android: listview in listview

Question

i\'m trying to place a listview inside a listviewitem. the inner listview should not be scrollable but take all size it needs to display all it\'s rows. is there a better wa

Answer 1

Maybe somebody will find my solution useful. It is based on @ChrLipp answer and uses LinearLayout.

public class NotScrollableListView extends LinearLayout {

private ListAdapter adapter;
private DataChangeObserver dataChangeObserver;
private Drawable divider;
private int dividerHeight;

private List reusableViews = new ArrayList<>();

public NotScrollableListView(Context context) {
    super(context);
}

public NotScrollableListView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    super(context, attrs);

    setAttributes(attrs);
}

public NotScrollableListView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
    super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);

    setAttributes(attrs);
}

public ListAdapter getAdapter() {
    return adapter;
}

public void setAdapter(ListAdapter adapter) {
    if (this.adapter != null && dataChangeObserver != null) {
        this.adapter.unregisterDataSetObserver(dataChangeObserver);
    }

    this.adapter = adapter;
}

@Override
protected void onAttachedToWindow() {
    super.onAttachedToWindow();

    if (adapter != null) {
        dataChangeObserver = new DataChangeObserver();
        adapter.registerDataSetObserver(dataChangeObserver);

        fillContents();
    }
}

@Override
protected void onDetachedFromWindow() {
    super.onDetachedFromWindow();

    if (adapter != null) {
        adapter.unregisterDataSetObserver(dataChangeObserver);
        dataChangeObserver = null;
    }
}

private void fillContents() {

    // clearing contents
    this.removeAllViews();

    final int count = adapter.getCount();   // item count
    final int reusableCount = reusableViews.size(); // count of cached reusable views

    // calculating of divider properties
    ViewGroup.LayoutParams dividerLayoutParams = null;
    if (divider != null && dividerHeight > 0) {
        dividerLayoutParams = new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, dividerHeight);
    }

    // adding items
    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
        // adding item
        View converView = null;
        if (i < reusableCount) {    // we have cached view
            converView = reusableViews.get(i);
        }
        View view = adapter.getView(i, converView, this);

        if (i >= reusableCount) {   // caching view
            reusableViews.add(view);
        }

        addView(view);

        // adding divider
        if (divider != null && dividerHeight > 0) {
            if (i < count - 1) {
                ImageView dividerView = new ImageView(getContext());
                dividerView.setImageDrawable(divider);
                dividerView.setLayoutParams(dividerLayoutParams);
                addView(dividerView);
            }
        }
    }
}

private void setAttributes(AttributeSet attributes) {
    int[] dividerAttrs = new int[]{android.R.attr.divider, android.R.attr.dividerHeight};

    TypedArray a = getContext().obtainStyledAttributes(attributes, dividerAttrs);
    try {
        divider = a.getDrawable(0);
        dividerHeight = a.getDimensionPixelSize(1, 0);
    } finally {
        a.recycle();
    }

    setOrientation(VERTICAL);
}

private class DataChangeObserver extends DataSetObserver {
    @Override
    public void onChanged() {
        super.onChanged();

        fillContents();
    }

    @Override
    public void onInvalidated() {
        super.onInvalidated();

        fillContents();
    }
}
    }