how to maintain scroll position of listview when it updates

Question

I have read plenty of examples ,but if I wish to maintain my scroll position after a ListView is updated from JSON ,then can I do that without using an

Answer 1

It is easier to maintain scroll position by calling notifydatasetchanged() only. The problem there is that you are creating a new adapter every time the data gets updated... you should do something like this:

if(listView.getAdapter()==null)
   listView.setAdapter(myAdapter);
else{
   myAdapter.updateData(myNewData);  //update adapter's data
   myAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged(); //notifies any View reflecting data to refresh
}

This way, your listview will mantain the scrolling position.

In case you want to scroll to a new position, use:

list.smoothScrollToPosition(int position);