Why do ListView items not grow to wrap their content?

Question

I have a rather complex ListView, with variable list item heights. Under certain conditions, I need to display an additional view in a list item, which is hidden by default

Answer 1

How are you inflating your rows?

If you are not using it right now, try using LayoutInflater#inflate(layoutId, parent, false) (where parent is the AdapterView supplied to getView() or newView()):

v = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.list_item, parent, false);