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How to add TextView automatically base on TABLE rows

Good day! How can I add TextView automatically base on table rows and display the row data in the generated TextView, or is there another way to accomplish this.
Row 1
PA : Savings Account // Col 1
2015-08-17 // Col 2
483.67 // Col 3
483.67 // Col 4
Row 2
PA : Savings - Cash Bond // Col 1
2015-08-28 // Col 2
10129.43 // Col 3
10129.43 // Col 4
this is my current code
private TextView textView_SL_Desc;
private TextView textView_SL_Bal;
textView_SL_Desc = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.sl_desc);
textView_SL_Bal = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.actual_balance);
// Fetching USER sl details from SQlite
HashMap<String, String> sl_summ = db.getUserSLDTL();
String sl_desc = sl_summ.get("sl_desc");
String actual_balance = sl_summ.get("actual_balance");
//Set text to text view
textView_SL_Desc.setText(sl_desc);
textView_SL_Bal.setText(actual_balance);
My XML
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_marginRight="20dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/sl_desc"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="13sp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/actual_balance"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="13sp" />
</LinearLayout>

RecyclerView will solve your problem for dynamically creating a list of views (in your case, your XML file) in an efficient way.
How to use RecyclerView:
Create a ViewHolder class to hold your TextView widgets
public class RowViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
public final TextView textView_SL_Desc;
public final TextView textView_SL_Bal;
public RowViewHolder(View itemView) {
super(itemView);
textView_SL_Desc = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.sl_desc);
textView_SL_Bal = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.actual_balance);
}
}
Create a RecylerView.Adapter class to bind your data with your UI (something similar to two-way binding model if you are familiar with AngularJS)
public class RecyclerAdapter RecyclerView.Adapter<RowViewHolder> {
private List<HashMap<String, String>> sl_summList;
public RecyclerAdapter(List<HashMap<String, String>> sl_sumnList) {
this.sl_sumnList = sl_sumnList;
}
// This is the code where RecyclerView knows how to create views from your ViewHolder class (in this case, RowViewHolder)
#Override
public RowViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) parent.getContext()
.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.your_xml_layout, parent, false);
return new RowViewHolder(view);
}
// This is the code where RecyclerView populates data (binds data to UI)
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(RowViewHolder holder, int position) {
// This is the code where you get data based on position of the table. I cannot write specific code because I don't know how your hashmap looks like
String sl_summ = this.sl_sumnList.get(position);
holder.textView_SL_Desc.setText(sl_summ.get("sl_desc"));
holder.textView_SL_Bal.setText(sl_summ.get("actual_balance"));
}
// How RecyclerView knows how many items are in the list
#Override
public int getItemCount() {
return sl_sumnList.size();
}
}
Hooks RecyclerView with your RecylerView.Adapter class
mRecyclerView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.your_recycler_view_id);
LinearLayoutManager layoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(this);
mRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(layoutManager);
List<HashMap<String,String> dbRowList = db.get_all_rows(); // get all items from your database)
mRecyclerAdapter = new RecyclerAdapter(dbRowList);
mRecyclerView.setAdapter(mRecyclerAdapter); // finally hooks up RecyclerView.Adapter with RecyclerView.
Here is an official tutorial of ReyclerView, https://developer.android.com/training/material/lists-cards.html.

You should explore ListView and ArrayAdapter for displaying dynamic list of data (in your case table rows).
You can have your own designed ListView to display data in specific manner.

there are several ways to accomplish this.
I prefer to add Linearlayouts dynamically. It´s easy and you can Display nearly every data you want.
First: Take your .xml file and name it into "show_data_item"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100sp"
android:weightSum="2"
android:id="#+id/show_data_item">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="2sp"
android:background="#000000"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="0sp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:weightSum="2">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="2sp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#000000"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/col1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="Display Data Col1"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="2sp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#000000"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/col2"
android:text="Display Data Col2"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="2sp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#000000"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="2sp"
android:background="#000000"/>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_height="0sp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:weightSum="2"
android:layout_width="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="2sp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#000000"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/col3"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="Display Data Col3"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="2sp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#000000"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/col4"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:text="Display Data Col4"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="2sp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#000000"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="2sp"
android:background="#000000"/>
</LinearLayout>
Step 2: Create an xml Layout for your activity and don´t forget to add it to "manifest.xml", like this (made it with a scrollview so that you have unlimited space) :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/displaydata"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_height="match_parent"></LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
Step 3: Create an class in java which fill´s the textviews with your col1-4, and add this to your "id/displaydata" with the funktion:
myView.addview(show_data_item); //myView is an Object of LinearLayout and show_data_item is also a object of LinearLayout.
This is how you do it.
You can also use a List/RecylerView and add your data with an Adapter. You still need an Layout for your show_data_item.
Here is a code example for this
All ways leads to rome, i guess.

Android RecyclerView and GridLayoutManager layout

I'm trying to implement a RecyclerView with a GridLayoutManager in my Android application. The CardView elements within the RecyclerView are displaying vertically as if they were in a LinearLayout. How can I coerce them to fill the grid from left to right, one row at a time?
Here is my RecyclerView layout code:
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/RECYCLER_VIEW"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="#dimen/item_offset" />
Here is my CardView layout code:
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/card_view"
card_view:cardUseCompatPadding="true"
android:layout_width="120dp"
android:layout_height="120dp">
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/name"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:textSize="18dp" />
</RelativeLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
Here is the code to set up the RecyclerView in the activity's onCreate method (CustomAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter):
// set up adapter
adapter = new CustomAdapter(getApplicationContext(), ApplicationState.getGridElements());
view.setAdapter(adapter);
// grid layout manager with 2 columns
GridLayoutManager layoutManager = new GridLayoutManager(this, 2);
view.setLayoutManager(layoutManager);
// custom decoration for equal spacing
ItemOffsetDecoration itemDecoration = new ItemOffsetDecoration(getApplicationContext(), R.dimen.item_offset);
view.addItemDecoration(itemDecoration);
view.setHasFixedSize(true);

GridLayoutManager (Context context,
int spanCount,
int orientation,
boolean reverseLayout)
Set reverseLayout as true

Unexpected space is coming in recyclerview items

This is silly problem but I could not find what I am doing wrong.
I am using FirebaseRecyclerAdapter to fill recyclerView but there is unexpected space is coming with items.
Fragment class:
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_tags, container, false);
mProgressBar = (ProgressBar)view.findViewById(R.id.progressBar);
mTagsRecyclerView = (RecyclerView) view.findViewById(R.id.tagsRecyclerView);
mLinearLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(getContext());
mFirebaseDatabaseReference = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference();
mFirebaseAdapter = new FirebaseRecyclerAdapter<Tags, TagsViewHolder>(
Tags.class,
R.layout.item_message,
TagsViewHolder.class,
mFirebaseDatabaseReference.child("tags")) {
#Override
protected void populateViewHolder(TagsViewHolder viewHolder, Tags tags, int position) {
mProgressBar.setVisibility(ProgressBar.INVISIBLE);
viewHolder.tagTextView.setText(tags.getTagname());
viewHolder.usrTextView.setText(tags.getUserid());
}
};
mFirebaseAdapter.registerAdapterDataObserver(new RecyclerView.AdapterDataObserver() {
#Override
public void onItemRangeInserted(int positionStart, int itemCount) {
super.onItemRangeInserted(positionStart, itemCount);
}
});
mTagsRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(mLinearLayoutManager);
mTagsRecyclerView.setAdapter(mFirebaseAdapter);
mTagsRecyclerView.addOnItemTouchListener(new RecyclerViewItemClickListener(getContext(),
new RecyclerViewItemClickListener.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override public void onItemClick(View v, int position) {
//TODO:
// do something on item click
Log.d("Item clicked at",Integer.toString(position));
}
}));
return view;
}
Fragment layout:
<FrameLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.helpplusapp.amit.helpplus.TagsFragment">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/tagsRecyclerView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
/>
<ProgressBar
style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/progressBar"
android:layout_gravity="center"
/>
List item layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:divider="#drawable/view_separator"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/margin_default"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/margin_default"
android:showDividers="end">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:id="#+id/tagTextView"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:id="#+id/usrTextView"
/>
</LinearLayout>
Please suggest.

In listitemlayout xml file make the height of linear layout to wrap content

In list item layout change the linear layout android:height="wrap_content"
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:divider="#drawable/view_separator"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/margin_default"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/margin_default"
android:showDividers="end">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:id="#+id/tagTextView"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:id="#+id/usrTextView"
/>
</LinearLayout>

With the support library 23.2 google introduced a change to the recyclerview:
LayoutManager API: auto-measurement! This allows a RecyclerView to
size itself based on the size of its contents. This means that
previously unavailable scenarios, such as using WRAP_CONTENT for a
dimension of the RecyclerView, are now possible. You’ll find all built
in LayoutManagers now support auto-measurement. Due to this change,
make sure to double check the layout parameters of your item views:
previously ignored layout parameters (such as MATCH_PARENT in the
scroll direction) will now be fully respected.
Source
You need to change the height of the item to wrap_content instead of match_parent.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:divider="#drawable/view_separator"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/margin_default"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/margin_default"
android:showDividers="end">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:id="#+id/tagTextView"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:id="#+id/usrTextView"
/>
</LinearLayout>

How to map a list of list to RecyclerView

I am trying to map a List<List<Object>> to a RecyclerView in Android, but the result is totally messed up.
For example, I have a list of list like this (just for explaining, not my real case):
List<List<String>> list = {{a, b, c}, {d, e}, {f, g, h, i}};
the Recyclerview should display like (first row contains three subrows, second has two and the last on has four):
|----a-----|
|----b-----|
|----c-----|
|=======|
|----d-----|
|----e-----|
|=======|
|----f-----|
|----g-----|
|----h-----|
|----i-----|
but the result is not exactly like the above order. some element is duplicated and some disappears. for example:
|----d-----|
|----e-----|
|----c-----|
|=======|
|----d-----|
|----e-----|
|=======|
|----f-----|
|----a-----|
Here is a piece of my code:
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder holder, int position) {
List<Event> list = eventList.get(position);
if (holder.rows < list.size()) {
holder.rowViewGroup.removeAllViews();
holder.rows = 0;
ViewGroup.LayoutParams layoutParams = new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
TextView startView = new TextView(context);
startView.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
Event headEvent = list.get(0);
Calendar startCal = headEvent.getStartCal();
startView.setText(String.format("%tD", startCal));
holder.rowViewGroup.addView(startView);
for (final Event event : list) {
View element = LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.element, null);
//start time view
TextView startTimeView = (TextView)element.findViewById(R.id.eventStartTimeInElement);
Calendar startTimeCal = event.getStartCal();
startTimeView.setText(String.format("%tl:%tM %tp", startTimeCal, startTimeCal, startTimeCal));
//end date time view
TextView endView = (TextView)element.findViewById(R.id.eventEndTimeInElement);
Calendar endCal = event.getEndCal();
endView.setText(String.format("%tD %tl:%tM %tp", endCal, endCal, endCal, endCal));
//title view
TextView title = (TextView)element.findViewById(R.id.eventTitleInElement);
title.setText(event.getTitle());
//member name
Drawable divider = context.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.divider);
ImageView dividerView = new ImageView(context);
dividerView.setImageDrawable(divider);
holder.rowViewGroup.addView(dividerView);
holder.rowViewGroup.addView(element);
holder.rows++;
}
}
}
Here is my row.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/recycleViewRow">
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:id="#+id/cardView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
card_view:cardCornerRadius="0dp"
card_view:cardElevation="2sp"
card_view:cardUseCompatPadding="true"
>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:id="#+id/rowView"
android:paddingLeft="20dp"
android:paddingRight="20dp">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/eventStartTimeInRow"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
and element.xml(which is contained by row.xml):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
android:text="Small Text"
android:id="#+id/eventStartTimeInElement"
android:layout_weight="2" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
android:text="Small Text"
android:id="#+id/eventEndTimeInElement"
android:gravity="end"
android:layout_weight="1"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="left">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:text="Medium Text"
android:id="#+id/eventTitleInElement"/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:gravity="right">
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
card_view:cardCornerRadius="2dp"
card_view:cardElevation="2sp"
card_view:cardUseCompatPadding="true">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
android:text="Small Text"
android:id="#+id/memberNameInElement"
android:gravity="end"
/>
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
And I know this is not a really good idea to implement this, so could anybody please tell me a better way to implement this? Thanks...

I think your best bet is to flatten your list of lists into one list.
This is just for purposes of the ListView. Your adapter will act as though the lists have all been strung into one long list.
Start by creating a single-list index for all the items of your nested lists.
For example:
List<List<String>> listOfLists = ... // your original data
List<String> listForView = new ArrayList<String>();
for (List<String> innerList : listOfLists) {
for (String str : innerList) {
listForView.add(str);
}
listForView.add("---"); // e.g. marker value for divider
}
Now in your adapter's getItem() need only return listForView.get(position).
Anytime your nested list structure changes, you redo this flattening operation and call notifyDataSetChanged().
Things get a little trickier if — given the position — you have to figure out which list an item is in, but you could always index the inner lists in a similar fashion.

Android ListView creates the views but doesn't display them

I am having problems with ListView on android. I have an Activity with an EditText view and a button. The idea is user should enter some info in the EditText field, touch the Search button which retrieves a list from a web service that it is displayed in the same activity below the EditText and the Button. Everything fine, I got the data from Internet but items weren't displaying. I was using the notifyDataSetChanged(). After a couple of hours with no success, I decided trying to put some items manually and it turns out that again nothing was displayed, hence I think I am doing something wrong when I am trying to set the listview and the adapter. So here is the code..
the xml of the activity activity_search.xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_margin="5dp">
<EditText
android:id="#+id/edit_search"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="5"
android:inputType="text"
android:hint="Enter info"
android:ems="10" >
<requestFocus />
</EditText>
<Button
android:id="#+id/button_search"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:background="#android:drawable/ic_menu_search"
android:contentDescription="Search"
android:ems="10" />
</LinearLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listview_items"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawSelectorOnTop="false" />
The XML of the item row.xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_margin="5dp">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/row_code"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#string/Common_TextContent"
android:textAppearance="#android:style/TextAppearance.Holo.Medium" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/row_name"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:text="#string/Common_TextContent"
android:textAppearance="#android:style/TextAppearance.Holo.Small" /></LinearLayout>
the custom Adapter:
public class ItemsListAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<ItemsList> {
private int[] colors = new int[] { 0x30ffffff, 0x30808080 };
public AssetListAdapter(Context context,
List<ItemsList> itemsList) {
super(context, 0, itemsList);
}
#Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
if (convertView == null) {
convertView = LayoutInflater.from(getContext()).inflate(R.layout.row, null);
}
convertView.setBackgroundColor(colors[position % colors.length]);
TextView code = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.row_code);
code.setText(getItem(position).getCode());
TextView name = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.row_name);
name.setText(getItem(position).getName());
return convertView;
}
and the onCreate method on the Activity
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_search);
_listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listview_items);
_listItems = new ArrayList<ItemsList>();
_listItems.add(new ItemsList ("cosa1", "cosa1", "cosa1", "cosa1"));
_listItems.add(new ItemsList ("cosa2", "cosa2", "cosa2", "cosa2"));
_listItems.add(new ItemsList ("cosa3", "cosa3", "cosa3", "cosa3"));
_adapter = new ItemsListAdapter(this, _listItems);
_listView.setAdapter(_adapter);
}
The ItemsList is just an Object with 4 strings with all the getters implemented.
When I debug in the getView method of the Adapter, the view (convertView) is created and it has the right information. It is just that is not showing those in the screen. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks...

Your second LinearLayout has a height of match_parent. Try wrap_content instead.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="5dp">