EditText scroller and ScrollView

In your java file

 EditText dwEdit = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.DwEdit); dwEdit.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() { public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent event) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub if (view.getId() ==R.id.DwEdit) { view.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true); switch (event.getAction()&MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK){ case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP: view.getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false); break; } } return false; } }); 

In xml

 <EditText android:id="@+id/DwEdit" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:minLines="10" android:scrollbarStyle="insideInset" android:scrollbars="vertical" android:overScrollMode="always" android:inputType="textCapSentences"> </EditText> 

One such hack is:

scroll.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() { public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) { return true; } }); 

Note that to enable scrolling in ScrollView, you will have to run the same function, but with "return false;" instead.

I wouldn't say it's bad practice if done properly, but it's not something naturally expected.

I regularly put scrollable views inside something that scrolls, but you have to lock the outside layer and enable scrolling on the inside. Ideally, you should do something else, but it is possible.

You can modify ScrollView to be lockable, as in here.

Then programatically lock LockableScrollView scrolling when the internal thing is touched.

smset.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() { public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) { // Disables LockableScrollView when the EditText is touched if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) { scrollView1.setScrollingEnabled(false); } // Enables LockableScrollView when the EditText is touched if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) { scrollView1.setScrollingEnabled(true); } return false; } }); 

The downside of this is that it will disable scrolling when the EditText is touched, but it shouldn't cause any other side-effects.

In kotlin, you can write an extension function for all ExitTextViews and use them everywhere :

fun EditText.setTouchForScrollBars() { setOnTouchListener { view, event -> view.parent.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true) when (event.action and MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK) { MotionEvent.ACTION_UP -> view.parent.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false) } false } } 

but add these lines in your EditTextView XML too:

android:scrollbarStyle="insideInset" android:scrollbars="vertical" android:overScrollMode="always" android:inputType="textMultiLine"