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Step 1 − Create a new project in Android Studio, go to File ⇒ New Project and fill all required details to create a new project. Step 2 − Add the following code to res/layout/activity_main. xml. In this above code, we have declare Linear layout as parent and added Vertical Scroll view.
Step 1: Choose your Parent layout. In the example I have choose a LinearLayout with with horizontal orientation. Step 2: Add HorizontalScrollView as a sub-view with layout_width and layout_height as match_parent. You may add padding if you want.
You need to place ScrollView as the first child of Layout file and now put your linearlayout inside it. Now, android will decide on the basis of content and device size available whether to show a scrollable or not. Make sure linearlayout has no sibling because ScrollView can not have more than one child.
Wrap the linear layout with a <ScrollView>
See here for an example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<!-- Content here -->
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
Note: fill_parent is deprecated and renamed to match_parent in API Level 8 and higher.
<ScrollView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/scroll"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/container"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
You need to wrap your linear layout with a scroll view
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/scroll"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
This can be done using the tag <ScrollView>. For ScrollView, one thing you have to remind that, ScrollView must have a single child.
If you want your full layout to be scrollable then add <ScrollView> at the top. Check the example given below.
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/scroll"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<!-- Content here -->
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
But if you want some part of your layout to be scrollable then add <ScrollView> within that part. Check the example given below.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="400dp">
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<!-- Content here -->
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
Here is how I did it by trial and error.
ScrollView - (the outer wrapper).
LinearLayout (child-1).
LinearLayout (child-1a).
LinearLayout (child-1b).
Since ScrollView can have only one child, that child is a linear layout. Then all the other layout types occur in the first linear layout. I haven't tried to include a relative layout yet, but they drive me nuts so I will wait until my sanity returns.
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