 <p>To make the scrollbar always visible in an Android view add the following property to the relevant container in the layout xml </p> <pre><code> android:scrollbarFadeDuration="0" </code></pre> <p>Refer <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#attr_android:scrollbarFadeDuration" rel="nofollow">this</a>.</p> <p>Specifically for <code>Android 4.0.3</code> API level 15 you can use,</p> <pre><code> android:fadeScrollbars </code></pre> <p>It defines whether to fade out scrollbars when they are not in use. Must be a boolean value, either "true" or "false". <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#attr_android:fadeScrollbars" rel="nofollow">Source</a>.</p> <p>Using code the <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#setScrollbarFadingEnabled%28boolean%29" rel="nofollow">View.setScrollbarFadingEnabled(boolean)</a> is what you can use. </p>