Android fill array with ImageViews - android

I want an array of imageviews, but I don't know how to fill it with an object of type imageview.
ImageView[] forAdapter = new ImageView[imageIds.size()];
for(int i = 0; i < imageIds.size(); i++)
{
ImageView mImageView = new ImageView(context);
forAdapter[i] = mImageView.setImageDrawable(((imagesPulled.get(imageIds.get(i)))));
}
this doesn't work because .setImageDrawable does not return an imageview, and I dont know of any object that actually does!
I considered using drawables in an array, but I'm ultimately setting an arrayadapter for a listview, and I cant make a R.layout with drawables (I'll get a class cast exception because the xml file is using an ImageView not drawable type),so I only have ImageViews to put into an array - unless I'm approaching the problem wrong.

Your code is almost there! I'm just gonna make a small change and comment on it below:
ImageView[] forAdapter = new ImageView[imageIds.size()];
for(int i = 0; i < imageIds.size(); i++)
{
forAdapter[i] = new ImageView(context);
forAdapter[i].setImageDrawable(imagesPulled.get(imageIds.get(i)));
}
First: If you want to initialize forAdapter[i], you don't need to create a new variable and assign it to it. Just do it there:
forAdapter[i] = new ImageView(context);
Setting the image (using setImageDrawable, setImageResource, etc) doesn't return anything. It's an operation you do on the image itself so all you gotta do is call the method from the variable you want to modify:
forAdapter[i].setImageDrawable(imagesPulled.get(imageIds.get(i)));
You're done :)
If you have any doubts just ask in the comments.
Hope it helps.

Your mImageView is ImageView itself.
So, forAdapter[i] = mImageView should work fine. If you use additional actions, you can do them before assignment.

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Dynamically changing TextViews with a for loop

I am trying to change the values of several TextView elements but iterating through an array list and adding these values. However I can't seem to find a way to change the R.id value that is used each time. For example:
for (int i=0; i<arrayList.size(); i++)
{
TextView t = (TextView) dialog.findViewById(R.id.value+(i));
t.setText(arrayList.get(i));
}
Where the values are in the format animals_eng1,animals_eng2 etc..
Any help appreciated.
Your best bet is to create an array containing the resource IDs of each text view and looping through them..
ex.
int[] textViewIds = new int[] { R.id.animals_eng1, R.id.animals_eng2, R.id.animals_eng3 };
Then in your activity you can loop through them and set the values like you desire
for (int i=0; i<arrayList.size(); i++)
{
((TextView)findViewById(textViewIds[i])).setText(arrayList.get(i));
}
You'll have to make sure your arrayList size is the same as the number of textview resource IDs you set or you'll end up with an out of bounds exception when looping
I don't know of a way to do exactly what you're asking, but here are two alternatives:
1.Create an array of Integers, and assign each element of the array to a different view id value
int[] ids = new int[arrayList.size()];
ids[0] = R.id.view0;
ids[1] = R.id.view1;
ids[2] = R.id.view2;
//...ids[n] = R.id.viewN; where n goes up to arrayList.size()
for (int i : ids){
((TextView)dialog.findViewById(ids[i])).setText(arrayList.get(i));
}
Note that the above method sorta defeats the point because you have to have a line for every TextView, if you want something more dynamic:
2.Tag your TextViews in your layout xml by adding android:tag="prefix0", for example, to each of your TextViews. Before the loop find the parent View of your layout, and then use the findViewWithTag method of that view within the for loop. From your code I'm guessing you're using a Dialog with a custom layout xml, so you'd first find the parent of that:
ViewGroup parent = dialog.findViewById(R.id.parent); //or whatever the name of your parent LinearLayout/RelativeLayout/whatever is
String commonPrefix = "prefix"; //or whatever you've tagged your views with
for (int i=0; i<arrayList.size(); i++){
TextView t = (TextView) parent.findViewWithTag(commonPrefix+i);
t.setText(arrayList.get(i));
}
One way to solve this would be putting your resource ids in an int array and getting the resource at index i.
TextView t = (TextView) dialog.findViewById(R.id.value+(i))
becomes
TextView t = (TextView) dialog.findViewById(resourceArray[i])
if all of your views are on the same container (and only them) , simply iterate over its children .
if not , you can add an array of ids (in res) and iterate over it .

How to assign values from an array to textviews in android

I have 4 textview such as t11,t12,t13,t14 and I have also 4 value in array val[4].
I want to store these values randomly in textviews. but I am getting little problem.
I have done following code:
TextView t11,t12,t13,t14;
Random r = new Random();
for (int i = 0; i < val.length; i++) {
int val[4]=r.nextInt(10);
Log.d("horror", "Randm Array of VAL:" +val[i]);
}
In the Log,there are 4 values displayed but how to display them in textviews.
I have coded but it does not work properly.
t1[i+1].setText("" +val[i]);
and
In this case,values are properly displayed, but i want to do code optimization.
t11.setText("" +val[0]);
t12.setText("" +val[1]);
t13.setText("" +val[2]);
t14.setText("" +val[3]);
Thanks in advance.
Every time you loop in for, you create another integer array. Take the definition of val out of the for loop.
you can store their references inside an array , it won't create new objects. so this should do the job
TextView [] textviews = {t11,t12,t13,t14};
for(int i =0;i<textviews.length;++i){
textviews[i].setText(val[i]);
}
For your TextView use something like,
TextView [] tv = {t11,t12,t13,t14};
and use tv for other going stuff... So now, you can getting it work by,
tv[i+1].setText("" +val[i]);

Changing image view background dynamically

I have a a set of 10 imageviews in my layout. I have given them sequential id's also as
android:id="#+id/pb1"
android:id="#+id/pb2"
Now I want to change background dynamically.
int totalPoi = listOfPOI.size();
int currentPoi = (j/totalPoi)*10;
for (i=1;i<=currentPoi;i++) {
imageview.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.progressgreen);
}
Now inside the for loop I want to set the image view background dynamically. i,e if the currentpoi value is 3, background of 3 image views should be changed. What ever the times the for loop iterates that many image view's background should be changed. Hope the question is clear now.
Note : I have only 1 image progressgreen that need to be set to 10 image views
Finally I did this in the following way,
I placed all the id's in the array as
int[] imageViews = {R.id.pb1, R.id.pb2,R.id.pb3,R.id.pb4,R.id.pb5,R.id.pb6,R.id.pb7,R.id.pb8,R.id.pb9,R.id.pb10};
Now:
int pindex = 0;
for (pindex; pindex <currentPoi; pindex++) {
ImageView img = (ImageView) findViewById(imageViews[pindex]) ;
img.setImageResource(R.drawable.progressgreen);
}
Now, I am able to change the images dynamically.
#goto10. Thanks for your help. I will debug your point to see what went wrong in my side
Create an ImageView array:
ImageView views[] = new ImageView[10];
views[0] = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.pb1);
...
views[9] = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.pb10);
Now iterate the loop to set the background of images like this:
for (i=1;i<=currentPoi;i++)
{
views[i-1].setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.progressgreen);
}
you can do this by setting the name of drawables something like:
img_1, img_2, img_3...
for (i=1;i<=currentPoi;i++)
{
ImageView imageview=(ImageView) findViewById(getResources().getIdentifier("imgView_"+i, "id", getPackageName()));
imageview.setImageResource(getResources().getIdentifier("img_"+i, "drawable", getPackageName()));
}
Try this code.....
Create image Array..
private Integer[] mThumbIds = { R.drawable.bg_img_1, R.drawable.bg_img_2,
R.drawable.bg_img_3, R.drawable.bg_img_4, R.drawable.bg_img_5 };
And than modify your code
int totalPoi = listOfPOI.size();
int currentPoi = (j/totalPoi)*10;
for (i=1;i<=currentPoi;i++) {
imageview.setBackgroundResource(mThumbIds[i]);}
You could make an array of your ImageViews and then change them in your for loop.
ImageView views[] = new ImageView[10];
views[0] = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageView0);
...
views[9] = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageView9);
and then change your for loop to:
for (i=1;i<=currentPoi;i++) {
views[currentPoi].setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.progressgreen);
}
Arrays start at index 0, so make sure there's not an off-by-one error in here.
You'll need to give your ImageViews sequential ids, such as "#+id/pb1" and "#+id/pb2", etc.. Then you can get each of them in the loop like this:
for (i=1;i<=currentPoi;i++) {
// Find the image view based on it's name. We know it's pbx where 'x' is a number
// so we concatenate "pb" with the value of i in our loop to get the name
// of the identifier we're looking for. getResources.getIdentifier() is able to use
// this string value to find the ID of the imageView
int imageViewId = getResources().getIdentifier("pb" + i, "id", "com.your.package.name");
// Use the ID retrieved in the previous line to look up the ImageView object
ImageView imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(imageViewId);
// Set the background for the ImageView
imageView.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.progressgreen);
}
Replace com.your.package.name with your application's package.

dynamic image source android

I am trying to make images dynamic in my android application. With the help of other posts i wrote this code but i am unable to set image resource. Here is my code.
// get image whose source i want to change..
ImageView IV = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
// x for 1,2,3.. hangman1.png,hangman2.png and so on image are located
// under res/drawable-mdpi
int j = getResources().getIdentifier("hangman"+x, "imageView", getPackageName());
// here i get errork, The method setImageResource(int) in the type ImageView
// is not applicable for the arguments (Drawable)
IV.setImageResource( getResources().getDrawable(j) );
int j = getResources().getIdentifier("hangman"+x, "drawable", getPackageName());
try this, if you are trying to get a drawable. and also as kcoppock said , just use j.
Because you're trying to pass in a Drawable. getDrawable(), as its name states, returns a Drawable object. setImageResource takes a resource ID, which is what getIdentifier will return. You should just pass j to setImageResource().
Edit: Heh, and you also should use Yashwanth's answer, as he said. :)
(TEAMWORK!)
combining both above solutions did the trick for me..here is code..
dnt know which answer i should accept..
ImageView IV = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
int j = getResources().getIdentifier("hangman"+x, "drawable", getPackageName());
IV.setImageResource( j );
from your xml file , use app:src instead of android:background, and from the activity file, use :
setImageDrawable(getRessource().getDrawable(R.drawable.yourRessource));

android dynamical binding

I want to work dynamically therefore I want to bind text views dynamically I think an example would explain me the best
assuming I want to bind 7 image views i can do it like this :
Country = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.CountryEditText);
City = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.CityEditText);
LivinigCreture = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.LivingCretureE);
Nature =(EditText)findViewById(R.id.NatureEditText);
Inanimate = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.InanimateEditText);
KnowenPersonality = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.KnowenPersonalityEditText);
Occupation = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.OccupationEditText);
but lets change 7 with NUMOFFILEDS as a final where i want to do the previous ?
myImages = new ImageView [7];
for (int i = 0; i<7;i++,????)
myImages[i] = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.initialImageView01);
notice : in my R file the R.id.initialImageView01 - R.id.initialImageView07 are not generate in a cont gap between them therefore I don't know how to make this architecture possible .
and if there's a way can someone show me an example how to work dynmiclly (like using jsp on android combined way or something ?)
id its possiable to do so constant times is it possible to build an the same xml constant num of times like jsp does
thank u pep:)
You can store the IDs themselves in an array at the beginning of your Activity; that way you'll only need to write them once and you can index them afterwards.
Something like:
int[] initialImageViewIds = {
R.id.CountryEditText,
R.id.CityEditText,
R.id.LivingCretureE,
R.id.NatureEditText,
R.id.InanimateEditText,
R.id.KnowenPersonalityEditText,
R.id.OccupationEditText
};
Then you can access them with:
myImages = new ImageView [7];
for (int i = 0; i<7;i++) {
myImages[i] = (ImageView)findViewById(initialImageViewIds[i]);
}
If that's not enough and you really want to get the IDs dynamically, I suppose you can use reflection on the R.id class, possibly with something like R.id.getClass().getFields() and iterate on the fields to check if their names interest you. Check reference for the Class class, too.

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