How can I make my layout scroll both horizontally and vertically?
AndroidAndroid WidgetAndroid ScrollviewAndroid Problem Overview
I am using a TableLayout. I need to have both horizontal and vertical scrolling for this layout. By default I am able to get vertical scrolling in the view but horizontal scrolling is not working.
I am using Android SDK 1.5 r3. I have already tried android:scrollbars="horizontal"
.
I have read on some forums that in the cupcake update, horizontal scrolling is possible.
How can I make my layout scroll in both directions?
Android Solutions
Solution 1 - Android
I was able to find a simple way to achieve both scrolling behaviors.
Here is the xml for it:
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:scrollbars="vertical">
<HorizontalScrollView
android:layout_width="320px" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TableLayout
android:id="@+id/linlay" android:layout_width="320px"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:stretchColumns="1"
android:background="#000000"/>
</HorizontalScrollView>
</ScrollView>
Solution 2 - Android
its too late but i hope your issue will be solve quickly with this code. nothing to do more just put your code in below scrollview.
<HorizontalScrollView
android:id="@+id/scrollView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
//xml code
</ScrollView>
</HorizontalScrollView>
Solution 3 - Android
In this post https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2044775/scrollview-vertical-and-horizontal-in-android they talk about a possible solution, quoting:
Matt Clark has built a custom view based on the Android source, and it seems to work perfectly: http://blog.gorges.us/2010/06/android-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);
Solution 4 - Android
Since other solutions are old and either poorly-working or not working at all, I've modified NestedScrollView
, which is stable, modern and it has all you expect from a scroll view. Except for horizontal scrolling.
Here's the repo: https://github.com/ultimate-deej/TwoWayNestedScrollView
I've made no changes, no "improvements" to the original NestedScrollView
except for what was absolutely necessary.
The code is based on androidx.core:core:1.3.0
, which is the latest stable version at the time of writing.
All of the following works:
- Lift on scroll (since it's basically a
NestedScrollView
) - Edge effects in both dimensions
- Fill viewport in both dimensions
Solution 5 - Android
Use this:
android:scrollbarAlwaysDrawHorizontalTrack="true"
Example:
<Gallery android:id="@+id/gallery"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:scrollbarAlwaysDrawHorizontalTrack="true" />
Solution 6 - Android
The problem with most of the answers here is that they only achieve vertical or horizontal scroll, BUT not diagonal (horizontal AND vertical at the same time).
The easiest way I've found to get it working is:
- Create two new classes extending
HorizontalScrollView
andScrollView
(use whatever name, like "ScrollViewX" and "ScrollViewY"). - Make a new XML and use the class extending
HorizontalScrollView
inside the one extendingScrollView
. - Inside the two classes, override their
onTouch
methods to always returnfalse
(override and useperformClick()
too, for accessibility reasons). - Use a
GestureDetector
and update the scrolling of both classes with it.
Creating the classes isn't really required, since you could just set an onTouch
listener for both. But I believe it's better in terms of organization and it may be useful if you require more customizations later.
The only problem I've found is that, since one ScrollView is inside the other, now one of the scrollbars is only going to be visible when you scroll while being on the edge of the view.
A workaround could be: either don't use scrollbars, or make a custom view to replace said scrollbar (you set its size according to the ScrollView size and move it as the scroll is updated).
Note: I tried to describe it as much as I could. If someone needs more details, let me know
Solution 7 - Android
You can do this by using below code
<HorizontalScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</HorizontalScrollView>
Solution 8 - Android
This implementation can always display both horizontal and vertical scrollbars
activity_main.xml
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<!-- vertical scroll view -->
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fillViewport="true"
android:fadeScrollbars="false"
android:scrollbarSize="@dimen/scroll_bar_size">
<!-- horizontal scroll view hidden scroll bar -->
<HorizontalScrollView
android:id="@+id/real_horizontal_scroll_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:fillViewport="true"
android:scrollbars="none">
<!-- content view -->
<EditText
android:id="@+id/real_inside_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</HorizontalScrollView>
</ScrollView>
<!-- fake horizontal scroll bar -->
<HorizontalScrollView
android:id="@+id/fake_horizontal_scroll_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:fadeScrollbars="false"
android:scrollbarSize="@dimen/scroll_bar_size">
<!-- fake content view that has width equals the real content view -->
<View
android:id="@+id/fake_inside_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="@dimen/scroll_bar_size" />
</HorizontalScrollView>
</RelativeLayout>
MainActivity.java
final EditText realInsideView = findViewById(R.id.real_inside_view);
final HorizontalScrollView realHorizontalSv = findViewById(R.id.real_horizontal_scroll_view);
final View fakeInsideView = findViewById(R.id.fake_inside_view);
final HorizontalScrollView fakeHorizontalSv = findViewById(R.id.fake_horizontal_scroll_view);
realHorizontalSv.setOnScrollChangeListener(new View.OnScrollChangeListener() {
@Override
public void onScrollChange(View v, int scrollX, int scrollY, int oldScrollX, int oldScrollY) {
fakeInsideView.setMinimumWidth(realInsideView.getWidth());
fakeHorizontalSv.setScrollX(scrollX);
}
});