I have list item with EditText
in it, I don't know how many items there will be.
I have a problem when I enter some text in EditText
, and then scroll down a RecyclerView
, after I've scroll up again there is no text in my first EditText
.
I am wondering what, and where should I write code so that while the user is typing or finished typing (I was thinking to do that with a TextWatcher
) in the EditText
the text gets saved into into a file (I'll save it in a .txt file in the external storage)
Am I supposed to do so in the onCreate
method of the activity or in the adapter class or elsewhere?
Here is some code
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
RecyclerView mRecyclerView;
MyAdapter mAdapter;
String[] mDataSet= new String[20];
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// generating text for editText Views
for (int i = 0; i<=19; i++){
mDataSet[i]= "EditText n: "+i;
}
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
mRecyclerView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.recycler_view);
mAdapter = new MyAdapter(mDataSet);
mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(this, LinearLayoutManager.VERTICAL, false));
mRecyclerView.setItemAnimator(new DefaultItemAnimator());
mRecyclerView.setAdapter(mAdapter);
mRecyclerView.setHasFixedSize(true);
}
public class MyAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<MyAdapter.ViewHolder> {
private String[] mDataset;
public static class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
// each data item is just a string in this case
public EditText mEditText;
public ViewHolder(View v) {
super(v);
mEditText = (EditText) v.findViewById(R.id.list_item_edittext);
}
}
public MyAdapter(String[] myDataset) {
mDataset = myDataset;
}
@Override
public MyAdapter.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent,
int viewType) {
View v = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext())
.inflate(R.layout.list_item, parent, false);
ViewHolder vh = new ViewHolder(v);
return vh;
}
@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder holder, final int position) {
holder.mEditText.setText(mDataset[position]);
//without this addtextChangedListener my code works fine ovbiusly
// not saving the content of the edit Text when scrolled
// If i add this code then when i scroll all textView that go of screen
// and than come back in have messed up content
holder.mEditText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
@Override
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start,
int before, int count) {
//setting data to array, when changed
// this is a semplified example in the actual app i save the text
// in a .txt in the external storage
mDataset[position] = s.toString();
}
@Override
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start,
int count, int after) {
}
@Override
public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
}
});
}
@Override
public int getItemCount() {
return mDataset.length;
}
without this "addtextChangedListener" my code works fine obviusly not saving the content of the edit Text when scrolled. If i add this code, when i scroll all editText views that go off screen and than come back in have messed up content.
The major problem with your solution is allocating and assigning TextWatcher in onBindViewHolder which is an expensive operation that will introduce lags during fast scrolls and it also seems to interfere with determining what position to update in mAdapter.
Making all operations in onCreateViewHolder is a more preferable option. Here is the complete tested working solution:
public class MyAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<MyAdapter.ViewHolder> {
private String[] mDataset;
public MyAdapter(String[] myDataset) {
mDataset = myDataset;
}
@Override
public MyAdapter.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent,
int viewType) {
View v = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.list_item_edittext, parent, false);
// pass MyCustomEditTextListener to viewholder in onCreateViewHolder
// so that we don't have to do this expensive allocation in onBindViewHolder
ViewHolder vh = new ViewHolder(v, new MyCustomEditTextListener());
return vh;
}
@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder holder, final int position) {
// update MyCustomEditTextListener every time we bind a new item
// so that it knows what item in mDataset to update
holder.myCustomEditTextListener.updatePosition(holder.getAdapterPosition());
holder.mEditText.setText(mDataset[holder.getAdapterPosition()]);
}
@Override
public int getItemCount() {
return mDataset.length;
}
public static class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
// each data item is just a string in this case
public EditText mEditText;
public MyCustomEditTextListener myCustomEditTextListener;
public ViewHolder(View v, MyCustomEditTextListener myCustomEditTextListener) {
super(v);
this.mEditText = (EditText) v.findViewById(R.id.editText);
this.myCustomEditTextListener = myCustomEditTextListener;
this.mEditText.addTextChangedListener(myCustomEditTextListener);
}
}
// we make TextWatcher to be aware of the position it currently works with
// this way, once a new item is attached in onBindViewHolder, it will
// update current position MyCustomEditTextListener, reference to which is kept by ViewHolder
private class MyCustomEditTextListener implements TextWatcher {
private int position;
public void updatePosition(int position) {
this.position = position;
}
@Override
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence charSequence, int i, int i2, int i3) {
// no op
}
@Override
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence charSequence, int i, int i2, int i3) {
mDataset[position] = charSequence.toString();
}
@Override
public void afterTextChanged(Editable editable) {
// no op
}
}
}