Swipe refresh not working if list is empty

Pulling down is not working if there are no items and the empty view is shown.

Investigate android/support/v4/widget/SwipeRefreshLayout.java.

[rothschild86]

thanks for documenting this!

[UweTrottmann]

OK, turns out the SwipeRefreshLayout intercepts touch MOVE events (see its onTouchEvent). A regular non-scrollable view/view group won’t trigger these.

Solution: wrap empty view into a ScrollView. Stick both AdapterView and the ScrollView into a ViewGroup and put it into the SwipeRefreshLayout.

<android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <FrameLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">

        <ListView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent" />

        <ScrollView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent">

            <TextView
                android:layout_width="250dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_gravity="center"
                android:gravity="center" />

        </ScrollView>

    </FrameLayout>

</android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout>

Then override canChildScrollUp() to check the adapter view or scroll view, depending on which one is visible at the time.