I am trying to create an array adapter to populate my list view.
Below is the code I have however the Array Adapter gets the error "Cannot resolve constructor".
Can anybody please help me with why this might be happening?
Thanks.
private void populateListView(){
//Create list of items'
String[] myItems = {"Blue", "red", "green", "purple"};
//Build adapter
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.deal_items, myItems);
//Configure the list view
ListView list = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listViewMain);
list.setAdapter(adapter);
}
The first parameter to the ArrayAdapter constructor needs to be a Context. You appear to have implemented this method in a Fragment, which is not a Context. If so, then replace this in the ArrayAdapter constructor with getActivity().
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So far no luck. Been trying to add an object to my listview with no luck. After I add it should just out put the name of the assignment even though I set the object with other parameters such as grade and category. This is code is placed into a fragment java class that outputs the listview
private void populateListView(){
TeamArrayList = new ArrayList<CourseWorkItem>();
CourseWorkItem myItem = null;
myItem.setName("First Assignment");
myItem.setCategory("Homework");
myItem.setGrade(60);
TeamArrayList.add(myItem);
//creates an adapter
itemArrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<CourseWorkItem>(this,R.layout.individualview,TeamArrayList);
ListView v = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.courseListXML);
v.setAdapter(itemArrayAdapter);
}
Have you overriden the toString method of CourseWorkItem to display the name?
you are using default array adapter then you should pass the value as String[] ,otherwise you should create a custom adapter for this
try this for default array adapter
String[] strings=new String[]{"First Assignment","Second Assignment"};
//creates an adapter
itemArrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<CourseWorkItem>(this,R.layout.individualview,TeamArrayList);
ListView v = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.courseListXML);
v.setAdapter(itemArrayAdapter);
Is it possible to load all items in the adapter at once?
I am using a CursorLoader, a ListView and a Cursor adapter, the items in the the adapter are loaded with scrolling.
I know I have only few simple items (about 10) so I do not have performance problems
Thanks
Read this Populating-a-ListView-with-a-CursorAdapter or this Android Cursor Example
If you want to use an ArrayList (getted from Populating a ListView using an ArrayList):
lv = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.your_list_view_id);
// Instanciating an array list (you don't need to do this,
// you already have yours).
List<String> your_array_list = new ArrayList<String>();
your_array_list.add("foo");
your_array_list.add("bar");
// This is the array adapter, it takes the context of the activity as a
// first parameter, the type of list view as a second parameter and your
// array as a third parameter.
ArrayAdapter<String> arrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(
this,
android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,
your_array_list );
lv.setAdapter(arrayAdapter);
public class Menu extends Activity {
String[] categories;
ListView lv;
Cursor cursor;
Context context;
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
categories = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.Categories_Array);
lv = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listViewCategories);
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
R.layout.activity_main,
getResources().getStringArray(R.array.Categories_Array));
lv.setAdapter(adapter);
}
...
}
I keep getting an "unfortuneately Bible CYB has stopped working" when I run the app
The problem you have is that you are giving your ArrayAdapter a full Activity's layout to inflate. What you want to do is pass it the row's layout it should use for each of the individual rows it should inflate:
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, // or other basic row layout
getResources().getStringArray(R.array.Categories_Array));
You have set the activity_main.xml to the activity and use the same in the constructor of ArrayAdapter. To display the a single string in each row
Change this
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
R.layout.activity_main,
getResources().getStringArray(R.array.Categories_Array));
to
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
R.layout.simple_list_item_1,
categories);
where simple_list_item_1.xml is the layout from the android framework
http://androidxref.com/4.4.3_r1.1/xref/frameworks/base/core/res/res/layout/simple_list_item_1.xml
And the constructor
public ArrayAdapter (Context context, int resource, T[] objects)
Added in API level 1 Constructor
Parameters context The current context. resource The resource ID for a
layout file containing a TextView to use when instantiating views.
objects The objects to represent in the ListView.
Instead of using a array adapter try using a list adapter.. it wud give it a custom layout u designed ..
lv = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listViewCategories);
ListAdapter adapter = new SimpleAdapter(this,
/*id for your custom layout for ex: R.layout.activity_main*/,
getResources().getStringArray(R.array.Categories_Array),/*Here write the id of the text view where u want to display the info.. forex: R.id.tvExample*/);
lv.setListAdapter(adapter);
I have a listview that shows the contents of an arraylist. I'm using a simple adaptor to make this possible like so.
public static ArrayList<String> homeScreenContacts = new ArrayList<String>();
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
R.layout.home_screen_contacts_view, NewContact.homeScreenContacts);
The second line is giving me a null pointer exception. I thought about it and I decided it was because the arrayList is empty. So I added the following line between the arraylist declaration and the arrayadaptor declaration...
NewContact.homeScreenContacts.add("A Contact");
This solved the problem and my code worked fine but Now the list view shows "A Contact" and I dont want it to. Is there anyway to get rid of the null pointer exception problem but still have the arraylist empty? Because I want to populate it with user made contacts, not hard-coded, random strings. Thank you.
EDIT: Sorry, The arraylist is located in another class called NewContact, also, I am very beginner Android Programmer I just started.
Simple solution just don't initialize the ListView if there is no element in the ArrayList or the ArrayList is null.
if(NewContact.homeScreenContacts != null && NewContact.homeScreenContacts.size() > 0){
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
R.layout.home_screen_contacts_view, NewContact.homeScreenContacts);
listView.setAdapter(adapter);
}
Also you need to remember that if you you haven't initialize Adapter then dont initialize the ListView and before any operation on list view you should check is it null or not.
As you have said that you want to populate when user add some contact in the application then on add event only you need to populate or update the ListAdapter.
Hope this solution will resolve your problem.
Try this code
public class YourActivity extends Activity
{
private ListView lv;
public void onCreate(Bundle saveInstanceState) {
setContentView(R.layout.your_layout);
lv = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.your_list_view_id);
// Instanciating an array list (you don't need to do this, you already have yours)
ArrayList<String> your_array_list = new ArrayList<String>();
your_array_list.add("foo");
your_array_list.add("bar");
// This is the array adapter, it takes the context of the activity as a first // parameter, the type of list view as a second parameter and your array as a third parameter
ArrayAdapter<String> arrayAdapter =
new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, your_array_list);
lv.setAdapter(arrayAdapter);
}
}
Works fine for me:
if(arrayList.isEmpty())
{
listView.setAdapter(null);
}
else
{
listAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,arrayList);
listView.setAdapter(listAdapter);
}
I am trying to use the following code to populate a ListView using a predefined array of strings:
String[] schedule_names = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.test_schedules);
// Populate the ListView using the array of schedule names
ArrayList<String> als = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(schedule_names));
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.id.listView, als);
adapter.add("Test");
ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView);
listView.setAdapter(adapter);
But it force closes unless I comment out listView.setAdapter(adapter); (which obviously means the ListView isn't populated at all). It seems the reason is a NullPointerException.
Why is this?
This line is wrong...
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.id.listView, als);
...the second parameter of the constructor should not be your ListView, it should be a layout with a TextView.
Try replacing R.id.listView with android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1