[android] Listview Scroll to the end of the list after updating the list

I would like to make sure that the list is scrolled all the way to the bottom, after I have updated the listview by using listAdapter, so that it displays the last element entered in the list. How can I do this ?

I tried this but no luck:

lv.setTranscriptMode(ListView.TRANSCRIPT_MODE_ALWAYS_SCROLL);

thank you

Using : Set the head of the list to it bottom lv.setStackFromBottom(true);

Worked for me and the list is scrolled to the bottom automatically when it is first brought into visibility. The list then scrolls as it should with TRANSCRIPT_MODE_ALWAYS_SCROLL.

I've had success using this in response to a button click, so I guess that you can use it too after updating your contents:

myListView.smoothScrollToPosition(theListAdapter.getCount() -1);

To get this in a ListFragment:

getListView().setTranscriptMode(ListView.TRANSCRIPT_MODE_ALWAYS_SCROLL); 
getListView().setStackFromBottom(true);`

Added this answer because if someone do a google search for same problem with ListFragment he just finds this..

Regards

I use

setTranscriptMode(ListView.TRANSCRIPT_MODE_NORMAL);

to add entries at the bottom, and older entries scroll off the top, like a chat transcript

You need to use these parameters in your list view:

• Scroll lv.setTranscriptMode(ListView.TRANSCRIPT_MODE_ALWAYS_SCROLL);

• Set the head of the list to it bottom lv.setStackFromBottom(true);

You can also set these parameters in XML, eg. like this:

<ListView
   ...
   android:transcriptMode="alwaysScroll"
   android:stackFromBottom="true" />

The transcript mode is what you want and is used by Google Talk and the SMS/MMS application. Are you correctly calling notifyDatasetChanged() on your adapter when you add items?

A combination of TRANSCRIPT_MODE_ALWAYS_SCROLL and setSelection made it work for me

ChatAdapter adapter = new ChatAdapter(this);

ListView lv = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.chatList);
lv.setTranscriptMode(AbsListView.TRANSCRIPT_MODE_ALWAYS_SCROLL);
lv.setAdapter(adapter);

adapter.registerDataSetObserver(new DataSetObserver() {
    @Override
    public void onChanged() {
        super.onChanged();
        lv.setSelection(adapter.getCount() - 1);    
    }
});

The simplest solution is :

    listView.setTranscriptMode(ListView.TRANSCRIPT_MODE_ALWAYS_SCROLL);
    listView.setStackFromBottom(true);