Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import android.view.View; import android.view.ViewGroup; import android.widget.ListAdapter; import android.widget.ListView; public class Main { public static void setListViewHeightBasedOnChildren1(ListView listView) { ListAdapter listAdapter = listView.getAdapter(); if (listAdapter == null) { return; } int desiredWidth = View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(listView.getWidth(), View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST); int totalHeight = 0; View view = null; for (int i = 0; i < listAdapter.getCount(); i++) { view = listAdapter.getView(i, view, listView); if (i == 0) { view.setLayoutParams(new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(desiredWidth, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT)); } view.measure(desiredWidth, View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED); totalHeight += view.getMeasuredHeight(); } ViewGroup.LayoutParams params = listView.getLayoutParams(); params.height = totalHeight + (listView.getDividerHeight() * (listAdapter.getCount() - 1)); listView.setLayoutParams(params); listView.requestLayout(); } }