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Listview dynamically allocate width

I want to allow my ListView to be wrapped to its content on its width and making it aligning to the parent centre.
This is what a normal ListView is giving me
This is almost what i want to achieve, only that i want the ListView to wrap by the longest test in the ListView. Currently this is achieved by declaring the dp which is something I would like to avoid if possible
Some codes for first image:
<ListView
android:id="#+id/lst_test"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</ListView>
Some codes for second image:
<ListView
android:id="#+id/lst_test"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</ListView>
Do I have to use custom adapter for this or I can stick with the current one? If I would need to use custom adapter, how do i go about doing this?

You don't need to create custom adapter. Here is an example which can help you.
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
HashMap <String, CheckBox> options = new HashMap<String, CheckBox>();
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
ListView list_view = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView1);
ArrayList<String> str = new ArrayList<String>();
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
str.add("Example " + i);
}
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.list_layout, R.id.textView1, str);
list_view.setAdapter(adapter);
}
}
Above I have created an activity in which i am getting listview and setting data using ArrayAdapter.
I have created two layouts :
First layout: Contains listview.
Second layout: Contains textview which need to display.
Main logic to align data at center of Listview is you need to set gravity of textview as center.
You can manage second layout according to your needs.
Here is my first XML layout:
<RelativeLayout 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"
android:paddingBottom="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="#dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="#dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true" >
</ListView>
</RelativeLayout>
Here is my second layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/RelativeLayout1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:gravity="center"
android:text="TextView" />
</RelativeLayout>
If you are still facing any problem then you can ask. If you need more flexibility then you can create custom adapter by inheriting ArrayAdapter class.
Here is an example of custom adapter: How do I link a checkbox for every contact in populated listview?
Hope it will help you.

Single Choice List Item Does not Populate

I'm building a single choice list with a button at the bottom, and I can't seem to get the text in the actual list to display. Basically, it's a simple implementation that looks like:
public class SetPrefsActivity extends ListActivity{
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.radiolist);
ArrayList<Hall> listItems = new ArrayList<Hall>();
ArrayAdapter<Hall> ar = new ArrayAdapter<Hall>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_single_choice, listItems);
setListAdapter(ar);
ListView lv = getListView();
lv.setTextFilterEnabled(true);
lv.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener()
{ ... //stuff});
...
//((ArrayAdapter<Hall>)getListAdapter()).add(stuff)
...
}
And Xml for radiolist is:
<?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" >
<ListView
android:id="#android:id/list"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="0dp"
android:drawSelectorOnTop="false"
/>
<Button
android:id="#+id/theButton"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Click to go to next Activity"
/>
</LinearLayout>
What I see is a black area where the list should go, and then my button under it. Before I added: setContentView(R.layout.radiolist); it showed the populated list just fine. How do I get it to show up in this layout?
Sorry I'm just getting into android!

Along with changing your width, you should add : android:cacheColorHint="#00000000"
Here is a link that might help: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/01/why-is-my-list-black-android.html
Otherwise, when you scroll, you will get black boxes and other unwanted results when you scroll with your list.

Android: addHeader to ListView

I'm trying to add a header to my listView but I see only black screen when activity launches
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.maincoverflow);
final ListView itemslist = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.itemslist);
LayoutInflater inflater = getLayoutInflater();
ViewGroup mTop = (ViewGroup)inflater.inflate(R.layout.main_header, itemslist, false);
itemslist.addHeaderView(mTop, null, false);
//some actions with header and list items
//example: coverflow_item_title is located in header(R.layout.main_header)
title = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.coverflow_item_title); //checked - is not null
CoverFlow coverFlow = (CoverFlow) findViewById(R.id.coverflow);
ImageAdapter coverImageAdapter = new ImageAdapter(this);
coverFlow.setAdapter(new ImageAdapter(this));
coverImageAdapter.createImages();
coverFlow.setAdapter(coverImageAdapter);
coverFlow.setOnItemSelectedListener(new CoverAdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener(){
...
adapter = new LazyAdapter(MainCoverflowActivity.this, tools, tools_images);
itemslist.setAdapter(adapter);
}
itemslist.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
...
}
}
maincoverflow.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<ListView
android:id="#+id/itemslist"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
</ListView>
</LinearLayout>
main_header.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/coverflow_item_title"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
<com.thumbsupstudio.mobitour.CoverFlow
android:id="#+id/coverflow"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/shadowbox"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/shadow_box" />
</LinearLayout>
You may notice that I'm using Coverflow widget (from here http://www.inter-fuser.com/2010/01/android-coverflow-widget.html) - it works fine.
In general, I'm changing listView content when Coverflow item is changed. It works fine, but I need Coverflow to scroll with listView, so I decided to attach it to header. After that, there's no listView and Coverflow on the screen, everything is black.

try this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayoutxmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<RelativeLayout
android:id="#+id/headerLayout"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/coverflow_item_title"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
<com.thumbsupstudio.mobitour.CoverFlow
android:id="#+id/coverflow"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/shadowbox"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:src="#drawable/shadow_box" />
</RelativeLayout>
<ListView
android:id="#+id/itemslist"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
</ListView>
</RelativeLayout>

I found a solution. I don't fully understand WHY but:
NOT CORRECT
init listView
inflate header and add it to the list
set list adapter in Coverflow onItemSelected handler (it launch automatically with item position=0)
CORRECT
init listView
inflate header and add it to the list
set any adapter to listView (!!!)
set listView adapter in Coverflow onItemSelected handler (it launch automatically with item position=0)
after activity launches listView has adapter content which was set in Coverflow onItemSelected handler. What for is first adapter assignment - I don't understand.

Problem with my setListAdapter()

I don't know what's going on I first posted this in a class that extends Activity. But even after changing it to a ListActivity it still doesn't work. I'll dumb it down to where I think the problem is.
public class PassScreen extends ListActivity {
String[] items = {"lorem","ipsum", "dolor"};// I have it calling an xml file but switched it to this just to see if that was the problem.
setContentView(R.layout.passwordscreen);
setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,
items));
I don't get what's wrong. This is what my book uses. I checked to make sure the xml file displays the proper ListView and it does. But here it is anyway:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/selection"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<ListView
android:id="#android:id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawSelectorOnTop="false"/>
</LinearLayout>

try this..
getListView().setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, items));
getListView().setTextFilterEnabled(true);

OK so I just found out the problem. ARGH!! This is why I love programing. My Layout needed an orientation.
So:
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
Should have looked like this:
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" // This is the difference.
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">

Set background in autocomplete view android

How i can set an image as background of my autocomlete list?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:padding="10dp"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textColor="#000">
</TextView>
AutoCompleteTextView textView = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.autocomplete_friends);
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.list_item, friendsListNameOrder);
textView.setAdapter(adapter);
Thank you

in your xml put the background attribute for your TextView:
<TextView android:background="#drawable/your_img" ... other attributes />

This might help someone else!.. I think what you were looking for was this :
textView.setDropDownBackgroundResource();
OR
searchBox.setDropDownBackgroundDrawable();