Android ScrollView Scrollbar Size

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I'm using a ScrollView and I want to set the ScrollBar size, but everything I tried failed. I tried with attribute android:scrollbarSize, with style, with the theme but nothing. The size of the scrollbar it's always the same. Any suggestions? Thanks

I tried with this:

<ScrollView 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_marginTop="10px"
    android:layout_marginBottom="15px"
    android:scrollbarSize="20px"
    android:scrollbarTrackVertical="@drawable/scrollbar_reflection"
    android:scrollbarThumbVertical="@drawable/scrollbar_state2">

but the width of the Scrollbar doesn't change.

So I created a style file like this:

<resources>
    <style name="ShowAllScrollBar1">
        <item name="android:scrollbarSize">20px</item>           
    </style>
</resources>

and then set style in AndroidManifest.

Could you show an example of what you tried?

Cheryl Simon
– Cheryl Simon

2010-09-17 17:11:07 +00:00
Commented Sep 17, 2010 at 17:11 — Cheryl Simon
– Cheryl Simon, Commented Sep 17, 2010 at 17:11

Pankaj Lilan · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-10 07:03:21Z

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Try implementing android:scrollbarThumbVertical and android:scrollbarSize="1dp" together, and your problem will be solved for ScrollView, RecyclerView.

Refer following code snippet

<ScrollView 
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_marginTop="10px"
    android:layout_marginBottom="15px"
    android:scrollbars="vertical"
    android:scrollbarThumbVertical="@color/colorPrimaryDark"
    android:scrollbarSize="1dp">

For HorizontalScrollView:

<HorizontalScrollView
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_marginTop="10px"
    android:layout_marginBottom="15px"
    android:scrollbars="horizontal"
    android:scrollbarThumbHorizontal="@color/colorPrimaryDark"
    android:scrollbarSize="1dp">

edited Apr 10, 2018 at 7:03

answered Jul 13, 2017 at 6:43

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Sachin Tanpure Over a year ago

I tried this solution but it doesn't work on my android 7.0 version <HorizontalScrollView android:id="@+id/hScrollTags" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:scrollbarThumbVertical="@color/colorPrimaryDark" android:scrollbarSize="1dp">

Pankaj Lilan Over a year ago

@SachinTanpure you're using HorizontalScrollView. So you should use android:scrollbarThumbHorizontal="@color/colorPrimaryDark". And your problem will be solved.

Pankaj Lilan Over a year ago

@SachinTanpure check my updated answer and your doubt will be solved.

Levi Lindsey · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-14 22:38:03Z

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I've actually been struggling with this as well. Unfortunately, it appears that the problem is actually in the Android sourcecode, and will not be fixed until the next Android release. After a bit of searching, I found this info here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=14317.

answered Feb 14, 2011 at 22:38

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Levi Lindsey Over a year ago

Also, I've noticed that when you use a custom scrollbar drawable via the android:scrollbarThumbHorizontal style attribute, the system will just stretch it to fit the same dimensions as the original scrollbar that you are trying to enlarge. So that doesn't work either.

whlk · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-17 21:53:31Z

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Have you tried to change the scrollbar drawable to some bigger one?

android:scrollbarThumbHorizontal

answered Oct 17, 2010 at 21:53

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