Hi,
i've been trying to get a list layout like the iphone sms applications. boxes on boxes in a list.
my problem is that i cannot seem to set the padding/margin so the text bubbles does not go all the way to the borders.

if i use padding on the linearlayout that contains the listview, the scrollbar is also moved, whereas i would like the scrollbar to be at the rightmost end of the screen.

does anyone know how to accomplish this?

It would be nice if you can show us screenshots and xml of your layout
it is easier for us the reproduce your problem and find solutions...