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ScrollView seems to set a top margin for its child

I have an issue with ScrollView which seems to add a top margin for its child. I have a LinearLayout above it, which sets Top margin in order for the layout to be below other elements (its parent is FrameLayout), then ScrollView is inserted into the LinearLayout, and a finally a child is attached to ScrollView.
The following image shows empty space that appears between "border" and order details (TextView):
Image
Java Code:
// Inner layout to accommodate ScrollView
LinearLayout inner_layout = new LinearLayout(app.getApplicationContext());
LinearLayout.LayoutParams inner_params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, 440);
inner_params.setMargins(0, 135, 0, 0);
inner_layout.setLayoutParams(inner_params);
// ScrollView for details of the order (in case everything doesn't fit in the body)
ScrollView scrollView = new ScrollView(app.getApplicationContext());
params_in = new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
scrollView.setLayoutParams(params_in);
scrollView.setFillViewport(false);
TextView body_text = new TextView(app.getApplicationContext());
params_in = new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
params_in.setMargins(10, 0, 10, 10);
body_text.setLayoutParams(params_in);
body_text.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorTextSecondary, null));
It's almost as if top margin of 135 is also used for ScrollView's child.
If someone could help understand what I'm doing wrong I would appreciate it a lot.

how to implement vertical scroll on pop-up window in android?

I've tried with a piece of code but it is not displaying vertical scroll bar. my code is pasted below:
public void init() {
popupButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.textview1);
popupText = new TextView(this);
insidePopupButton = new Button(this);
layoutOfPopup = new LinearLayout(this);
LinearLayout lt=new LinearLayout(this);
view=new ScrollView(this);
insidePopupButton.setText("OK");
popupText.setText("This is Popup Window.press OK to dismiss it.");
popupText.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);
popupText.setPadding(0, 0, 0, 20);
layoutOfPopup.setOrientation(1);
lt.addView(popupText);
layoutOfPopup.addView(insidePopupButton,350,35);
layoutOfPopup.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK);
view.addView(lt);
layoutOfPopup.addView(view);
Thank you in advance..:)

ScrollView cannot be combine with popupWindow in android, no matter what. Sad but true.

You need to add your views in this way:
LinearLayout linearLayout = new LinearLayout(this);
// add all your views to linearLayout(or RelativeLayout)
linearLayout.addView(popupText);
linearLayout.addView(insidePopupButton);
// add linearLayout to ScrollView instance
view.addView(linearLayout);
// add ScrollView instance to main layout
layoutOfPopup.addView(view);
ScrollView is a single element container.

How to set margin dynamically in Android?

I am currently doing an android application that contains customize alert dialog. It contains a button , but i can't set the margin for the button . the code is given below. setmargin method is not working
AlertDialog.Builder myDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(Login.this);
Button button = new Button(Login.this);
button.setText("Send");
LayoutParams buttonLayoutParams
= new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
button.setLayoutParams(buttonLayoutParams);
resetPassword=editText.getText().toString();
LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(Login.this);
layout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
layout.addView(textView);
layout.addView(editText);
layout.addView(button);
myDialog.setView(layout);

Write below code to set margin, it may help you.
AlertDialog.Builder myDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(Login.this);
Button button = new Button(Login.this);
EditText editText = new EditText(Login.this);
TextView textView = new TextView(Login.this);
button.setText("Send");
LinearLayout.LayoutParams buttonLayoutParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
buttonLayoutParams.setMargins(50, 10, 0, 0);
button.setLayoutParams(buttonLayoutParams);
String resetPassword = editText.getText().toString();
LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(Login.this);
layout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
layout.addView(textView);
layout.addView(editText);
layout.addView(button);
myDialog.setView(layout);
myDialog.show();
Use LinearLayout.LayoutParams or RelativeLayout.LayoutParams according to parent layout of the child view

Just sharing a slightly different approach.
Instead of casting to LinearLayout.LayoutParams, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams, etc, you can just cast to MarginLayoutParams.
Casting to MarginLayoutParams is better because you can later update your layout and you don't need to return to your java code to change from LinearLayout to RelativeLayout or any other Layout type
You can do something like:
MarginLayoutParams layoutParams = (MarginLayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
// Set bottom margin
layoutParams.bottomMargin = x;
// Set top margin
layoutParams.topMargin = x;
// Set left margin
// This won't have effect if you set any relative margin (start) previously or in the layout.xml
layoutParams.leftMargin = x;
// Set left margin
// This won't have effect if you set any relative margin (end) previously or in the layout.xml
layoutParams.rightMargin = x;
// Set start margin
layoutParams.setMarginStart(x);
// Set end margin
layoutParams.setMarginStart(x);
// Set all left, top, right, bottom margins at once
// Note that here, left and right margins are set (not start/end).
// So, if you have used start/end margin before (or via layout.xml),
// setting left/right here won't have any effect.
layoutParams.setMargins(left, top, end, bottom)
// Then re-apply the layout params again to force the view to be re-draw
// This step may not be necessary because depending where you set the margin,
// view is already scheduled to be drawn
// For any case, to ensure the view will apply the new margin, call:
view.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);

buttonLayoutParams.bottomMargin
buttonLayoutParams.topMargin
buttonLayoutParams.leftMargin
buttonLayoutParams.rightMargin
can be used to set margins

The setMargin() method is available if you're using LinearLayout.LayoutParams but not if you're using ViewGroup.LayoutParams. Dipak Keshariya alludes to this but doesn't say it in so many words.

You can set in LinearLayout margin
LinearLayout ll = new LinearLayout(this);
ll.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new
LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
layoutParams.setMargins(30, 20, 30, 0);
Button okButton=new Button(this);
okButton.setText("some text");
ll.addView(okButton, layoutParams);

This works for me (The support library (need to use AndroidX):
Kotlin
val params = LinearLayoutCompat.LayoutParams(
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT
).apply {
setMargins(0,16,0,16)
}
Java
LinearLayoutCompat.LayoutParams params = LinearLayoutCompat.LayoutParams(
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT
)
params.setMargins(0,16,0,16)

Set ScrollView + Fixed Button Programatically on Android with setText.

I' m at this point stuck : I want to have a scrollview + a fixed button at the bottom, but Programatically Way ! I can' t go with XML for some technical reason.
Actually i have this :
//Is it really usefull Relative View?
RelativeLayout layout = new RelativeLayout(this);
ScrollView sv = new ScrollView(this);
sv.setId(2);
// What is it? RelativeLayout.LayoutParams?
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams lp = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
lp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_BOTTOM, sv.getId());
sv.setLayoutParams(new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(480, 800));
layout.addView(saveButton, lp);
layout.addView(sv);
I do the first 3 page Google on "fixed button and scrollview Android programatically"
Im beginner on Android, so, don' t hesitate to comment on my code some hints ;)
Thx for your help.

try this
LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(this);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT);
layout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
layout.setLayoutParams(lp);
ScrollView scroll = new ScrollView(this);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams slp = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,0, 1.0f);
scroll.setLayoutParams(slp);
Button btn = new Button(this);
ViewGroup.LayoutParams blp = new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(
LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
btn.setLayoutParams(blp);
btn.setText("Click Me");
layout.addView(scroll);
layout.addView(btn);
setContentView(layout);

If you are trying to create a view where the upper portion of the screen is a scrolling list, and the bottom portion is a button, put the scrollview inside a linearlayout, and put the button in the linearlayout below the scrollview.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/LinearLayout.html

Custom view: nested linearlayout not showing up

I created a custom view. In it, theres a line, a textview, another line. beneath the bottom line, i wanted to put a new horizontally oriented linearlayout. when i run it, this nested linearlayout doesnt seem to show up at all. Instead, i can see the test button right underneath the bottom line. what am i doing wrong?
public class MyView extends LinearLayout {
public MyView(Context context, Question question) {
super(context);
// this.setLayoutParams(params);
this.setOrientation(VERTICAL);
this.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams lineParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, 2);
View topLine = new View(context);
lineParams.setMargins(0, 15, 0, 0);
topLine.setBackgroundColor(Color.argb(255, 0, 159, 218));
topLine.setLayoutParams(lineParams);
this.addView(topLine);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
//Challenge Question
TextView questionText = new TextView(context);
questionText.setTextColor(Color.BLACK);
questionText.setTextSize(14);
questionText.setLayoutParams(params);
questionText.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL);
questionText.setText(question.getQuestion());
this.addView(questionText);
View bottomLine = new View(context);
bottomLine.setBackgroundColor(Color.argb(255, 0, 159, 218));
bottomLine.setLayoutParams(lineParams);
this.addView(bottomLine);
LinearLayout innerLayout = new LinearLayout(context);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams innerLayoutParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(300, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
innerLayout.setLayoutParams(innerLayoutParams);
innerLayout.setBackgroundColor(Color.RED);
innerLayout.setOrientation(HORIZONTAL);
//TableLayout for the multiple choices
TableLayout tableLayout = new TableLayout(context);
LayoutParams tableLayoutParams = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
// tableLayoutParams.weight = .8f;
tableLayout.setBackgroundColor(Color.RED);
tableLayout.setLayoutParams(tableLayoutParams);
innerLayout.addView(tableLayout);
this.addView(innerLayout);
Button button = new Button(context);
button.setLayoutParams(params);
button.setText("testing 123");
this.addView(button);
}
Note that I pasted the code without all the stuff that I added to the tablelayout. I probably should have pasted that too. But it didn't work when I did that either. but either way, if i set the nested linearlayout to 300 width and set a background color of red to it, i should at least see it, no?

Think about what the height of the inner layout should be. Right now it is wrap_content and contains a TableLayout (with no rows) with its height also set to wrap_content. There doesn't seem to be anything in that inner layout giving it a height dimension, so that may be why it is not being displayed.
Trying the following will make your layout visible:
LinearLayout.LayoutParams innerLayoutParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(300, 300);
More usefully, you can try adding something with a real width/height to the TableLayout.
Also consider writing your layout in XML to better separate your application logic and the presentation.