Android ListView Attributes (divider, dividerHeight)

1. Attributes of the Android ListView.

Attributes	Description
divider	Drawable or color to draw between list items.
dividerHeight	Height of the divider.
entries	Reference to an array resource that will populate the ListView.
footerDividersEnabled	When set to false, the ListView will not draw the divider before each footer view.
headerDividersEnabled	When set to false, the ListView will not draw the divider after each header view.
cacheColorHint	Indicates that this list will always be drawn on top of solid, single-color opaque background.
choiceMode	Defines the choice behavior for the view.
drawSelectorOnTop	When set to true, the selector will be drawn over the selected item.
fastScrollEnabled	Enables the fast scroll thumb that can be dragged to quickly scroll through the list.
listSelector	Drawable used to indicate the currently selected item in the list.
scrollingCache	When set to true, the list uses a drawing cache during scrolling.
smoothScrollbar	When set to true, the list will use a more refined calculation method based on the pixels height of the items visible on screen.
stackFromBottom	Used by ListView and GridView to stack their content from the bottom.
textFilterEnabled	When set to true, the list will filter results as the user types.
transcriptMode	Sets the transcript mode for the list.

2. Drawing the divider between ListView items. (divider, dividerHeight)

Usually, when multiple items are added to the ListView, the divider with gray color is drawn between items. By the way, What should I do if I want to change the divider's style(color, height or image) ?
It is to use "divider" attribute.

  * android:divider - Drawable or color to draw between list items.
        > Color (#rgb, #argb, #rrggbb, "#aarrggbb")
        > Drawable (@drawable/xxx)
        > Another resource (?android:attr/yyy)

Also, the divider's height can be adjusted by using "dividerHeight" attribute.

  * android:dividerHeight - set height of the divider.
        > Dimension (sp, px, dp, in, mm)

Examples of "divider" and "dividerHeight" are shown below.

2.1 Default Divider. ("divider" attribute is not used)

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/listview1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />

2.2 Color Divider. (Green and 2dp height)

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/listview1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:divider="#00FF00"
        android:dividerHeight="2dp" />

2.3 Drawable Divider.

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/listview1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:divider="@drawable/dotted_divider" />

2.4 Transparent Divider. (Set alpha to "0x00")

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/listview1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:divider="#00000000" />

3. References.

• Android ListView.
  • [Android Developer References. ListView]

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