Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Why Do Motorola's ListViews Look Different

There was a helpful article "Why Does My ListView Look Different?" that Motorola posted a few years ago.  Unfortunately it has disappeared from the internet, as you might tell by clicking on the link.  It had some crucial information on fixing a weirdness for Motorola devices that I wanted to preserve for posterity (in case anyone else starts looking for it).

Essentially, when you're on some Motorola devices, the bottom of the ListView has a shadow on it by default.  In addition to that, if the ListView is supposed to take up the entire screen (even if it's not full), it doesn't.  Here's a screenshot of the bug in action:


The problem is android:overScrollFooter.  Motorola has a default one set and it causes sadness.  To get rid of it, set android:overScrollFooter="@null" in your ListView.  For bonus points, set it in a style and set that as your theme's default ListView so you never have to deal with this problem again.

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for sharing this awesome I hope the same for the users also thank you.
    superman

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