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Set buttons ids with Custom Adapter

Which will be the better way to create a Vertical Lineal layout with four or more buttons in each row
The problems I have face are the following:
Setting the id of each button manually will result in a lot of repetitive code, more resources usage and you will have to change everyone to add a feature or change something (I think using an adapter will be the most efficient way, but...)
From what I know using a CustomAdapter don't help you set a unique ID to the buttons
Can you use an adapter to set a different id for each button dipending of the row?
Example:
second button of third row: r3b2
fifth button of first row: r1b5
Thanks.

You can create the buttons programmatically in our Activity class like this
LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) view.findViewById(R.id.layout); // the layout in which u want to display the buttons
layout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
int count = 1;
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { // i = row count
LinearLayout row = new LinearLayout(getActivity());
row.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
for (int j = 0; j < 7; j++) { // j = column count (create 7 buttons in each row)
int id = count;
final Button btnTag = new Button(getActivity());
LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
params.weight = 1;
params.gravity = Gravity.CENTER;
btnTag.setLayoutParams(params);
btnTag.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#ffffff"));
String dateSuffix = count + getDayNumberSuffix(count);
btnTag.setTag(dateSuffix);
btnTag.setId(id);
btnTag.setText(count + "");
btnTag.setTextSize(12.0f);
btnTag.setOnClickListener(getOnClickDoSomething(btnTag, count));
row.addView(btnTag);
count++;
}
layout.addView(row);
}
View.OnClickListener getOnClickDoSomething(final Button btnTag, final int count) {
return new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
// here you can do what u want to do on button click
}
}

Android: add an array of Switches in a LinearLayout

I want to add some switches in a linear layout (declared as a view, not as a LinearLayout). I tried this, but it gets me an error:
numberDevices = 3; //This is going to be used after
Switch[] switches = new Switch[numberDevices];
for (int i = 0; i < numberDevices; i++) {
switches[i].setTextOn("ON");
switches[i].setTextOff("OFF");
switches[i].setId(i);
((LinearLayout) linearLayout).addView(switches[i]);
}
Any idea?

You haven't created any Switches, you've just made an empty array. You need to create the switches first:
for (int i = 0; i < numberDevices; i++) {
switches[i] = new Switch(linearLayout.getContext());
...
}

Getting view inside dialog from outside the dialog

i try to lazy load image to images inside dialog.
My problem is that i cant get the views from my dialog outside of the dialog to update the images.
I try to give each view unique id and then find the view by its id but i get null pointer exception.
Here is my dialog code:
public void showAllComents() {
builderComment = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
builderComment.setTitle(dietsList[poisition][0] + " comments");
View prefView = View.inflate(this, R.layout.show_comments, null);
builderComment.setCancelable(false);
editComment = (EditText) prefView.findViewById(R.id.editComment);
LinearLayout commentsLinear = (LinearLayout) prefView.findViewById(R.id.commentsLinear);
if (haveComments) {
int length = comments.length;
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
{
LinearLayout tempLinear = new LinearLayout(this);
LayoutParams p1 = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
if (i != 0)
p1.setMargins(0, 20, 0, 0);
tempLinear.setOrientation(LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL);
tempLinear.setLayoutParams(p1);
ImageView image = new ImageView(this);
p1 = new LayoutParams(64, 64);
image.setLayoutParams(p1);
image.setId(6000+i);
image.setImageDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.anonymous));
tempLinear.addView(image);
commentsLinear.addView(tempLinear);
}
...
...
... \\\Rest of dialog code...
I load my images and then i try to update the imageviews.
public void setCommentedUsersProfilePictrue()
{
int lengthUnique = commentsuniqueNames.length;
int loadLength = comments.length;
View prefView = View.inflate(this, R.layout.show_comments, null);
for(int i = 0; i < loadLength; i++)
{
for(int j = 0; j < lengthUnique; j++)
{
if(comments[i][1].equals(commentsuniqueNames[j]))
{
Log.i("user name comment", comments[i][1]);
//Log.i("user name", userProfilePictures[i][1]);
ImageView tempImage = new ImageView(DietWall.this);
tempImage = (ImageView) prefView.findViewById(6000 + i);
if(tempImage != null && commentsLoadedPictrues[j][1] != null && commentsLoadedPictrues[j][1].equals("null") == false && commentsLoadedPictrues[j][1].equals("NULL") == false)
tempImage.setImageDrawable(new BitmapDrawable(getResources(),decodeBase64(commentsLoadedPictrues[j][1])));
else
Log.i("null", "null");
}
}
}
}

you need the view of your dialog, you should find your imageView like so:
View ImageView image = dialog.findViewById(R.id.image);
but i suggest using the following library, it takes care of image loading/caching and much much more, it just makes your life easier ;-)
https://code.google.com/p/android-query/#Image_Loading
//fetch and set the image from internet, cache with file and memory
aq.id(R.id.image1).image("http://www.vikispot.com/z/images/vikispot/android-w.png");
Features:
Simple
Memory & File Caching
Down Sampling
Zoomable (WebView)
Fallback Image
Preloading
Animation
Dynamic Aspect Ratio
Avoid Duplicated Simultaneous Fetches
Custom Callback

Dynamically Adding LinearLayouts in Android

I'm trying to add LinearLayouts dynamically but it's just not working. I think I just need another set of eyes to look it over. Can anyone help me?
LinearLayout parentLayout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.parentLayout);
lLayout = new LinearLayout[8];
for(int i = 0; i < lLayout.length; i++) {
lLayout[i] = new LinearLayout(this);
lLayout[i].setId(i);
lLayout[i].setOrientation(LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL);
if(i%2 == 0) {
lLayout[i].setBackgroundColor(Color.GREEN);
} else {
lLayout[i].setBackgroundColor(Color.MAGENTA);
}
parentLayout.addView(lLayout[i]);
}

You need to set LayoutParams, try adding this:
lLayout[i].setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));

It looks like you are trying to make a listview yourself using linearlayouts rather than actually using the ListView already supported.
If you are actually trying to do that, you should first give the layouts inside the view a width and height. I'd also put the list in a scrollview in case it overflows the outer layout.

Maybe try this
LinearLayout parentLayout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.parentLayout);
lLayout = new LinearLayout[8];
for(int i = 0; i < lLayout.length; i++) {
lLayout[i] = new LinearLayout(this);
lLayout[i].setId(i);
lLayout[i].setOrientation(LinearLayout.HORIZONTAL);
if(i%2 == 0) {
lLayout[i].setBackgroundColor(Color.GREEN);
} else {
lLayout[i].setBackgroundColor(Color.MAGENTA);
}
LinearLayout.LayoutParams myLayoutParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
myLayoutParams.leftMargin = 0;
myLayoutParams.topMargin = 50 * i;
myLayoutParams.width = myScreenSize; //e.g. 480
myLayoutParams.height = 50;
lLayout[i].setLayoutParams(myLayoutParams);
parentLayout.addView(lLayout[i]);
}

Problems with the click event in a TableLayout

Good Morning everyone,
I'm facing yet another problem in my path of learning Android. I made a dynamic TableLayout with the content of an CSV file. I need that when I click/touch a row in the table, the color should change, and later with a click of a button get the content of the same line. Now I'm stucked with the first part and of course I have no clue about how to get the data of the row.
I declared the table inside a LinearLayout that is also inside of a ScrollView in my layout with the following properties:
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/scrollMotors"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_marginLeft="50dp"
android:layout_marginRight="50dp"
android:layout_marginTop="90dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="50dp" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/layoutMotors"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
<TableLayout
android:id="#+id/tableMotors"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_vertical"
android:clickable="true"
android:focusable="true"
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:stretchColumns="*" >
</TableLayout>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
After in my java code, I declared the creation of the line:
//Initialization of my table
my_tableMotors = (TableLayout) findViewById(R.id.tableMotors);
//This is an ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> that contains the lines of the CSV file,
//I use this variable as a dynamic Matrix because my CSV file can change its dimensions.
m = valuesFile.size();
for (n = 0 ; n < m ; n++)
{
//Declaration and initialization of my rows
final TableRow line = new TableRow(MotorActivity.this);
//Setting the parameters of my row
line.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
line.setFocusable(true);
line.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
line.setClickable(true);
//Initialization of my TextViews that are gonna be the content of each one of the rows in the dynamic TableLayout
myCol1 = new TextView(MotorActivity.this);
myCol2 = new TextView(MotorActivity.this);
myCol3 = new TextView(MotorActivity.this);
myCol4 = new TextView(MotorActivity.this);
j = valuesFile.get(n).size();
for (i = 0 ; i < j ; i++)
{
switch(i)
{
case 0:
if (n == 0)
{
myCol1.setText("Line");
}
else
{
myCol1.setText(valuesFile.get(n).get(i)); //Sets value for the column
}
line.addView(myCol1);
break;
case 1:
myCol2.setText(valuesFile.get(n).get(i)); //Sets value for the column
line.addView(myCol2);
break;
case 2:
myCol3.setText(valuesFile.get(n).get(i)); //Sets value for the column
line.addView(myCol3);
break;
case 3:
myCol4.setText(valuesFile.get(n).get(i)); //I use this variable for some other purpose
break;
}
}
my_tableMotors.addView(line);
}
my_tableMotors.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {public void onClick(View v) {onClickedRow(); }});
}
From what I've seen and read here, the best is to use a setOnClickListener and that's what I did using a bit of two different answers that I found here:
public void onClickedRow()
{
m = my_tableMotors.getChildCount();
for (n = 0 ; n < m ; n++)
{
if (my_tableMotors.getChildAt(n).hasFocus())
{
my_tableMotors.setBackgroundColor(myColor);
}
}
}
Now I can't get any focus at the tableLayout at all, so please if you see something wrong in my code or if you know how to help me with this I would appreciate it a lot!!!!
Many thanks in advance :).
EDIT 1
I found the way to get the focus. I changed the method not to the whole TableLayout but only to the TableRow, so ended up as this:
*Before*
my_tableMotors = (TableLayout) findViewById(R.id.tableMotors);
m = valuesFile.size();
for (n = 0 ; n < m ; n++)
{
//Declaration and initialization of my rows
final TableRow line = new TableRow(MotorActivity.this);
/*Other declarations*/
j = valuesFile.get(n).size();
for (i = 0 ; i < j ; i++)
{
/*Code*/
}
my_tableMotors.addView(line);
}
my_tableMotors.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {public void onClick(View v) {onClickedRow(); }});
}
*After*
my_tableMotors = (TableLayout) findViewById(R.id.tableMotors);
m = valuesFile.size();
for (n = 0 ; n < m ; n++)
{
//Declaration and initialization of my rows
final TableRow line = new TableRow(MotorActivity.this);
/*Other declarations*/
j = valuesFile.get(n).size();
for (i = 0 ; i < j ; i++)
{
/*Code*/
}
line.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {public void onClick(View v) {onClickedRow(); }});
my_tableMotors.addView(line);
}
I also made the change on how to set the color of the line:
*Before*
my_tableMotors.setBackgroundColor(myColor);
*After*
my_tableMotors.getChildAt(n).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.myColor);
Now I'm busy finding out how to get the data from the TableRow. As soon as I get that solve or an answer from you I think I have my problem solved!!!
EDIT 2
With the help of #Luksprog I could find an answer to my problem of retrieving the content!!! I did used the next code using his solution:
public void onClickedRow()
{
TableRow clickedRow = new TableRow(MotorActivity.this);
m = my_tableMotors.getChildCount();
for (n = 1 ; n < m ; n++)
{
if (my_tableMotors.getChildAt(n).isFocused())
{
my_tableMotors.getChildAt(n).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.highlightTableRow);
clickedRow = (TableRow) my_tableMotors.getChildAt(n);
j = clickedRow.getChildCount();
for (i = 0; i < j ; i++)
{
switch(i)
{
case 0:
myField1 = (TextView) clickedRow.getChildAt(i);
break;
case 1:
myField2 = (TextView) clickedRow.getChildAt(i);
break;
case 2:
myField3 = (TextView) clickedRow.getChildAt(i);
break;
}
}
}
}
}

Don't set the OnClickListener on the TableLayout instead set it to each TableRow that you create in that for loop:
for (n = 0 ; n < m ; n++) {
//Declaration and initialization of my rows
final TableRow line = new TableRow(MotorActivity.this);
line.setOnClickListener(mListener);
line.setId(1000 + n);
// ...
where mListener is:
OnClickListener mListener = new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
// v is the TableRow that was clicked
v.setBackgroundColor(Color.RED);
// mClickedPosition is a int field representing the clicked row(to know the position later)
// if you allow more than one row to be clicked at one time, use a list of ints
// or something like this
mClickedPosition = v.getId() - 1000;
}
}
To later retrieve the content of the row you would use the mClickedPosition variable:
TableRow clickedRow = (TableRow) my_tableMotors.getChildAt(mClickedPosition);
// having the child TableRow that was clicked you could extract any data you want from it
// of course you could simply use the mClickedPosition to extract the data from whatever data structure you have(I'm looking at valuesFile)

You can modify the following code according to your requirement.
Here Your go:-
public void createTable() {
TableLayout table = (TableLayout) findViewById(R.id.tableMotors);
table.removeAllViewsInLayout();
List<String> namesList = new ArrayList<String>();
namesList.add("name");
namesList.add("name2");
namesList.add("name3");
// display dynamic table rows
for (int counter = 0; counter < namesList.size(); counter++) {
TableRow row = new TableRow(this);
// add the index view to the row
TextView index = new TextView(this);
index.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(
ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
index.setId(100);
index.setTextColor(Color.RED);
String indexString = String.valueOf(counter + 1);
index.setText(indexString);
// textview to display names
final TextView nameView = new TextView(this);
nameView.setLayoutParams(new ViewGroup.LayoutParams(
ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
nameView.setId(0);
nameView.setText(namesList.get(counter));
nameView.setTextColor(Color.RED);
RelativeLayout relativeRowContent = new RelativeLayout(this);
// set the layout params for the control to be added
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams rlp = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
android.widget.RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
android.widget.RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
rlp.setMargins(10, 0, 0, 0);
rlp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_LEFT);
relativeRowContent.addView(index, rlp);
// add the divider after index
final TextView indexDivider = new TextView(this);
indexDivider.setWidth(1);
indexDivider.setId(101);
indexDivider.setHeight(80);
indexDivider.setBackgroundColor(Color.GRAY);
// display the index
rlp = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
android.widget.RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
android.widget.RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
rlp.setMargins(80, 0, 0, 0);
rlp.addRule(RelativeLayout.ALIGN_PARENT_LEFT);
relativeRowContent.addView(indexDivider, rlp);
// set the layout params for the control to be added
rlp = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
android.widget.RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
android.widget.RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
rlp.setMargins(10, 0, 0, 0);
rlp.addRule(RelativeLayout.RIGHT_OF, indexDivider.getId());
relativeRowContent.addView(nameView, rlp);
// finally add the relative row content layout in the table row.
row.addView(relativeRowContent);
/* row.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.row_border_light); */
// add the row to the table.
table.addView(row, new TableLayout.LayoutParams(
LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
row.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Toast.makeText(TestActivity.this,
"" + nameView.getText().toString(),
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
// or do something more use full here.
}
});
}
}