I am quite new to Android development. I managed to get data saved to SQLite database. Now, what I want is to view these data when I call viewData(). I have viewData() which shows data as a Toast as I made it as a sample. Now I need these data to show on a new activity using a ListView, but the number of data to show is depending on how many data is in the database at the moment, If user saved 10 items then I want all the 10 items to shown up. How can I do it?
I hope my question is clear.
Thanks in advance.
you could use ListView
declare it in your layout
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ListView
android:id="#+id/list"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent">
</ListView>
</LinearLayout>
in yor activity declare a globar var:
ListView listView;
and onCreate
listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list);
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, android.R.id.text1, values);
// Assign adapter to ListView
listView.setAdapter(adapter);
listView.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View v,
int position, long id){
// ListView Clicked item index
int itemPosition = position;
// ListView Clicked item value
String itemValue = (String) listView.getItemAtPosition(position);
}
});
datos can be an array that you can populate with data that you extract from your data base and that's the most simple way to show it. if you want to customizise your listView you can create a custom adapter, or in other way the newest element that replace listView is ReciclerView. I hope tihs help you
You can use a SimpleCursorAdapter:
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
ListView answerList=(ListView)findViewById(R.id.answerList);
Cursor mCursor = getData();
startManagingCursor(mCursor);
// now create a new list adapter bound to the cursor.
// SimpleListAdapter is designed for binding to a Cursor.
ListAdapter adapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, // Context.
android.R.layout.two_line_list_item,
mCursor, // Pass in the cursor to bind to.
// Array of cursor columns to bind to.
new String[] {"_id", "answer"};
// Parallel array of which template objects to bind to those
// columns.
new int[] { android.R.id.text1,android.R.id.text2 });
// Bind to our new adapter.
answerList.setAdapter(adapter);
}
private Cursor getData() {
String sq = "Select _id, answer from foo";
Cursor c = db.rawQuery(sql);
return c;
}
I will try to give an in-depth answer to this.
Whenever you want to fetch and display a list of data from the database, you can use a ListView, GridView, Spinner, etc for it.
You can use a CursorAdapter which can make the job of querying and displaying data much more simple and easy.
Here is a basic visual representation of it,
Step 1
Firstly, you need to create a database. As mentioned in your question, it is clear that you know how to create a database and put some data into it. So I am not going into the depths of it.
Step 2
We need to define the layout to be used for the individual items in the ListView and save it as res/layout/item_todo.xml This is just a sample layout, you can design any kind of layout you want to.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvBody"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Study cursors"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvPriority"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:text="3"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
</LinearLayout>
Step 3
Now we need to define an adapter. Here we are using a CursorAdapter which converts a Cursor (that you provide) into Views (defined by your layout).
There are two methods, newView and bindView which we need to override. The newView is responsible for inflating newViews for the first time and the bindView is responsible for binding the data to the Views.
public class TodoCursorAdapter extends CursorAdapter {
public TodoCursorAdapter(Context context, Cursor cursor) {
super(context, cursor, 0);
}
// The newView method is used to inflate a new view and return it,
// you don't bind any data to the view at this point.
#Override
public View newView(Context context, Cursor cursor, ViewGroup parent) {
return LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.item_todo, parent, false);
}
// The bindView method is used to bind all data to a given view
// such as setting the text on a TextView.
#Override
public void bindView(View view, Context context, Cursor cursor) {
// Find fields to populate in inflated template
TextView tvBody = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.tvBody);
TextView tvPriority = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.tvPriority);
// Extract properties from cursor
String body = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("body"));
int priority = cursor.getInt(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("priority"));
// Populate fields with extracted properties
tvBody.setText(body);
tvPriority.setText(String.valueOf(priority));
}
}
Step 4
Now as you can clearly see, that the constructor needs a Context and a Cursor. Now we need to query the database and retrieve the data into a Cursor and pass it to the adapter.
// TodoDatabaseHandler is a SQLiteOpenHelper class connecting to SQLite
TodoDatabaseHandler handler = new TodoDatabaseHandler(this);
// Get access to the underlying writeable database
SQLiteDatabase db = handler.getWritableDatabase();
// Query for items from the database and get a cursor back
Cursor todoCursor = db.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM todo_items", null);
Step 5
This is the last step where we need to instantiate the adapter and attach the ListView with the adapter to populate the data.
// Find ListView to populate
ListView lvItems = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.lvItems);
// Setup cursor adapter using cursor from last step
TodoCursorAdapter todoAdapter = new TodoCursorAdapter(this, todoCursor);
// Attach cursor adapter to the ListView
lvItems.setAdapter(todoAdapter);
Related
Quite new to Android development, can manage the more simple tasks but never dealt with databases before. I have managed to get so far, however, when trying to output all results from the databases, which has been created, i am only receiving references to the record not the actual values. Debugging shows that the values are being assigned correctly, however, are showing the object reference and not the values them selves. What i see is a list similar to:
com.example.testdb.myapplication.Films#42ff37f0
Please see below for my code:
// Getting All Films
public List<Films> getAllFilms() {
List<Films> filmList = new ArrayList<Films>();
// Select All Query
String selectQuery = "SELECT * FROM film_table";
SQLiteDatabase db = new MyDBHandler(this).getWritableDatabase();
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(selectQuery, null);
ArrayAdapter<Films> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<Films>(MainActivity.this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,filmList);
// looping through all rows and adding to list
if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
do {
Films film = new Films();
film.setID(Integer.parseInt(cursor.getString(0)));
film.setfilmName(cursor.getString(1));
film.setFilmActors(cursor.getString(2));
film.setFilmDirectors(cursor.getString(3));
film.setfilmDescription(cursor.getString(4));
film.setfilmFave(cursor.getString(5));
ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(android.R.id.list);
listView.setAdapter(adapter);
filmList.add(film);
} while (cursor.moveToNext());
}
// return Film list
return filmList;
}
I would very much appreciate any input which may guide me in the right direction. I have tried many methods to no avail.
Thank you in advance.
Okay, I have to guess a little bit here because you don't have more code posted.
You say you have a list that is showing the output of the default toString() method for your Films object.
I am guessing your list adapter is using the default getView() method, since the default behavior is to print the toString() output for the item.
If you want to see the database values of your Films object formatted into a list, you have to extend a list adapter class like BaseAdapter or create a class that implements ListAdapter, then override the getView() method to create a View that contains your values.
Have a look at ListAdapter.getView() and see if that will solve your issue. If not, you'll have to post more code and be more specific about what's happening.
You are setting the adapter before you are retrieving the values from database, hence there would be no data in the adapter. Moved setting the adapter after retrieving values from DB and after setting them in Films object.
public List<Films> getAllFilms() {
List<Films> filmList = new ArrayList<Films>();
// Select All Query
String selectQuery = "SELECT * FROM film_table";
SQLiteDatabase db = new MyDBHandler(this).getWritableDatabase();
Cursor cursor = db.rawQuery(selectQuery, null);
// looping through all rows and adding to list
if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
do {
Films film = new Films();
film.setID(Integer.parseInt(cursor.getString(0)));
film.setfilmName(cursor.getString(1));
film.setFilmActors(cursor.getString(2));
film.setFilmDirectors(cursor.getString(3));
film.setfilmDescription(cursor.getString(4));
film.setfilmFave(cursor.getString(5));
filmList.add(film);
} while (cursor.moveToNext());
}
ArrayAdapter<Films> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<Films>(MainActivity.this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,filmList);
ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(android.R.id.list);
listView.setAdapter(adapter);
return filmList;
}
Also add a custom adapter to display the value from the class Film:
public class MyClassAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Films> {
private static class ViewHolder {
private TextView filmname;
private TextView actors;
................
}
public MyClassAdapter(Context context, int textViewResourceId, ArrayList<Films> items) {
super(context, textViewResourceId, items);
}
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
if (convertView == null) {
convertView = LayoutInflater.from(this.getContext())
.inflate(R.layout.film_layout, parent, false);
viewHolder = new ViewHolder();
viewHolder.itemView = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.ItemView);
} else {
viewHolder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
}
Films item = getItem(position);
if (item!= null) {
// My layout has only one TextView
// do whatever you want with your string and long
viewHolder.itemView.setText(String.format("%s", item.getfilname));
}
return view;
}
}
Layout for the listrow(film_layout.xml)
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/filname"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"/>
.................... //Form how each row should be displayed
</RelativeLayout>
Tutorial how to create a custom listview here
Sorry i didn't post sooner. In the end i fixed the issue using the following code, which outputs into the list similar to you answer, however, without the floater element...
String[] columnName = new String[]
{MyDBHandler.COLUMN_NAME, MyDBHandler.COLUMN_ACTORS, MyDBHandler.COLUMN_DIRECTORS,MyDBHandler.COLUMN_DESCRIPTION, MyDBHandler.COLUMN_FAVE};
int[] displayName = new int[]
{R.id.filmNameEdit, R.id.filmActors, R.id.filmDirectors, R.id.filmDescription, R.id.filmFave};
SimpleCursorAdapter adapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, R.layout.activity_listview,cursor, columnName, displayName);
ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(android.R.id.list);
listView.setAdapter(adapter);
Thanks for all the suggestions. This turned out to be the most simple answer for me.
I've created a ListView and bind it to an adaptor to display data from a table. It works great. I can select on a row and it display the product name that I'm selecting. Now I've added an ImageView in the layout that will act as delete buttons on each row. My problem is I can't figure out how to add the code to make it so that when a user select the ImageView (delete button), it will delete the row. I've searched and found a lot of articles on this topic and tried a lot of them and none really work my code. Do I need to create a getView function? Also I've tried inserting the getTag(), but I couldn't make it work. Can you help me with a sample code that may work with my simple code or point me to the right direction? Here is my code:
private void displayListView() {
prodinputHelper = new DBAdaptorProductInput(this);
prodinputHelper.open();
Cursor cursor = prodinputHelper.fetchAllProductInput();
// The desired columns to be bound
String[] columns = new String[] {
DBAdaptorProductInput.KEY_PRODUCTTYPE,
DBAdaptorProductInput.KEY_PRODUCTNAME,
DBAdaptorProductInput.KEY_MANUFACTURER,
DBAdaptorProductInput.KEY_VISC40,
DBAdaptorProductInput.KEY_VISC100,
DBAdaptorProductInput.KEY_VI,
DBAdaptorProductInput.KEY_DEN15C,
DBAdaptorProductInput.KEY_VISCTEXT,
DBAdaptorProductInput.KEY_BASEOILTYPE,
DBAdaptorProductInput.KEY_BASEOIL,
DBAdaptorProductInput.KEY_ADDITIVES,
DBAdaptorProductInput.KEY_OTHERADDITIVES,
DBAdaptorProductInput.KEY_THICKENER,
DBAdaptorProductInput.KEY_NLGI,
DBAdaptorProductInput.KEY_COMMENT,
DBAdaptorProductInput.KEY_PACKAGES,
DBAdaptorProductInput.KEY_AREA,
};
// the XML defined views which the data will be bound to
int[] to = new int[] {
R.id.code,
R.id.name,
R.id.manufacturer,
R.id.visc40,
R.id.visc100,
R.id.viscindex,
R.id.den15c,
R.id.visctext,
R.id.baseoiltype,
R.id.baseoil,
R.id.additives,
R.id.otheradditives,
R.id.thickener,
R.id.nlgi,
R.id.comments,
R.id.packages,
R.id.area,
};
// create the adapter using the cursor pointing to the desired data
//as well as the layout information
dataAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(
this, R.layout.activity_product_review_info, cursor, columns, to, 0);
ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView1);
// Assign adapter to ListView
listView.setAdapter(dataAdapter);
//SetOnItemClickListener for the ListView
listView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> listView, View view,
int position, long id) {
// Get the cursor, positioned to the corresponding row in the result set
Cursor cursor = (Cursor) listView.getItemAtPosition(position);
// Get the Customer Name from this row in the database.
String countryCode = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("ProductName"));
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), countryCode, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
}
You need to have a custom adapter that extends BaseAdapter or SimpleCursorAdapter.
In the adapter's getView() method set the onClickListener for your ImageView.
I am fairly new to Android programming and trying to set items in a listview upon loading the information from internal storage.
I have two global arrays that I am using: first one is a String array that has the names of the items in the list, and the second is a boolean array that keeps track of which items are crossed out. I am using a TextView in the listview.
main_activity.xml:
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listViewMyList"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</ListView>
rowlayout.xml:
<TextView
android:id="#+id/label"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="3dp"
android:text="#+id/label" />
I have created an onClickListener() which successfully updates the state of each list item:
public class MainActivity extends Activity
{
// Initialize the list (global list values)
String[] values = new String[0]; // array of items for the list
boolean[] checkedVals = new boolean[0]; // keep track of which items are crossed-off
String localFileName = "myListData.csv";
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
// read the data from file if present
readListFromFile();
// find the ListView
ListView lst = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listViewMyList);
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
R.layout.rowlayout, R.id.label, values);
lst.setAdapter(adapter);
// define what happens on click
lst.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener()
{
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,int position, long id)
{
// read crossed status and set text flags for strikethrough
if (checkedVals[position])
{
TextView text1 = (TextView)view.findViewById(R.id.label);
text1.setPaintFlags(text1.getPaintFlags() & ~Paint.STRIKE_THRU_TEXT_FLAG);
text1.setTextColor(0xff000000);
checkedVals[position] = false;
}
else
{
TextView text1 = (TextView)view.findViewById(R.id.label);
text1.setPaintFlags(text1.getPaintFlags() | Paint.STRIKE_THRU_TEXT_FLAG);
text1.setTextColor(0xff888888);
checkedVals[position] = true;
}
// save the data in a file
saveListToFile();
}
});
}
So this code works fine for crossing out and un-crossing out the items. I don't know how can I cross-out some of the items (determined by the checkedVals boolean array) without clicking or any activity when I load the list.
Thanks in advance.
You need to create a custom Adapter by extending ArrayAdapter and overriding getView().
The getView() method loads every row's layout, this is where you should check if the row is in your checkedVals array and draw with the appropriate flags. This Google Talk by an Android lead programmer, Romain Guy, provide a wealth of information about best practices on how to do this.
I'm trying to get my contacts on a list view. Now I know that using simple_list_item_multiple_choice enables me to select multiple contacts, but it views names only without numbers.
On the other side, simple_list_item_2 can be used to show both name and number, but supports selection of only one contact.
Is there any template that combine them both? If not, how could I build my customized list with both features?
EDIT: This is the code I'm using
CursorLoader cl = new CursorLoader(this,ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI, PROJECTION, null, null, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME+" ASC");
Cursor c = cl.loadInBackground();
SimpleCursorAdapter adapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_multiple_choice, // Use a template
// that displays a
// text view
c, // Give the cursor to the list adapter
new String[] { ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME},
new int[] { android.R.id.text1},0);
setListAdapter(adapter);
Here, the second parameter of SimpleCursorAdapter is simple_list_item_multiple_choice but it supports only dealing with android.R.id.text1. So I can use items only, not subitems.
But in the following code
SimpleCursorAdapter adapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_expandable_list_item_2, // Use a template
// that displays a
// text view
c, // Give the cursor to the list adapter
new String[] { ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME, ,ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER},
new int[] { android.R.id.text1,android.R.id.text2},0);
I can give it both ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME and NUMBER to be written in android.R.id.text1 and android.R.id.text2, but can't use multiple choice feature.
As Dipu said, you should make your own customized layout.
To show name and contact, you need two text views, and one check box for checking.
You can start coding from this tutorial:
http://www.mysamplecode.com/2012/07/android-listview-checkbox-example.html
Add one more text view to country_info.xml will solve your problem.
ADDED
To use a custom list view layout, you have to implement your own adapter.
This tutorial (2. Custom ArrayAdapter example) will help you figure out how to do that.
http://www.mkyong.com/android/android-listview-example/
The answer provided by Heejin is excellent, but it's not important to implement a custom ArrayAdaptor. What only I needed to do is to write a custom layout and send it to the SimpleCursorAdaptor constructor.
The custom layout represent the layout of each item in the list view. I need each row to contain a CheckedTextView and another small TextView as a subitem. So I've made a layout called row_view.xml with the following content
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<CheckedTextView
android:id="#+id/checkedTextView"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:checkMark="?android:attr/listChoiceIndicatorMultiple"
android:text="CheckedTextView" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Small Text"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall" />
</LinearLayout>
Then I've just used it in the constructor
SimpleCursorAdapter adapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, R.layout.row_view, // Use a template
// that displays a
// text view
c, // Give the cursor to the list adapter
new String[] { ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER},
new int[] { R.id.checkedTextView, R.id.textView},0);
setListAdapter(adapter);
This is the full code
public class MultipleContacts extends ListActivity implements OnItemClickListener {
private static final String[] PROJECTION = new String[] {
ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone._ID
,ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME
,ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER
};
SimpleCursorAdapter adapter;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.multiple_contacts);
getListView().setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);
getListView().setOnItemClickListener(this);
// Get a cursor with all people
CursorLoader cl = new CursorLoader(this,ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.CONTENT_URI,
PROJECTION, null, null, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME+" ASC");
Cursor c = cl.loadInBackground();
adapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this,
R.layout.row_view, // Use a template
// that displays a
// text view
c, // Give the cursor to the list adapter
new String[] { ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.DISPLAY_NAME, ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Phone.NUMBER},
new int[] { R.id.checkedTextView, R.id.textView},0);
setListAdapter(adapter);
}
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View v, int position, long id) {
//what to do when an item is clicked
CheckedTextView checkedTextView = (CheckedTextView) v.findViewById(R.id.checkedTextView);
Toast.makeText(this, checkedTextView.getText(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
Please note that I've two layouts, one for the list view itself(called multiple_contacts) and the provided layout here (called row_view) is the layout for each item in the list view. All what I need from multiple_contacts is to write setContentView(R.layout.multiple_contacts);
I'm try to write a little application and the releated unit tests.
I have a ListView binded to a SimpleCursorAdapter reading data from an SQL table.
The Activity#onCreate() method is:
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
dbHelper = new DatabaseHelper(this);
SQLiteDatabase dbRead = dbHelper.getReadableDatabase();
String[] columns={BaseColumns._ID, ENTRY_VALUE};
cursor = dbRead.query(ENTRIES_TABLENAME, columns, null, null, null, null, null);
String[] from = {"value"};
int[] to = {R.id.value};
adapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, R.layout.list_entry, cursor, from, to);
setListAdapter(adapter);
}
My test inside the unit-test is:
#UiThreadTest
public void testTheElementInsideTheDBisDisplayedInTheList() {
String entryValue = "clipboard entry 1";
DatabaseHelper dbHelper = new DatabaseHelper(cmActivity);
Cursor beforeCursor = selectAllEntries(dbHelper);
// The table, at the begining of the test, is empty, I control that
assertEquals(0, beforeCursor.getCount());
// I insert the new value in the table
insertEntry(dbHelper, entryValue);
// and I control that is really inside the table now
Cursor afterCursor = selectAllEntries(dbHelper);
assertEquals(1, afterCursor.getCount());
// This method calls the method "requery()" on the cursor associate
// to the listView's adapter to update the list view
cmActivity.updateList();
// I control that the listView is updated
assertEquals(1, entryList.getCount());
// Now I try to retrive the only child inside the list view
// to extract the text inside it and to compare this text with
// the value inserted into the DB table.
TextView entryView = (TextView) entryList.getChildAt(0);
String viewText = entryView.getText().toString();
assertEquals(entryValue, viewText);
}
My problem is in the third-last row:
TextView entryView = (TextView) entryList.getChildAt(0);
I sude getChildAt() to get the first TextView child of the ListView. But this method returns null, so the test gets a NullPointerException.
Maybe getChildAt() is not the right method to get the View child from a ListView, so which is the correct one?
I see from the documenation that the method works with GroupView, I didn't use them, do I need to configure a default GroupView and put all the entry inside it? In this way, will getChildAt(0) work? Is this the correct way to setup a ListView?
thank you, bye
Andrea
As asked by Vivek, I post here the main.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ListView
android:id="#android:id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
<TextView android:id="#android:id/empty"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Empty set"
/>
</LinearLayout>
As you can see is very very basic. Also le list entry is very simple:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/value"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:padding="10dp"
android:textSize="16sp" >
</TextView>
I doubt if the list is populated when you call getChildAt() method. So call getChildCount() method and see if the list is populated. And post back the output here.
Edit:
Now I understand the problem. ListView.getCount() method returns the number of items populated in the list. And ListView.getChildCount() Method or ListView.getChildAt() Method will return 0 here because these methods will return a value only when the view is visible to the user. You can use getChildAt() method only after the textviews are generated. i.e If you use the method in OnItemClick method of the listview, or any listview listener implementation, you will get the desired output. What is the need to get the reference to the textviews here in this method anyways?