Horizontal ListView in Android

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Is it possible to make the ListView horizontally  I have done this using a gallery view  but the selected item comes to the center of the screen automatically  I don t want the selected item at the same spot I clicked  How can I rectify this problem  My idea was to set the ListView with a horizontal scroll  Share your idea

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This isn t much of an answer  but how about using a Horizontal Scroll View

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well you can always create your textviews etc dynamically and set your onclicklisteners like you would do with an adapter

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You can use RecyclerView in the support library  RecyclerView is a generalized version of ListView that supports    A layout manager for positioning items   Default animations for common item operations   Android Recycler View Docs

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This is a little  very  late  but I m posting this in case someone comes by this later   The Support Library as of the Android L preview has a RecyclerView that does exactly what you want   Right now  you can only get it through the L preview SDK and you need to set your minSdk to L  But you can copy all of the necessary files into your project and use them that way until L is officially out   You can download the preview docs here   Warning  The API for Recycler View may change and it may have bugs   Updated  The source code for horizontal listview is   LinearLayoutManager layoutManager       new LinearLayoutManager this  LinearLayoutManager HORIZONTAL  false    RecyclerView myList   findViewById R id my recycler view   myList setLayoutManager layoutManager

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Since Google introduced Android Support Library v7 21 0 0  you can use RecyclerView to scroll items horizontally  The RecyclerView widget is a more advanced and flexible version of ListView   To use RecyclerView  just add dependency   com android support recyclerview-v7 23 0 1   Here is a sample   public class MyActivity extends Activity         Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout my activity            RecyclerView recyclerView    RecyclerView  findViewById R id my recycler view            LinearLayoutManager layoutManager   new LinearLayoutManager this           layoutManager setOrientation LinearLayoutManager HORIZONTAL           recyclerView setLayoutManager layoutManager            MyAdapter adapter   new MyAdapter myDataset           recyclerView setAdapter adapter             More info about RecyclerView    https   developer android com training material lists-cards html https   developer android com reference android support v7 widget RecyclerView html

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Paul answer links to a great solution  but the code doesn t allow to use onClickListeners on items children  the callback functions are never called   I ve been struggling for a while to find a solution and I ve decided to post here what you need to modify in that code  in case somebody need it    Instead of overriding dispatchTouchEvent override onTouchEvent  Use the same code of dispatchTouchEvent and delete the method  you can read the difference between the two here http   developer android com guide topics ui ui-events html EventHandlers     Override public boolean onTouchEvent MotionEvent event        boolean handled   mGesture onTouchEvent event       return handled      Then  add the following code which will decide to steal the event from the item children and give it to our onTouchEvent  or let it be handled by them    Override public boolean onInterceptTouchEvent MotionEvent ev        switch  ev getActionMasked              case MotionEvent ACTION DOWN               mInitialX   ev getX                 mInitialY   ev getY                              return false          case MotionEvent ACTION MOVE               float deltaX   Math abs ev getX   - mInitialX                float deltaY   Math abs ev getY   - mInitialY                return   deltaX  gt  5    deltaY  gt  5            default               return super onInterceptTouchEvent ev             Finally  don t forget to declare the variables in your class   private float mInitialX  private float mInitialY

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My solution is to simply use ViewPager widget  It isn t center-locked as Gallery and has a built-in features for recycling views  as ListView   You may see similar approach at Google Play app  whenever you deal with horizontally scrollable lists   You just need to extend PagerAdapter and perform a couple of tweaks there   public class MyPagerAdapter extends PagerAdapter        private Context mContext       public MyPagerAdapter Context context            this mContext   context                As per docs  you may use views as key objects directly         if they aren t too complex      Override     public Object instantiateItem ViewGroup container  int position            LayoutInflater inflater   LayoutInflater from mContext           View view   inflater inflate R layout item  null           container addView view           return view              Override     public void destroyItem ViewGroup container  int position  Object object            container removeView  View  object               Override     public int getCount             return 10              Override     public boolean isViewFromObject View view  Object object            return view    object                Important  page takes all available width by default         so let s override this method to fit 5 pages within single screen      Override     public float getPageWidth int position            return 0 2f            As result  you ll have horizontally scrollable widget with adapter  like this

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I had to do the same for one of my projects and I ended up writing my own as well  I called it HorzListView is now part of my open source Aniqroid library    http   aniqroid sileria com doc api    Look for downloads at the bottom or use google code project to see more download options  http   code google com p aniqroid downloads list   The class documentation is here  http   aniqroid sileria com doc api com sileria android view HorzListView html

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I had used  horizontal listview link in my project  amp  I got good results  I had been used devsmart library initially but it gave me some issues  So best way to use horizontal listview link as it recovered my issues  amp  also I recently launched my app on Google PlayStore using this library  amp  got nice response from users  So I recommend you to use the same library which I mentioned above to show listview horizontally  Enjoy

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Paul doesn t bother to fix bugs of his library or accept users fixes  That s why I am suggesting another library which has similar functionality    https   github com sephiroth74 HorizontalVariableListView  Update  on Jul 24  2013 author  sephiroth74  released completely rewritten version based on code of android 4 2 2 ListView  I must say that it doesn t have all the errors which previous version had and works great

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Download the jar file from here  now put it into your libs folder  right click it and select  Add as library    now in main xml put this code    lt com devsmart android ui HorizontalListView     android id    id hlistview      android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  wrap content        gt    now in Activity class if you want Horizontal Listview with images then put this code    HorizontalListView hListView    HorizontalListView  findViewById R id hlistview       hListView setAdapter new HAdapter this       private class HAdapter extends BaseAdapter        LayoutInflater inflater       public HAdapter Context context            inflater   LayoutInflater from context                Override     public int getCount                TODO Auto-generated method stub         return Const template length              Override     public Object getItem int position               TODO Auto-generated method stub         return position              Override     public long getItemId int position               TODO Auto-generated method stub         return position              Override     public View getView int position  View convertView  ViewGroup parent            HViewHolder holder          if  convertView    null                convertView   inflater inflate R layout listinflate  null               holder   new HViewHolder                convertView setTag holder              else               holder    HViewHolder  convertView getTag                      holder img    ImageView  convertView findViewById R id image           holder img setImageResource Const template position            return convertView            class HViewHolder       ImageView img

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Its actually very simple  simply Rotate the list view to lay on its side  mlistView setRotation -90    Then upon inflating the children  that should be inside the getView method  you rotate the children  to stand up straight     mylistViewchild setRotation 90     Edit   if your  ListView doesnt fit properly after rotation  place the ListView inside this RotateLayout like this     lt com github rongi rotate layout layout RotateLayout     xmlns app  http   schemas android com apk res-auto      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      app angle  90  gt   lt  -- Specify rotate angle here -- gt        lt ListView        android layout width  match parent         android layout height  match parent  gt       lt  ListView gt   lt  com github rongi rotate layout layout RotateLayout gt

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HorizontialListView can t work when the data in the adapter is involved in another thread  Everything runs 100  on UI thread This is a big problem in multithread   I think using HorizontialListView is not the best solution for your problem HorzListView is a better way You   just replace your previous Gallery with HorzListView You neednot modify the code about the adapter Then everything goes the way you hope See https   stackoverflow com a 12339708 1525777 about HorzListView

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As per Android Documentation RecyclerView is the new way to organize the items in listview and to be displayed horizontally  Advantages    Since by using Recyclerview Adapter  ViewHolder pattern is automatically implemented Animation is easy to perform Many more features   More Information about RecyclerView    grokkingandroid com antonioleiva com   Sample   survivingwithandroid com  Just add the below block to make the ListView to horizontal from vertical  Code-snippet  LinearLayoutManager layoutManager  new LinearLayoutManager this LinearLayoutManager HORIZONTAL  false   mRecyclerView    RecyclerView  findViewById R id recycler view   mRecyclerView setLayoutManager layoutManager

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There is a great library for that  called TwoWayView  it s very easy to implement  just include the project library into your work space and add it as a library project to your original project  and then follow the following steps which are originally mentioned here      First  let s add a style indicating the orientation of the ListView    horizontal or vertical  in  res values styles xml      lt style name  TwoWayView  gt       lt item name  android orientation  gt horizontal lt  item gt   lt  style gt    Then      In your Layout XML  use the following code to add the TwoWayView     lt org lucasr twowayview TwoWayView       xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android       xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools       xmlns app  http   schemas android com apk res-auto       android id    id lvItems       style   style TwoWayView       android layout width  match parent       android layout height  match parent       android drawSelectorOnTop  false       tools context   MainActivity    gt    and finally  just declare it and deal with it like any regular ListView   TwoWayView lvTest    TwoWayView  findViewById R id lvItems     All the methods of ListView will work here as usual  but there is only one difference I noticed  which is when setting the choice mode  the method setChoiceMode not takes an int value but a value from enum called ChoiceMode  so list view setChoiceMode ListView CHOICE MODE SINGLE   will be lvTest setChoiceMode ChoiceMode SINGLE      or MULTIPLE or NONE

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I ve done a lot of searching for a solution to this problem   The short answer is  there is no good solution  without overriding private methods and that sort of thing   The best thing I found was to implement it myself from scratch by extending AdapterView   It s pretty miserable   See my SO question about horizontal ListViews

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For my application  I use a HorizontalScrollView containing LinearLayout inside  which has orientation set to horizontal  In order to add images inside  I create ImageViews inside the activity and add them to my LinearLayout  For example    lt HorizontalScrollView          android id    id photo scroll          android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  0dp          android layout weight  1          android scrollbars  horizontal          android visibility  gone  gt            lt LinearLayout              android id    id imageview holder              android layout width  wrap content              android orientation  horizontal              android layout height  match parent  gt            lt  LinearLayout gt       lt  HorizontalScrollView gt    An this works perfectly fine for me  In the activity all I have to do is something like the code below   LinearLayout imgViewHolder   findViewById R id imageview holder   ImageView img1   new ImageView getApplicationContext       set bitmap   set img1 layout params imgViewHolder add img1   ImageView img2   new ImageView getApplicationContext       set bitmap   set img2 layout params imgViewHolder add img2      As I said that works for me  and I hope it helps somebody looking to achieve this as well

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You may use ViewFlipper to include the layout XML and add images   listview for each layout XML

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Note  Android now supports horizontal list views using RecyclerView  so now this answer is deprecated  for information about RecyclerView    https   developer android com reference android support v7 widget RecyclerView  I have developed a logic to do it without using any external horizontal scrollview library  here is the horizontal view that I achieved and I have posted my answer here https   stackoverflow com a 33301582 5479863  My json response is this      searchInfo    status   1   message   Success   clist     id   1de57434-795e-49ac-0ca3-5614dacecbd4   name   Theater   image url   http   52 25 198 71 miisecretory category images movie png     id   62fe1c92-2192-2ebb-7e92-5614dacad69b   name   CNG   image url   http   52 25 198 71 miisecretory category images cng png     id   8060094c-df4f-5290-7983-5614dad31677   name   Wine-shop   image url   http   52 25 198 71 miisecretory category images beer png     id   888a90c4-a6b0-c2e2-6b3c-561788e973f6   name   Chemist   image url   http   52 25 198 71 miisecretory category images chemist png     id   a39b4ec1-943f-b800-a671-561789a57871   name   Food   image url   http   52 25 198 71 miisecretory category images food png     id   c644cc53-2fce-8cbe-0715-5614da9c765f   name   College   image url   http   52 25 198 71 miisecretory category images college png     id   c71e8757-072b-1bf4-5b25-5614d980ef15   name   Hospital   image url   http   52 25 198 71 miisecretory category images hospital png     id   db835491-d1d2-5467-a1a1-5614d9963c94   name   Petrol-Pumps   image url   http   52 25 198 71 miisecretory category images petrol png     id   f13100ca-4052-c0f4-863a-5614d9631afb   name   ATM   image url   http   52 25 198 71 miisecretory category images atm png        Layout file         lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android orientation  vertical      android weightSum  5  gt           lt fragment         android id    id map          android name  com google android gms maps SupportMapFragment          android layout width  match parent          android layout height  0dp          android layout weight  4    gt       lt HorizontalScrollView         android id    id horizontalScroll          android layout width  match parent          android layout height  0dp          android layout weight  1  gt            lt LinearLayout             android id    id ll              android layout width  match parent              android layout height  match parent              android gravity  center              android orientation  horizontal  gt               lt  LinearLayout gt       lt  HorizontalScrollView gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    class file   LinearLayout linearLayout    LinearLayout  findViewById R id ll           for  int v   0  v  lt  collectionInfo size    v                    ---------------Creating frame layout----------------------                FrameLayout frameLayout   new FrameLayout ActivityMap this               LinearLayout LayoutParams layoutParams   new LinearLayout LayoutParams FrameLayout LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT  getPixelsToDP 90                layoutParams rightMargin   getPixelsToDP 10               frameLayout setLayoutParams layoutParams                  --------------end of frame layout----------------------------                  ---------------Creating image view----------------------               final ImageView imgView   new ImageView ActivityMap this     create imageview dynamically             LinearLayout LayoutParams lpImage   new LinearLayout LayoutParams LinearLayout LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT  LinearLayout LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT               imgView setImageBitmap collectionInfo get v  getCatImage                 imgView setLayoutParams lpImage                  setting ID to retrieve at later time  same as its position              imgView setId v               imgView setOnClickListener new View OnClickListener                      Override                 public void onClick View v                            getting id which is same as its position                     Log i TAG   Clicked on     collectionInfo get v getId    getCatName                            getting selected category s data list                     new GetSelectedCategoryData   execute collectionInfo get v getId    getCatID                                                     --------------end of image view----------------------------                  ---------------Creating Text view----------------------               TextView textView   new TextView ActivityMap this    create textview dynamically             textView setText collectionInfo get v  getCatName                 FrameLayout LayoutParams lpText   new FrameLayout LayoutParams FrameLayout LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT  FrameLayout LayoutParams WRAP CONTENT  Gravity BOTTOM   Gravity CENTER                  Note  LinearLayout LayoutParams  s gravity was not working so I putted Framelayout as 3 paramater is gravity itself             textView setTextColor Color parseColor   43A047                 textView setLayoutParams lpText                 --------------end of Text view----------------------------                  Adding views at appropriate places             frameLayout addView imgView               frameLayout addView textView               linearLayout addView frameLayout                private int getPixelsToDP int dp            float scale   getResources   getDisplayMetrics   density          int pixels    int   dp   scale   0 5f           return pixels          trick that is working here is the id that I have assigned to ImageView  imgView setId v   and after that applying onClickListener to that I am again fetching the id of the view    I have also commented inside the code so that its easy to understand   I hope this may be very useful    Happy Coding

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