Calculate the size of a list view or how to tell it to fully expand

Question

I am currently trying to use a ListView inside of a ScrollView. I know from what I\'ve read that this is looked down upon, but I\'m trying to get the ListView to expand com

Answer 1

You should not place your ListView in a ScrollView. The ListView is already scrollable.

The ListView should expand fully by default, if it is the only thing in the layout.

If it is not the only thing in the layout, and you want the ListView to expand to take up all available space, set the layout_weight on the ListView to 1, where all other layout_weight=0.

Edit: The ListView is really designed to be scrollable...the screen layout you have in your screenshot doesn't really seem like the "android way".

However, if your really want to circumvent that, you could try inflating one of the rows, get its minHeight, and multiply that by the number of items in the ListView adapter.

LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.label_value_row, null, false);
int height = adapter.getCount() * view.getMinHeight();