How do you make a LinearLayout scrollable

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I have lot of items on the screen and I need to use the scrollbar so the user can scroll down  However  the scroll is either not visible or it s not working  How is it possible to add a scrollbar to a LinearLayout

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lt LinearLayout          xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android          xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools          android layout width  match parent          android layout height  match parent          android orientation  vertical          tools context   MainActivity  gt            lt ScrollView             android layout width  match parent              android layout height  match parent  gt                lt LinearLayout                 android layout width  match parent                  android layout height  match parent                  android orientation  vertical  gt                   lt ---------Content Here --------------- gt               lt  LinearLayout gt          lt  ScrollView gt       lt  LinearLayout gt

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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

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you need to use the following attribute and enclose it within the linear layout    lt LinearLayout     gt   lt scrollView     gt     lt  scrollView gt   lt  LinearLayout gt

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Wrap the linear layout with a  lt ScrollView gt   See here for an example     lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt    lt LinearLayout         android layout width  fill parent         android layout height  fill parent         xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt          lt ScrollView             android layout width  fill parent              android layout height  wrap content  gt               lt LinearLayout                    android layout width  wrap content                    android layout height  wrap content                    android orientation  vertical  gt                     lt  -- Content here -- gt               lt  LinearLayout gt         lt  ScrollView gt    lt  LinearLayout gt       Note  fill parent is deprecated and renamed to match parent in API Level 8   and higher

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You need to wrap your linear layout with a scroll view  lt ScrollView xmlns android  quot http   schemas android com apk res android quot      android id  quot   id scroll quot       android layout width  quot match parent quot      android layout height  quot match parent quot  gt        lt LinearLayout          android id  quot   id container quot           android layout width  quot match parent quot          android layout height  quot wrap content quot          android orientation  quot vertical quot  gt         lt  LinearLayout gt   lt  ScrollView gt

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Whenever you wanted to make a layout scrollable  you can use  lt ScrollView gt  With a layout or component in it

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You can add an atrribute in linearLayout   android scrollbars  vertical

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This can be done using the tag  lt ScrollView gt   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  lt ScrollView gt  at the top  Check the example given below    lt ScrollView xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android id    id scroll       android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent  gt        lt LinearLayout          android id    id container           android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content          android orientation  vertical  gt               lt  -- Content here -- gt       lt  LinearLayout gt    lt  ScrollView gt    But if you want some part of your layout to be scrollable then add  lt ScrollView gt  within that part  Check the example given below    lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  400dp  gt        lt ScrollView         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  match parent  gt            lt LinearLayout              android layout width  wrap content              android layout height  wrap content              android orientation  vertical  gt                   lt  -- Content here -- gt           lt  LinearLayout gt        lt  ScrollView gt    lt  LinearLayout gt

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lt ScrollView        xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android        android id    id scroll         android layout width  match parent        android layout height  wrap content  gt          lt LinearLayout              android id    id container              android orientation  vertical               android layout width  match parent              android layout height  wrap content  gt         lt  LinearLayout gt     lt  ScrollView gt

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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

[android] How do you make a LinearLayout scrollable?

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