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I have a ScrollView at the top node of an activity, with several TextView inside. I want some of these (1 out of 2) TextView scrollable themselves. They are doing more than 5 lines each but I want visitor see only 5 lines and have to scroll to watch the complete text. But what I do... doesn't work:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent"> <LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:orientation="vertical"> <TextView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textStyle="italic" android:text = "Blabla"/> <TextView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="@color/blanc" android:maxLines="5" android:scrollbars="vertical" android:text="Blablabla1\nBlablabla2\nBlablabla3\nBlablabla4\nBlablabla5\nBlablabla6\nBlablabla7\nBlablabla8\n"/> <TextView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textStyle="italic" android:text = "Blabla"/> <TextView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="@color/blanc" android:maxLines="5" android:scrollbars="vertical" android:text="Blablabla1\nBlablabla2\nBlablabla3\nBlablabla4\nBlablabla5\nBlablabla6\nBlablabla7\nBlablabla8\n"/> <TextView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textStyle="italic" android:text = "Blabla"/> <TextView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="@color/blanc" android:maxLines="5" android:scrollbars="vertical" android:text="Blablabla1\nBlablabla2\nBlablabla3\nBlablabla4\nBlablabla5\nBlablabla6\nBlablabla7\nBlablabla8\n"/> </LinearLayout> </ScrollView>

Doing that, TextViews put 5 first lines, but they are not scrollable.

What do I do wrong?

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  • Scrollview can have only one child view it doesn't bother its child's child view. You need to add scrollview for each textview you want. Commented Aug 19, 2015 at 13:04
  • you can refer developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ScrollView.html Commented Aug 19, 2015 at 13:06
  • Ok thanks I understand that I can't use a scrollable view inside a ScrollView. But how do I do when I need to have a scrolling view in a part of the screen the visitor doesn't see? I mean to see the scrolling view on the screen I need the screen to be scrollable...So I have to use a ScrollView and inside my scrolling view, no? Commented Aug 19, 2015 at 13:15
  • see this scrollview inside scrollview stackoverflow.com/questions/4490821/… Commented Aug 19, 2015 at 13:36
  • Thank you, I understand better now. Commented Aug 19, 2015 at 14:00

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Try this way,

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:fillViewport="true" > <LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" > <TextView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textStyle="italic" android:text = "Blabla"/> <TextView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="@color/blanc" android:maxLines="5" android:scrollbars="vertical" android:text="Blablabla1\nBlablabla2\nBlablabla3\nBlablabla4\nBlablabla5\nBlablabla6\nBlablabla7\nBlablabla8\n"/> <TextView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textStyle="italic" android:text = "Blabla"/> <TextView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="@color/blanc" android:maxLines="5" android:scrollbars="vertical" android:text="Blablabla1\nBlablabla2\nBlablabla3\nBlablabla4\nBlablabla5\nBlablabla6\nBlablabla7\nBlablabla8\n"/> <TextView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textStyle="italic" android:text = "Blabla"/> <TextView android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="@color/blanc" android:maxLines="5" android:scrollbars="vertical" android:text="Blablabla1\nBlablabla2\nBlablabla3\nBlablabla4\nBlablabla5\nBlablabla6\nBlablabla7\nBlablabla8\n"/> </LinearLayout> </ScrollView>
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Thank you but not working neither...It does exactly the same thing that what I described!
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ScrollView or no doesn't matter. The solution is to do that more in you Java Code:

textviewtv.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod());

Thanks : Android:Textview with vertical scrolling text

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