android - ScrollView not scrolling to the end of inner LinearLayout's bottom margin -

i'm having issues fragment consisting of scrollview containing linearlayout. i'm trying create effect linearlayout has white background , looks piece of paper scrolling on coloured background. way i'm trying achieve having scrollview occupy full space of fragment , linearlayout inside has android:layout_margin="16dp" create space around "paper".

this way, scroll bar of scrollview appears in coloured background area, margin @ top scrolls away along content , margin @ bottom scrolls in when 1 reaches end.

unfortunately in configuration scrollview won't scroll way end , in fact cuts off small amount of text @ bottom. suspect scrollview isn't taking account child's margins in vertical scrolling distance. solve i've wrapped linearlayout in framelayout solves issue, seems superfluous. pointers on how eliminate unneeded container appreciated.

note: setting android:padding="16dp" on scrollview , scrapping margins doesn't have desired effect, padding appears on 4 edges continuously, regardless of scroll position.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <scrollview xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     tools:context=".articlefragment" >      <!-- framelayout exists purely force outer scrollview respect          margins of linearlayout -->     <framelayout         android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content">          <linearlayout             android:layout_width="fill_parent"             android:layout_height="wrap_content"             android:orientation="vertical"             android:padding="10dp"             android:layout_margin="16dp"             android:background="@color/page_background" >              <textview                 android:id="@+id/article_title"                 android:layout_width="fill_parent"                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"                 android:textappearance="?android:attr/textappearancelarge"                 android:textisselectable="true" />              <textview                 android:id="@+id/article_content"                 android:layout_width="fill_parent"                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"                 android:textisselectable="true" />         </linearlayout>     </framelayout> </scrollview> 

i remember having trouble scrollview somehow not making end of it's contents when content layout had top margin. solved problem little hack, adding empty view end of linearlayout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <scrollview xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="fill_parent"     tools:context=".articlefragment" >      <linearlayout         android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:orientation="vertical"         android:padding="10dp"         android:layout_margin="16dp" >          <textview             android:id="@+id/article_title"             android:layout_width="fill_parent"             android:layout_height="wrap_content"             android:textappearance="?android:attr/textappearancelarge"             android:textisselectable="true"             android:background="@color/page_background" />          <textview             android:id="@+id/article_content"             android:layout_width="fill_parent"             android:layout_height="wrap_content"             android:textisselectable="true"             android:background="@color/page_background" />           <!-- add little space end -->         <view             android:layout_width="fill_parent"             android:layout_height="30dp" />     </linearlayout> </scrollview> 

i used similar empty view in beginning of linearlayout avoid top/bottom margins completely.

edit: realised wanted end of "paper" show when reaching end of view. in case might want set background color textviews instead of layout itself. make sure there's no margin between title , article (use padding separation).

edit2: should learn check when questions asked... well, maybe still helps someone. :)