Question

This is my layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="10dip"
        android:textSize="15sp"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:textColor="@android:color/holo_blue_dark"
        android:text="@string/section_1" />

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/lv_section_1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:drawSelectorOnTop="false" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="10dip"
        android:textSize="15sp"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:textColor="@android:color/holo_blue_dark"
        android:text="@string/section_2" />

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/lv_section_2"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:drawSelectorOnTop="false" />

</LinearLayout>

The problem is that when first section has many items and it takes up the whole screen, I can not scroll to see second section. With a quick search I just discovered that I can not use ListView within ScollView.

Is there any way to leave this LinearLayout scrollable so I can see all sections that can be added? I need something similar to the iOS UITableView, several sections and headers.

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Ok, just to have a list with multiple sections, what I could do to solve my problem was quite simple:

I left just one ListView and created a class CustomAdapter. And added items with different types:

ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> listItems = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>();

HashMap map = new HashMap<String, String>();
map.put("type", "section");
map.put("title", "Section 1");
listItems.add(map);

map = new HashMap<String, String>();
map.put("type", "item");
map.put("title", "Item A");
map.put("detail", "Detail A");
listItems.add(map);

Set adapter to my ListView:

CustomAdapter adapter = new CustomAdapter(context, R.layout.result_list, listItems);
ListView lv = (ListView) view.findViewById(R.id.resultlist);
lv.setAdapter(adapter);

In my CustomAdapter I set a different style for each type, section or item. Note that I just want something to differentiate items in a ListView.

Still accept suggestions for this problem if my solution is too ugly 🙂