Is there a way to disable/edit the fading that a list view has at its edges?

I can’t actually test it right now, but I believe fadingEdge is what you’re looking for:

android:fadingEdge="none"

or

listView.setVerticalFadingEdgeEnabled(false);

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#setVerticalFadingEdgeEnabled(boolean)