How do you make a LinearLayout scrollable?

Wrap the linear layout with a <ScrollView>

See here for an example:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout        android:layout_width="fill_parent"       android:layout_height="fill_parent"       xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">       <ScrollView            android:layout_width="fill_parent"            android:layout_height="wrap_content">            <LinearLayout                   android:layout_width="wrap_content"                  android:layout_height="wrap_content"                  android:orientation="vertical">                  <!-- Content here -->            </LinearLayout>      </ScrollView> </LinearLayout>

Note: fill_parent is deprecated and renamed to match_parent in API Level 8 and higher.

<ScrollView       xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"      android:id="@+id/scroll"       android:layout_width="match_parent"      android:layout_height="wrap_content">      <LinearLayout             android:id="@+id/container"            android:orientation="vertical"             android:layout_width="match_parent"            android:layout_height="wrap_content">      </LinearLayout> </ScrollView>

This can be done using the tag <ScrollView>. For ScrollView, one thing you have to remind that, ScrollView must have a single child.

If you want your full layout to be scrollable then add <ScrollView> at the top. Check the example given below.

<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"    android:id="@+id/scroll"     android:layout_width="match_parent"    android:layout_height="match_parent">    <LinearLayout         android:id="@+id/container"         android:layout_width="match_parent"        android:layout_height="wrap_content"        android:orientation="vertical">            <!-- Content here -->    </LinearLayout></ScrollView>

But if you want some part of your layout to be scrollable then add <ScrollView> within that part. Check the example given below.

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"    android:layout_width="match_parent"    android:layout_height="400dp">    <ScrollView        android:layout_width="match_parent"        android:layout_height="match_parent">        <LinearLayout             android:layout_width="wrap_content"            android:layout_height="wrap_content"            android:orientation="vertical">                <!-- Content here -->        </LinearLayout>    </ScrollView></LinearLayout>