off the screen.

Check the android:gravity attribute in your defined ListView in static XML. It sounds like you may have it set to android:gravity="bottom"

I was able to solve this problem by setting android:layout_height and android:layout_width to fill_parent

remove this line, list will show from top.
android:layout_above="#+id/previous"

Sizing a ListView when it's a nested Fragment

I want a ListView to fill the space available to it while still leaving room for a small footer view at the bottom of the screen. I'm trying to use a RelativeLayout to accomplish this and attempted to use the solution discussed at Limit number of rows of listview . The problem I'm running into is I'm using nested Fragments, so my ListView is actually a FrameLayout in my xml then I load a ListFragment into that frame dynamically. Given the nested fragment stipulation, how can I get my FrameLayout to "stackFromBottom" as I would with a ListView? I just need to stop the list from pushing the other View off the bottom of the screen. Thanks for your time all.

Here is the solution I came up with:
<TextView
android:id="#+id/advertisement"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="30dp"
android:text="Ads will appear here"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"/>
<FrameLayout
android:id="#+id/news_frag"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="#id/carousel_menu"
android:layout_above="#id/advertisement"/>
The trick was to set both layout_above AND layout_below for the FrameLayout, I had only been setting one and that was apparently allowing the layout to push it off of the screen. Also worth noting is they had to be declared in reverse order of how they actually appear on the page, so that the FrameLayout could properly reference the other View.

How to make ListView and ImageView scrollable into LinearLayout?

I have LinearLayout compoment which contains ListView and ImageView.
According to the documentation layout area should be scrollable if element's height is bigger than LinearLayout's area.
But scroll is not available.
I can scroll only when listview contains a lot of elements. But in this case ImageView component is not visible at all.
Using ScrollView is not allowed because ListView has his own Scroll element.
Could you please advice what should I do?
Here is part of my xml file:
<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_below="#id/top_header"
android:layout_above="#id/bottom_menu"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:id="#+id/sub_content_view">
<ListView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/eventsListView"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="260dp"
android:id="#+id/empty_area"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
android:background="#drawable/empty_area"
android:contentDescription="#string/contentDescription"/>
</LinearLayout>

If you ListView is not empty, you may register the ImageView as list footer, it then scrolls with the ListView. However, footers are not displayed if the list is empty, so you'd have to add the ImageView to the empty view as well.

First 2 comments than a possible solution
(1) ListView won't be scrollable when there's nothing in it. Instead it will display an empty view which you can set either programaticlly or with XML (usualy a text view that says something to the extent of "your list is empty").
(2) Your ImageView is set for a fixed height while your ListView is set to wrap_content. As a result, when your ListView contains enough elements that is is larger than the area of the screen it will push your ImageView out of view. As I have yet to see a LinearLayout or RelativeLayout suddnely become scrollable if there's more stuff on the screen than there is space (I just tried to make it happen) I'm not surprised by what you're describing.
You're right that using a ScrollView with a ListView as a child is disfavored. What I would try is - instead of putting both the ListView and ImageView in the same LinearLayout - separate the two. I don't know the rest of your XML but if you moved the ImageView out of that layout element you should be able to position it below the part containing the ListView such that - regardless of the size of the list - the ImageView will remain in the same place.
The suggestion above to use a footer may work, however, a footer is pinned to the bottom of the list. That means, if your list is really long, there will be a point at which the footer is not visible unless you scroll down far enough that it is exposed. If you want the image to remain visible all the time, e.g. have the list scroll behind the image, then you need to use a different approach.

insert more than 2 gridview in a linearlayout

im trying to insert 6 gridviews with 6 imageview above each of them ! the problem im facing is that i cant scroll my page to see all my girdviews the first gridview seems fine as it wraps all its contents and set the height to it the second gridview shows only first row and make it scrollable but i can't see my other gridviews i want a layout like
--ImageView--
--GridView1--
--ImageView--
--GridView2--
--ImageView--
--GridView3--
and so on
<LinearLayout>
<ImageView />
<GridView />
--
--
<GridView6 />
</LinearLayout>
i have tried using scrollview and all but couldn't get the results !
Thanks

Hee is how you can do this. Check the answer here. It is an expandable height GridView, which you will want to import / create in your project. What that basically means is that as more items are added to the GridView, it will just expand its height, as opposed to keeping its height set and using scrolling. This is exactly what you want.
Once you have the ExpandableHeightGridView in your project, go to your XML layout where you want the GridView to be. You can then do something like this (paraphrasing):
<ScrollView ...>
<RelativeLayout ...>
<com.example.ExpandableHeightGridView ... />
<other view items />
</RelativeLayout>
</ScrollView>
Then, in your activity where you set the GridView's adapter, you want to make sure you set it to expand. So:
ExpandableHeightGridView gridView = (ExpandableHeightGridView) findViewById(R.id.myId);
gridView.setAdapter(yourAdapter);
gridView.setExpanded(true);
The reason you want this expandable GridView is because, the fact that a standard GridView doesn't expand is what causes it to scroll. It sticks to a certain height, and then as more items fill it past its view bounds, it becomes scrollable. Now, with this, your GridView will always expand its height to fit the content within it, thus never allowing it to enter its scrolling mode. This enables you to use it inside of the ScrollView and use other view elements above or below it within the ScrollView, and have them all scroll.
This should give you the result you're looking for. Let me know if you have any questions.

android How to add list view in a scrollview

I have a layout requirement like below,
Textview
TextView
ListView
Edit Text
Button
Since listview cannot fit in landscape, I want to have list view onwards (ie. listview, edittext and button) to be a scroll view.
I know listview cannot be used inside a scrollview, but is there a way to do that ?
Any working example will be appreciated.

99% of android developers think we should not use ListView inside a ScrollView because both are scrollbale views and only parent can be scrollable, so it wraps the ListView.
Its 100% correct. But we have to use tricks to avoid this and to achieve our requirements.
I found one trick in web, which is setting the height of ListView based on the list items. Just check the link below, you will get an example code to calculate the height of ListView to fit inside a ScollView.
Android ListView height calculation to fit in ScrollView
The problem with this code is the list view will be filled entire screen if more children are available.
You have to use below template to achieve solution to your requirement.
<ScrollView >
<LinearLayout vertical>
<TextView />
<TextView />
<ListView />
<EditText />
<Button />
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
I saw one video on youtube, Android ListView inside a ScrollView which is showing we can limit the height of listview, can be scrollable and used inside a ScrollView. I don't know how the programmer achieved that.
I am also thinking to produce same result by avoiding above example code. I hope it may help you temporarily. Please let me know if you got solution.

The better solution for this kind of layout is that You should use relative layout and fix ur EditText and Button at the bottom of ur screen like i have in my list view(see the image below) so that you wont need to add ScrollView in ur layout.

Just do this
<ScrollView>
<LinearLayout>
<ListView>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
Then add your
EditText
Button

Sort of a round about way to do what you want to do without a scroll view.
Write a custom adapter for your ListView
Assume you have an array of n elements that you want to populate the ListView with and then the EditText and the Button. So number of elements will be n+2
In the getView for the position n+1 return a view which has an EditText box instead of the normal list item
For the n+2 position return a Button.
Don't try to wrap around a ListView with a ScrollView, you will need up with lot of issues.
Note: I have not tested this, not even sure if it will work. Do let me know if it works. :)