Android - Get ListView item height?

Question

Hi!

Is there a way to get ListViewItem height in code, when there is no actual items in list?

My ListViewItem layout:

<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeight">
...
</LinearLayout>  

I have tried to get it using Inflater:

View convertView = LayoutInflater.from( this )
    .inflate( R.layout.mail_list_row, null );
int itemHeight = convertView.getHeight();

But it's return 0;

Thanks!

Answer 1

In android a view is assigned Width and Height only when its rendering is complete. So unless you list is rendered atleast once you won't get listItemHeight. Solution to your problem could be that you set some min Height of list Item so that you have atleast something to work with instead of Hard Coding height and width.