ScrollView inside a fragment with TabLayout is not scrolling, why?

Question

im a noob in android development and i was in a introduction course of Cryptography so i decide combine both and make this app. I use a TabLayout for making a tab for each cipher method (RSA and XOR), and one tab for Instructions and Help. Everything was working perfectly until i add a scrollView in the Help Tab with the instructions. The scrollView is not scrolling, and i don´t know why, i've been searching on web for help and doing every posible solution like change the width an height ScrollView properties, i'm stuck, can you help me please? Screenshots

-----EDIT 3/02/16-----

** My main_activity.xml **

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
    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:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    tools:context="com.example.usuario.chatparritos.MainActivity">

    <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">


        <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
            android:id="@+id/toolbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
            android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
            android:elevation="4dp"
            android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.ActionBar"
            app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"/>

        <android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
            android:id="@+id/tab_layout"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@+id/toolbar"
            android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
            android:elevation="6dp"
            android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
            app:tabMode="fixed"
            android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"/>

        <android.support.v4.view.ViewPager xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
            android:id="@+id/pager"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_below="@+id/toolbar"
            tools:context="net.voidynullness.android.tabitytabs.TabLayoutActivity"
                                           android:background="#ffffff"/>

    </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>


    <android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
        android:id="@+id/fab"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="bottom|end"
        android:layout_margin="@dimen/fab_margin"
        android:src="@android:drawable/ic_dialog_info"/>

</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

-----//EDIT 3/02/16-----

Here is my tab_fragment_3.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:fillViewport="true"
            android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
            android:focusable="true"
            android:scrollbars="vertical"
            android:id="@id/scrollView">

    <LinearLayout android:layout_width="match_parent"
                  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                  android:orientation="vertical"
                  android:background="#FFFFFF"
                  android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
                  android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
                  android:gravity="left">

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/title_chatparritos"
                android:textSize="20dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
                android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Title"/>

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/body_chatparritos"
                android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Body1"
                android:textSize="15dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="9dp"
                android:background="@drawable/blue_cornered_textview"/>

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/link_khan"
                android:layout_marginTop="-19dp"
                android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.Design.Hint"
                android:textSize="15dp"
                android:linksClickable="true"
                android:id="@+id/linkAcademy"
                android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"/>

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/title_xor"
                android:textSize="20dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
                android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Title"/>

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/body_xor"
                android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Body1"
                android:textSize="15dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="9dp"
                android:background="@drawable/blue_cornered_textview"/>

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/instructions_xor"
                android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Body1"
                android:textSize="15dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
                android:background="@drawable/yellow_cornered_textview"
                android:textStyle="bold"/>

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/title_rsa"
                android:textSize="20dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
                android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Title"/>

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/body_rsa"
                android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Body1"
                android:textSize="15dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="9dp"
                android:background="@drawable/blue_cornered_textview"/>
            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/link_rsa"
                android:layout_marginTop="-19dp"
                android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.Design.Hint"
                android:textSize="15dp"
                android:linksClickable="true"
                android:id="@+id/linkRSA"
                android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"/>

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/instructions_rsa"
                android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Body1"
                android:textSize="15dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
                android:background="@drawable/yellow_cornered_textview"
                android:textStyle="bold"/>

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/title_numeros"
                android:textSize="20dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="25dp"
                android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Title"/>

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/body_numeros"
                android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Body1"
                android:textSize="15dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="9dp"
                android:background="@drawable/blue_cornered_textview"/>

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="@string/nota"
                android:textAppearance="@style/TextAppearance.AppCompat.Body1"
                android:textSize="15dp"
                android:layout_marginTop="30dp"
                android:layout_marginBottom="30dp"
                android:background="@drawable/red_cornered_textview"/>

    </LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>

Here is my TabFragment3.java

public class TabFragment3 extends Fragment {
    TextView linkAcademy;
    TextView linkRsa;


    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.tab_fragment_3, container, false);


        linkAcademy = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.linkAcademy);
        linkAcademy.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());

        linkRsa = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.linkRSA);
        linkRsa.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());


        return view;
    }

My PagerAdapter.java

public class PagerAdapter extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {

    int mNumOfTabs;

    public PagerAdapter(FragmentManager fm, int numOfTabs) {
        super(fm);
        this.mNumOfTabs = numOfTabs;
    }

    @Override
    public Fragment getItem(int position) {

        switch (position) {
            case 0:
                TabFragment1 tab1 = new TabFragment1();
                return tab1;
            case 1:
                TabFragment2 tab2 = new TabFragment2();
                return tab2;
            case 2:
                TabFragment3 tab3 = new TabFragment3();
                return tab3;
            default:
                return null;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public int getCount() {
        return mNumOfTabs;
    }

And my MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {





    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
        setSupportActionBar(toolbar);



        TabLayout tabLayout = (TabLayout) findViewById(R.id.tab_layout);
        tabLayout.addTab(tabLayout.newTab().setText("XOR"));
        tabLayout.addTab(tabLayout.newTab().setText("RSA"));
        tabLayout.addTab(tabLayout.newTab().setText(R.string.tab_help));
        tabLayout.setTabGravity(TabLayout.GRAVITY_FILL);

        final ViewPager viewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
        final PagerAdapter adapter = new PagerAdapter
                (getSupportFragmentManager(), tabLayout.getTabCount());
        viewPager.setAdapter(adapter);
        viewPager.addOnPageChangeListener(new TabLayout.TabLayoutOnPageChangeListener(tabLayout));
        tabLayout.setOnTabSelectedListener(new TabLayout.OnTabSelectedListener() {
                                               @Override
                                               public void onTabSelected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {
                                                   viewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
                                               }

                                               @Override
                                               public void onTabUnselected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {

                                               }

                                               @Override
                                               public void onTabReselected(TabLayout.Tab tab) {

                                               }
                                           });


        FloatingActionButton fab = (FloatingActionButton) findViewById(R.id.fab);
        fab.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                Snackbar.make(view, R.string.fab_info, Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG)
                        .setAction("Action", null).show();
            }
        });

Haff

is there enough content in scrollview to scroll? – Roper

@VivekMishra yes, when i test the app in emulator and in my cellphone, only 3 first TextView are showed, and you can see the scrollbar in te right side, but when i touch to scroll it doesn't works – Haff

Add your main activity xml – Roper

@VivekMishra done :) – Haff

can you see any content in scrollview when running app? – Roper

@VivekMishra yes, i take some screnshots – Haff

try it while removing floating button – Roper

@VivekMishra i did it.... still not working – Haff

try two things 1. remove gravity left from linear layout and 2. try giving some hardcoded height to linear layout say 800dp – Roper

@VivekMishra stil not working, but i would like to thank you for your help :) – Haff

Answer 1

The main problem is in your main_activity.xml. Try to copy this layout that I got from chrisbanes' project and let's see what happens:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/main_content"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
        android:id="@+id/appbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">

        <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
            android:id="@+id/toolbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
            android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
            app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"
            app:layout_scrollFlags="scroll|enterAlways" />

        <android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
            android:id="@+id/tabs"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

    </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

    <android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
        android:id="@+id/viewpager"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior" />

    <android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
        android:id="@+id/fab"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="end|bottom"
        android:layout_marginRight="24dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="24dp"
        app:fabSize="normal"
        app:borderWidth="0dp"
        app:elevation="6dp"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_done"/>

</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

In some cases, using ScrollView within CoordinatorLayout may cause the screen is unable to scroll. So use NestedScrollView instead.

Cello

IT WORKS!!!!!! , i don't know how to thank you!, i was looking for a solution for days, thank you, only thing i did was replace your activity_main.xml template in mine, and it works, thank you!! again – Haff

hi @Anggrayudi i have same problem but ur layout is not helping me is any other solution for this problem. – Coleslaw

Replacing ScroolView with NestedScrollView works for me. Thank you. – Impaction