Question

Is there a way to customize the standard scrollbar that ListView provides in android..? I haven’t got a definitive answer on this yet :/

Answer 1

Create a theme in res/styles.xml:

<style name="CustomTheme" parent="android:Theme">
    <item name="android:scrollbarTrackVertical">@drawable/scroll_track</item>
    <item name="android:scrollbarThumbVertical">@drawable/scroll_thumb</item>
</style>

@drawable/scroll_track and @drawable/scroll_thumb must refer either to nine patch images or to a shape drawables. Scroll track image is a background for the scroll bar. Scroll thumb is responsible for the scroll handle. Then just apply the theme either to whole application or to an activity within AndroidManifest.xml:

<application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@style/CustomTheme">