How do I remove lines between ListViews on Android?

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I'm using two ListViews like this:

<ListView
   android:id="@+id/ListView"
   android:text="@string/Website"
   android:layout_height="30px"
   android:layout_width="150px"
   android:scrollbars="none"
   android:transcriptMode="normal"/>
<ListView
   android:id="@+id/ListView1"
   android:text="@string/Website"
   android:layout_height="30px"
   android:layout_width="150px"
   android:scrollbars="none"
   android:transcriptMode="normal"/>

There is one blank line between the two ListViews. How do I remove it?

Do you have two separate ListViews showing different lists or do you mean you have a line between items in your ListView? — David Webb
– David Webb, Commented Dec 16, 2009 at 13:03
Is it "blank" or "black" line? Since the question got edited by someone other than the OP. There is a difference between those — miva2
– miva2, Commented Oct 14, 2015 at 8:26
@deepthi, would you consider marking one of the answers as accepted? — Antek
– Antek, Commented Jan 23, 2019 at 11:47

Lyudmil · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-03 14:26:06Z

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To remove the separator between items in the same ListView, here is the solution:

getListView().setDivider(null);
getListView().setDividerHeight(0);

developer.android.com # ListView

Or, if you want to do it in XML:

android:divider="@null"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"

edited May 3, 2011 at 14:26

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Jeffrey Blattman Over a year ago

for some reason, setting it in the XML didn't work for me. had to set it in the code.

zolio Over a year ago

Worked in XML for me. Should put in the <ListView></Listview>. Wonder why this was not accepted as the right answer.

guness Over a year ago

do we need to make both (nullify and zeroify) or is just one enough?

Geltrude Over a year ago

@Pranav. Please teacher, let's write about programming. Thank you.

Chintan Shah Over a year ago

Weirdly only dividerHeight=0 didnt work, only divider=@null did. Why?

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Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-07 00:13:39Z

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If you want to remove a divider line, use this code:
```
android:divider="@null"
```

If you want to add a space instead of a divider line:

android:divider="@android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="5dp"

So, you can use any drawable or color in the divider attribute.

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Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-07 00:15:26Z

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There are different ways to achieve this, but I'm not sure which one is the best (I don't even know is there is a best way). I know at least two different ways to do this in a ListView:

1. Set divider to null:

1.1. Programmatically

yourListView.setDivider(null);

1.2. XML

This goes inside your ListView element.

android:divider="@null"

2. Set divider to transparent and set its height to 0 to avoid adding space between listview elements:

2.1. Programmatically:

yourListView.setDivider(new ColorDrawable(android.R.color.transparent));
yourListView.setDividerHeight(0);

2.2. XML

android:divider="@android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"

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themarshal Over a year ago

In certain situations there seems to be an issue with simply setting the divider color to transparent. My ListView elements each had a solid-colored, semi-transparent background. When I was using the second method of hiding the divider, a "divider" still seemed to appear. When I switched to the first method, the "divider" disappeared.

Saneesh · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-30 05:15:05Z

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Set divider to null:

JAVA

  listview_id.setDivider(null);

XML

<ListView 
  android:id="@+id/listview"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:divider="@null"
  />

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Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-07 00:35:30Z

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In XML:

android:divider="@null"

Or in Java:

listView.setDivider(null);

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Muhammad Shafqat · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-25 13:37:20Z

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   <ListView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:id="@+id/list"
  android:orientation="vertical"
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="match_parent"
  android:divider="@null"
  android:dividerHeight="0dp"/>

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Donald Duck is with Ukraine Over a year ago

While this code may answer the question, providing additional context regarding how and/or why it solves the problem would improve the answer's long-term value.

JoeBilly · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-29 09:04:06Z

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You can put below property in listview tag

android:divider="@null"

(or) programmatically listview.Divider(null); here listview is ListView reference.

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Jared Rummler · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-05 11:20:18Z

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Or in XML:

android:divider="@drawable/list_item_divider"
android:dividerHeight="1dp"

You can use a color for the drawable (e.g. #ff112233), but be aware, that pre-cupcake releases have a bug in which the color cannot be set. Instead a 9-patch or a image must be used..

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racs Over a year ago

Or you can even use the standard Android drawable for the divider: @android:drawable/divider_horizontal_...

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-07 00:06:22Z

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You can try the following. It worked for me...

android:divider="@android:color/transparent"
android:dividerHeight="0dp"

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Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-07 00:35:06Z

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I find it easier to implement it in the XML file as it can be harder to trace the line of code in a class with hundreds of lines. For the XML you can use "null":

android:divider="@null"

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Meanman · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-27 11:42:23Z

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For ListFragment use

getListView().setDivider(null)

after the list has been obtained.

answered Apr 27, 2014 at 11:42

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Mohamed Nabil Essefaihi · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-23 01:25:01Z

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If you want to remove lines from

⛔ Problem

Having lines between items from <ListView>

✅ Solution

add an attribute android:drivider="@null"

answered May 23, 2022 at 1:25

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kometen Over a year ago

Thank you adding an image that tells more than thousand words. :-) Just what I needed.

Richard Nikolas · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-09 17:43:02Z

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If this android:divider="@null" doesn't work, maybe changing your ListViews for Recycler Views?

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Abhinav Pandey · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-14 16:04:28Z

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String txt = ( (TextView) view).getText().toString();
adapter.remove(txt);

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