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How to add Listview as footer in listview in android?

I have Mainactivity which contain listview with some item and I want to add another listview in that listview as footer.How can I add this

Its not recommended to add a ListView as a footer of another ListView. You might consider making a list of objects containing both list and pass the list to your Adapter.
So if you merge two lists in a common format, you need to be tricky for the layout selection for each item in your list. Let me show you an example of a common class.
public class CommonClass {
// Set null values initially.
private ClassA mFirstListClass = null;
private ClassB mSecondListClass = null;
}
Now take an ArrayList of this object to pass it to your Adapter. In your bindView check if the item is a ClassA object or ClassB object (as you can easily determine them by checking which object is null) and then set proper action.
I think for these kinds of problems RecyclerView is better. Its very simple to implement and you can find the implementation document here.

// Create a List from String Array elements
final List<String> tests = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(test));
// Create an ArrayAdapter from List
final ArrayAdapter<String> arrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>
(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, tests);
// DataBind ListView with items from ArrayAdapter
lv.setAdapter(arrayAdapter);
btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// Add new Items to List
tests.add("abc");
tests.add("def");
/*
notifyDataSetChanged ()
Notifies the attached observers that the underlying
data has been changed and any View reflecting the
data set should refresh itself.
*/
arrayAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
});
for more http://android--code.blogspot.in/2015/08/android-listview-add-items.html

Replace ArrayAdapter's dataset

In Android, you can provide an ArrayList when creating an ArrayAdapter for a ListView. I need to update a number of items in the ArrayList.
The ususal way is to just call notifyDatasetChanged. What I prefer to do is reload the entire data into a new ArrayList from my database and then apply this new ArrayList to the existing ArrayAdapter but without creating a new adapter. Creating a new adapter will cause the ListView to go blank and start with position zero. This would also be obvious if the user were scrolling and I suddenly recreated a new adapter.
Is it possible to apply a completely new ArrayList to the existing adapter? The primary reason I want to do this is because it is very fast to just reload a new ArrayList with all the data than having to go through an existing ArrayList and inserting, deleting or updating existing items.

1) First of all. You need to use custom ArrayAdapter (or SimpleAdapter or RecycleViewAdapter)
2) Than create function in your custom adapter :
// Initialize your list;
private ArrayList<Model> arrayList;
.....
//Create constructor and past starting ArrayList
public MyAdapter (ArrayList<Model> array) {
this.arrayList = array;
}
......
public void updateMyData (ArrayList array) {
clear();
// Or you can use arrayList.addAll(array); - just add new items
this.arrayList = array;
notifyDataSetChange();
}
.....
3) In your Activity (or where you initialize adapter)
just use code like this:
MyAdapter myAdapter = new MyAdapter(startArratListData);
// And Than for updating data:
myAdapter.updateMyData(newArrayListData);

ArrayAdapter and ListView never updating

I'm attempting to get method to handle updates to the ListView when SetWeatherData is called. Nothing ever shows up in my listview below. Any ideas? _rootView points to the right root and ListView comes back not null. m_weatherdata has a couple string elements in it.
Note the initial set of data does not show up either. Just blank.
I'm thinking it should be easier to setup a generic method to update a ListView when the data changes using straight up code.
private ArrayList<String> m_weatherdata;
private void SetWeatherData ( ArrayList<String> _weather)
{
m_weatherdata = _weather;
UpdateWeatherUI();
return;
}
ArrayAdapter<String> m_adapter = null;
private void UpdateWeatherUI()
{
if ( m_adapter == null ) {
m_adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(
this.getContext(),
R.layout.list_item_forecast,
R.id.list_item_forecast_textview,
m_weatherdata);
View _rootview = this.getLayoutInflater(null).inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, null, false);
ListView _listview = (ListView) _rootview.findViewById(R.id.listview_forecast);
_listview.setAdapter(m_adapter);
}
else
{
m_adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
}

You are assigning a new ArrayList to your dataset.
m_weatherdata = _weather;
Instead add items to the dataset. Like this
m_weatherdata.addAll(_weather);
private void SetWeatherData ( ArrayList<String> _weather)
{
m_weatherdata.addAll(_weather);//change here
UpdateWeatherUI();
return;
}
When you set an adapter there is an observer attached to the
underlying data. So notifyDatasetChanged() only works if you only
modify the data in it.
If you want to clear all data from your dataset before adding new items to it, use the clear() method of ArrayList
private void SetWeatherData ( ArrayList<String> _weather)
{
m_weatherdata.clear();//change here
m_weatherdata.addAll(_weather);//change here
UpdateWeatherUI();
return;
}

m_weatherdata = _weather; // updates the local variable with new set of data. but adapter doesn't know about the changes made as you have created the instance of the adapter with array list by the following line of code.
m_adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this.getContext(), R.layout.list_item_forecast,R.id.list_item_forecast_textview,m_weatherdata);
In you want to updated the data either call
m_adapter.addAll(newsetofstringtobeadded);
or
Create new adapter
This will update your list.

Android null pointer exception on ArrayList for ListView

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);
}

android ArrayAdapter items update

I have ArrayAdapter with this items structure:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout ... >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/itemTextView"
... />
</RelativeLayout>
And add this adapter so:
mAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.item,
R.id.itemTextView, itemsText);
All is fine but I want to update text in adapter's items. I found a solution
mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
but do not understand how to use it. Help please.
upd
My code:
String[] itemsText = {"123", "345", "567"};
ArrayAdapter<String> mAdapter;
onCreate
mAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.roomitem,
R.id.itemTextView, itemsText);
setListAdapter(mAdapter);
itemsText = {"789", "910", "1011"};
onClick
mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
//it's dont work

I think something like this
public void updatedData(List itemsArrayList) {
mAdapter.clear();
if (itemsArrayList != null){
for (Object object : itemsArrayList) {
mAdapter.insert(object, mAdapter.getCount());
}
}
mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}

Your problem is a typical Java error with pointers.
In a first step you are creating an array and passing this array to the adapter.
In the second step you are creating a new array (so new pointer is created) with new information but the adapter is still pointing to the original array.
// init itemsText var and pass to the adapter
String[] itemsText = {"123", "345", "567"};
mAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(..., itemsText);
//ERROR HERE: itemsText variable will point to a new array instance
itemsText = {"789", "910", "1011"};
So, you can do two things, one, update the array contents instead of creating a new one:
//This will work for your example
items[0]="123";
items[1]="345";
items[2]="567";
... or what I would do, use a List, something like:
List<String> items= new ArrayList<String>(3);
boundedDevices.add("123");
boundedDevices.add("456");
boundedDevices.add("789");
And in the update:
boundedDevices.set("789");
boundedDevices.set("910");
boundedDevices.set("1011");
To add more information, in a real application normally you update the contents of the list adapter with information from a service or content provider, so normally to update the items you would do something like:
//clear the actual results
items.clear()
//add the results coming from a service
items.addAll(serviceResults);
With this you will clear the old results and load the new ones (think that the new results should have a different number of items).
And off course after update the data the call to notifyDataSetChanged();
If you have any doubt don't hesitate to comment.

Assuming itemTexts as String array or String ArrayList,where you are adding new items into itemsTextat that time after that you can call
mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
If you did not get answer then please put some code.

I did something like this. And it works correctly.
Add method to the Adapter class:
public void updateList(ArrayList<ITEM> itemList){
this.itemList.clear();
this.adapterList = new ArrayList<ITEM>();
this.adapterList .addAll(itemList);
notifyDataSetChanged();
}
Call the method in the class you use the adapter:
itemList.add(item);
adapter.updateList(itemList);