I want to create a custom adapter
for my list view. Is there any article that can walk me through how to create one and also explain how it works?
public class ListAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Item> {
private int resourceLayout;
private Context mContext;
public ListAdapter(Context context, int resource, List<Item> items) {
super(context, resource, items);
this.resourceLayout = resource;
this.mContext = context;
}
@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
View v = convertView;
if (v == null) {
LayoutInflater vi;
vi = LayoutInflater.from(mContext);
v = vi.inflate(resourceLayout, null);
}
Item p = getItem(position);
if (p != null) {
TextView tt1 = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.id);
TextView tt2 = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.categoryId);
TextView tt3 = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.description);
if (tt1 != null) {
tt1.setText(p.getId());
}
if (tt2 != null) {
tt2.setText(p.getCategory().getId());
}
if (tt3 != null) {
tt3.setText(p.getDescription());
}
}
return v;
}
}
This is a class I had used for my project. You need to have a collection of your items which you want to display, in my case it's <Item>
. You need to override View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
method.
R.layout.itemlistrow
defines the row of the ListView
.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TableLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent">
<TableRow android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:id="@+id/TableRow01"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:id="@+id/id"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="id" android:textStyle="bold"
android:gravity="left"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:typeface="monospace"
android:height="40sp" />
</TableRow>
<TableRow android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent">
<TextView android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:id="@+id/categoryId"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="categoryId"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:height="20sp" />
<TextView android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
android:gravity="right"
android:id="@+id/description"
android:text="description"
android:height="20sp" />
</TableRow>
</TableLayout>
In the MainActivity
define ListView
like this,
ListView yourListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.itemListView);
// get data from the table by the ListAdapter
ListAdapter customAdapter = new ListAdapter(this, R.layout.itemlistrow, List<yourItem>);
yourListView .setAdapter(customAdapter);