How to always show scrollbar

As of now the best way is to use android:fadeScrollbars="false" in xml which is equivalent to ScrollView.setScrollbarFadingEnabled(false); in java code.


Setting the android:scrollbarFadeDuration="0" will do the trick.


There are 2 ways:

  • from Java code: ScrollView.setScrollbarFadingEnabled(false);
  • from XML code: android:fadeScrollbars="false"

Simple as that!