'Scroll View not showing all the views in android

I am unable to see the top most views under ScrollView. I had placed the scrollview under Relative layout. ScrollView has a child layout i.e. Linear layout which has some series of buttons. Problem is that i am unable to see the top most views which are present in the ScrollView.

Below is the layout xml code.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="#217d27"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="5dp" >

        <Button
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
            android:onClick="backPressed"
            android:text="Back"
            android:textColor="#000" />

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="Heading Text"
            android:textColor="#fff"
            android:textSize="20sp" />

        <Button
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
            android:onClick="homeButtonClicked"
            android:text="Home"
            android:textColor="#000" />
    </RelativeLayout>

    <ScrollView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:fadingEdge="none"
        android:fillViewport="true" >

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_gravity="center"
            android:background="#fff"
            android:orientation="vertical" >

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:text="Button 1"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 2"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 3"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 4"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 5"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 6"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 7"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 8"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 9"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 10"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 11"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 12"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />
        </LinearLayout>
    </ScrollView>

</LinearLayout>

Please see the screen shot for reference.

Screen shot



Solution 1:[1]

just remove this line in linear layout which is direct child of scroll view android:layout_gravity="center" try this code which is updated

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="#217d27"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="5dp" >

        <Button
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
            android:onClick="backPressed"
            android:text="Back"
            android:textColor="#000" />

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="Heading Text"
            android:textColor="#fff"
            android:textSize="20sp" />

        <Button
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
            android:onClick="homeButtonClicked"
            android:text="Home"
            android:textColor="#000" />
    </RelativeLayout>

    <ScrollView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:fadingEdge="none"
        android:fillViewport="true" >

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="#fff"
            android:orientation="vertical" >

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:text="Button 1"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 2"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 3"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 4"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 5"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 6"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 7"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 8"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 9"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 10"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 11"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />

            <Button
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                android:text="Button 12"
                android:textColor="@color/black" />
        </LinearLayout>
    </ScrollView>

</LinearLayout>

Solution 2:[2]

Just change the LinearLayout inside the ScrollView

<LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="top|center"
        android:background="#fff"
        android:orientation="vertical" >

Give the android:layout_gravity="top|center" instead of android:layout_gravity="center"

Hope it helps.

Solution 3:[3]

This values helped me solve a similar problem: Set android:fillViewport="true" on the ScrollView and use android:gravity instead of android:layout_gravity on the ScrollView child, in my case a LinearLayout with all weights cleared.

Solution 4:[4]

Try changing the parent layout to Linear. It might work. Don't know how and why, but for me it worked in a similar situation. Give it a try.

Solution 5:[5]

Give a top padding of 50dp

 <LinearLayout
            android:id="@+id/linearLayout"
            android:paddingTop="50dp"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="vertical" />

Solution 6:[6]

use android:layout_gravity="center" in LinearLayout

Solution 7:[7]

it's work 100% 

 1. LinearLayout ->
    2. ScrollView-> 

<androidx.appcompat.widget.LinearLayoutCompat
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:gravity="center"
    tools:context=".sales.CustomerDetailListActivity">
       <ScrollView
            android:id="@+id/layoutCard"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/subtitle_of_page"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginRight="4dp"
            android:layout_marginLeft="4dp"
            android:fillViewport="false"
            android:fadingEdge="none">
</ScrollView>
</androidx.appcompat.widget.LinearLayoutCompat>

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Solution Source
Solution 1 Bhanu Sharma
Solution 2 AnujMathur_07
Solution 3 TouchBoarder
Solution 4 Akshat
Solution 5 Tonnie
Solution 6 Anil Kanani
Solution 7 Surjeet Nandi