Hide custom search bar if all items in adapter are showing

Question

The problem I have is that listView.getLastVisiblePosition always returns -1 so I can\'t hide the searchView. I check this right after setting the

Answer 1

Thanks to zapl's answer I was able to get what I needed. I thought I would post the full code in case it helps anyone

listView.post(new Runnable()
{       
    public void run()
    {
        int numItemsVisible = listView.getLastVisiblePosition() - 
                listView.getFirstVisiblePosition();
        if (itemsAdapter.getCount() - 1 > numItemsVisible)
        {   searchField.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);    }                                   
        else
        {   
            searchField.setVisibility(View.GONE);   
            setFilters("searchtext", "");
        }               
    }
});