Scrollview vertical and horizontal in android

Question

Mixing some of the suggestions above, and was able to get a good solution:

Custom ScrollView:

package com.scrollable.view;

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.widget.ScrollView;

public class VScroll extends ScrollView {

    public VScroll(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    public VScroll(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

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

    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
        return false;
    }
}

Custom HorizontalScrollView:

package com.scrollable.view;

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.widget.HorizontalScrollView;

public class HScroll extends HorizontalScrollView {

    public HScroll(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    public HScroll(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

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

    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
        return false;
    }
}

the ScrollableImageActivity:

package com.scrollable.view;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.widget.HorizontalScrollView;
import android.widget.ScrollView;

public class ScrollableImageActivity extends Activity {

    private float mx, my;
    private float curX, curY;

    private ScrollView vScroll;
    private HorizontalScrollView hScroll;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        vScroll = (ScrollView) findViewById(R.id.vScroll);
        hScroll = (HorizontalScrollView) findViewById(R.id.hScroll);

    }

    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
        float curX, curY;

        switch (event.getAction()) {

            case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
                mx = event.getX();
                my = event.getY();
                break;
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
                curX = event.getX();
                curY = event.getY();
                vScroll.scrollBy((int) (mx - curX), (int) (my - curY));
                hScroll.scrollBy((int) (mx - curX), (int) (my - curY));
                mx = curX;
                my = curY;
                break;
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                curX = event.getX();
                curY = event.getY();
                vScroll.scrollBy((int) (mx - curX), (int) (my - curY));
                hScroll.scrollBy((int) (mx - curX), (int) (my - curY));
                break;
        }

        return true;
    }

}

the layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
    <com.scrollable.view.VScroll android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:id="@+id/vScroll">
        <com.scrollable.view.HScroll android:id="@+id/hScroll"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
            <ImageView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:src="@drawable/bg"></ImageView>
        </com.scrollable.view.HScroll>
    </com.scrollable.view.VScroll>

</LinearLayout>

Since this seems to be the first search result in Google for "Android vertical+horizontal ScrollView", I thought I should add this here. Matt Clark has built a custom view based on the Android source, and it seems to work perfectly: Two Dimensional ScrollView

Beware that the class in that page has a bug calculating the view's horizonal width. A fix by Manuel Hilty is in the comments:

Solution: Replace the statement on line 808 by the following:

final int childWidthMeasureSpec = MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(lp.leftMargin + lp.rightMargin, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);

Edit: The Link doesn't work anymore but here is a link to an old version of the blogpost.

I found a better solution.

XML: (design.xml)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
  <FrameLayout android:layout_width="90px" android:layout_height="90px">
    <RelativeLayout android:id="@+id/container" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">        
    </RelativeLayout>
</FrameLayout>
</FrameLayout>

Java Code:

public class Example extends Activity {
  private RelativeLayout container;
  private int currentX;
  private int currentY;

  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.design);

    container = (RelativeLayout)findViewById(R.id.container);

    int top = 0;
    int left = 0;

    ImageView image1 = ...
    RelativeLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
    layoutParams.setMargins(left, top, 0, 0);               
    container.addView(image1, layoutParams);

    ImageView image2 = ...
    left+= 100;
    RelativeLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
    layoutParams.setMargins(left, top, 0, 0);               
    container.addView(image2, layoutParams);

    ImageView image3 = ...
    left= 0;
    top+= 100;
    RelativeLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
    layoutParams.setMargins(left, top, 0, 0);               
    container.addView(image3, layoutParams);

    ImageView image4 = ...
    left+= 100;     
    RelativeLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
    layoutParams.setMargins(left, top, 0, 0);               
    container.addView(image4, layoutParams);
  }     

  @Override 
  public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
    switch (event.getAction()) {
        case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN: {
            currentX = (int) event.getRawX();
            currentY = (int) event.getRawY();
            break;
        }

        case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE: {
            int x2 = (int) event.getRawX();
            int y2 = (int) event.getRawY();
            container.scrollBy(currentX - x2 , currentY - y2);
            currentX = x2;
            currentY = y2;
            break;
        }   
        case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP: {
            break;
        }
    }
      return true; 
  }
}

That's works!!!

If you want to load other layout or control, the structure is the same.

I use it and works fine:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView android:id="@+id/ScrollView02" 
            android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<HorizontalScrollView android:id="@+id/HorizontalScrollView01" 
                      android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
                      android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView android:id="@+id/ImageView01"
           android:src="@drawable/pic" 
           android:isScrollContainer="true" 
           android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
           android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
           android:adjustViewBounds="true">
</ImageView>
</HorizontalScrollView>
</ScrollView>

The source link is here: Android-spa

My solution based on Mahdi Hijazi answer, but without any custom views:

Layout:

<HorizontalScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
    android:id="@+id/scrollHorizontal"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <ScrollView 
        android:id="@+id/scrollVertical"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" >

        <WateverViewYouWant/>

    </ScrollView>
</HorizontalScrollView>

Code (onCreate/onCreateView):

    final HorizontalScrollView hScroll = (HorizontalScrollView) value.findViewById(R.id.scrollHorizontal);
    final ScrollView vScroll = (ScrollView) value.findViewById(R.id.scrollVertical);
    vScroll.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() { //inner scroll listener         
        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
            return false;
        }
    });
    hScroll.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() { //outer scroll listener         
        private float mx, my, curX, curY;
        private boolean started = false;

        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
            curX = event.getX();
            curY = event.getY();
            int dx = (int) (mx - curX);
            int dy = (int) (my - curY);
            switch (event.getAction()) {
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
                    if (started) {
                        vScroll.scrollBy(0, dy);
                        hScroll.scrollBy(dx, 0);
                    } else {
                        started = true;
                    }
                    mx = curX;
                    my = curY;
                    break;
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP: 
                    vScroll.scrollBy(0, dy);
                    hScroll.scrollBy(dx, 0);
                    started = false;
                    break;
            }
            return true;
        }
    });

You can change the order of the scrollviews. Just change their order in layout and in the code. And obviously instead of WateverViewYouWant you put the layout/views you want to scroll both directions.

Option #1: You can come up with a new UI design that does not require simultaneous horizontal and vertical scrolling.

Option #2: You can obtain the source code to ScrollView and HorizontalScrollView, learn how the core Android team implemented those, and create your own BiDirectionalScrollView implementation.

Option #3: You can get rid of the dependencies that are requiring you to use the widget system and draw straight to the Canvas.

Option #4: If you stumble upon an open source application that seems to implement what you seek, look to see how they did it.

Try this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView android:id="@+id/Sview" 
        android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<HorizontalScrollView 
   android:id="@+id/hview" 
    android:layout_width="wrap_content" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView .......
 [here xml code for image]
</ImageView>
</HorizontalScrollView>
</ScrollView>