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0xmars511
0xmars511

Reputation: 143

Get the position of scrollbars(not the position item) in a ListView

I am implementing a timeline UI, which is basically a ListView. The tricky part is when the user scrolls the ListView, it will display a text box(shows the time slot, say 9:00 am ) next to the scrollbar. It is on the left side, adjacent and will move with the scrollbar.

I am using the OnScrollListener to detect the scroll event. But I don't know how to get the exact position of the scroll bar (top, mid point, bottom), so that I can put the text box at the right place. There are many posts about getting the position of the top item but seems not for the scrollbar itself.

Any thoughts?

BTW, sorry for not attaching a screenshot of the UI. Stackoverflow doesn't allow me to do that since I am a new user.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2601

Answers (2)

Vinayak Bevinakatti
Vinayak Bevinakatti

Reputation: 40503

getListView().getLastVisiblePosition() 

listview.post(new Runnable() {
    public void run() {
        listview.getLastVisiblePosition();
    }
});

View.getScrollY()

getScrollY: Return the scrolled top position of this view. This is the top edge of the displayed part of your view. You do not need to draw any pixels above it, since those are outside of the frame of your view on screen.

Returns The top edge of the displayed part of your view, in pixels.

Also refer : http://eliasbland.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/how-to-save-the-position-of-a-scrollview-when-the-orientation-changes-in-android/

Upvotes: 0

user
user

Reputation: 87064

But I don't know how to get the exact position of the scroll bar (top, mid point, bottom), so that I can put the text box at the right place

You probably want something like the Path application. This tutorial it what you're looking for(probably, if you didn't see it yet).

Basically, the ListView has some methods regarding the scrollbars position(also size) that are used but those methods are not available from outside as they are declared as protected, so you need to extend the ListView class. Those methods are ListView.computeVerticalScrollExtent(), ListView.computeVerticalScrollOffset() and ListView.computeVerticalScrollRange().

Using those methods you should be able to figure where the scrollbars are placed at a particular moment in your listener.

Upvotes: 0

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