I'm trying to program an Android interface which uses an expandable list on the side and a fragment on the other side so I can load different resources by clicking on the children of the expandable list. But unfortunately I cannot find any good tutorials about this list anywhere. Yes I've look in the API demos and I've made a normal list with a BaseExpandableListAdapter but still, understanding those list well it's kinda hard without a good tutorial, do you have any good one around or info I could check?
Create item list
List<ParentItem> itemList = new ArrayList<ParentItem>();
ParentItem parent1 = new ParentItem();
parent1.getChildItemList().add(new ChildItem());
parent1.getChildItemList().add(new ChildItem());
parent1.getChildItemList().add(new ChildItem());
ParentItem parent2 = new ParentItem();
parent2.getChildItemList().add(new ChildItem());
parent2.getChildItemList().add(new ChildItem());
parent2.getChildItemList().add(new ChildItem());
itemList.add(parent1);
itemList.add(parent2);
ExpandableListViewAdapter adapter = new ExpandableListViewAdapter(context, itemList);
Data Objects
public class ParentItem {
private List<ChildItem> childItemList;
public ParentItem() {
childItemList = new ArrayList<ChildItem>();
}
public List<ChildItem> getChildItemList() {
return childItemList;
}
}
public class ChildItem {
// filll with your data
}
Adapter
public class ExpandableListViewAdapter extends BaseExpandableListAdapter {
private static final class ViewHolder {
TextView textLabel;
}
private final List<ParentItem> itemList;
private final LayoutInflater inflater;
public ExpandableListViewAdapter(Context context, List<ParentItem> itemList) {
this.inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
this.itemList = itemList;
}
@Override
public ChildItem getChild(int groupPosition, int childPosition) {
return itemList.get(groupPosition).getChildItemList().get(childPosition);
}
@Override
public long getChildId(int groupPosition, int childPosition) {
return childPosition;
}
@Override
public int getChildrenCount(int groupPosition) {
return itemList.get(groupPosition).getChildItemList().size();
}
@Override
public View getChildView(int groupPosition, int childPosition, boolean isLastChild, View convertView,
final ViewGroup parent) {
View resultView = convertView;
ViewHolder holder;
if (resultView == null) {
resultView = inflater.inflate(android.R.layout.test_list_item, null); //TODO change layout id
holder = new ViewHolder();
holder.textLabel = (TextView) resultView.findViewById(android.R.id.title); //TODO change view id
resultView.setTag(holder);
} else {
holder = (ViewHolder) resultView.getTag();
}
final ChildItem item = getChild(groupPosition, childPosition);
holder.textLabel.setText(item.toString());
return resultView;
}
@Override
public ParentItem getGroup(int groupPosition) {
return itemList.get(groupPosition);
}
@Override
public int getGroupCount() {
return itemList.size();
}
@Override
public long getGroupId(final int groupPosition) {
return groupPosition;
}
@Override
public View getGroupView(int groupPosition, boolean isExpanded, View theConvertView, ViewGroup parent) {
View resultView = theConvertView;
ViewHolder holder;
if (resultView == null) {
resultView = inflater.inflate(android.R.layout.test_list_item, null); //TODO change layout id
holder = new ViewHolder();
holder.textLabel = (TextView) resultView.findViewById(android.R.id.title); //TODO change view id
resultView.setTag(holder);
} else {
holder = (ViewHolder) resultView.getTag();
}
final ParentItem item = getGroup(groupPosition);
holder.textLabel.setText(item.toString());
return resultView;
}
@Override
public boolean hasStableIds() {
return true;
}
@Override
public boolean isChildSelectable(int groupPosition, int childPosition) {
return true;
}
}
Gives you
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+Parent 1
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-child 1.1
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-child 1.2
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-child 1.3
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+Parent 2
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-child 2.1
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-child 2.2
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-child 2.3
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