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Android - Custom ArrayAdapter - Clicks on ListItems are not recognized

I implemented a custom ArrayAdapter which causes the problem that any click on the TextView element of the ListItem is not recognized by the ListView; However clicking on the ImageView element of the ListItem leads to the desired effect. I just couldn't figure out how this behavior is caused even tough i followed the tutorials.
Everything works just fine when i use the standard ArrayAdapater.
I am going to include the involved classes since i don't know which of them is relevant to solve this issue.
CustomArrayAdapter:
public class ClassCustomArrayAdapter extends ArrayAdapter {
private ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> contactsArray;
private Context context;
public ClassCustomArrayAdapter(Context context, int textViewResourceId, ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> contactsArray) {
super(context, textViewResourceId, contactsArray);
this.contactsArray = contactsArray;
this.context = context;
}
private class ViewHolder{
ImageView imageView;
TextView textView;
}
#Override
public View getView(final int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
ViewHolder viewHolder = null;
LayoutInflater layoutInflater = (LayoutInflater) context.getSystemService(Activity.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
if(convertView == null) {
convertView = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_custom_listview_item, null);
viewHolder = new ViewHolder();
viewHolder.textView = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.tv);
viewHolder.imageView = (ImageView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.iv);
convertView.setTag(viewHolder);
} else {
viewHolder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
}
viewHolder.textView.setText(String.format("%s %s", contactsArray.get(position).get(2), contactsArray.get(position).get(1)));
viewHolder.imageView.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_baseline_person_24);
return convertView;
}
}
FragmentListContacts:
public class FragmentListContacts extends Fragment {
private ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> contacts_arraylist;
private ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> contacts_array_listview;
private ArrayAdapter<String> contact_ids;
private ArrayAdapter<ArrayList<String>> contacts_arrayadapter;
private ListView contacts_listview;
private FloatingActionButton add_contact_fab;
private Database db;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// Inflate the layout for this fragment
return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_list_contacts, container, false);
}
#Override
public void onViewCreated(#NonNull View view, #Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
contacts_listview = getActivity().findViewById(R.id.contacts_listview);
add_contact_fab = getActivity().findViewById(R.id.add_contact_fab);
initAddContactFAB();
db = new Database(getContext());
//db.insertNewContact("A", "B", "123", "321");
//db.insertNewContact("C", "D", "456", "654");
contacts_arraylist = new ArrayList<>();
contacts_arraylist.addAll(db.getContacts());
//contacts_arrayadapter = new ArrayAdapter<ArrayList<String>>(getContext(), android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, android.R.id.text1, contacts_arraylist);
ClassCustomArrayAdapter classCustomArrayAdapter = new ClassCustomArrayAdapter(getContext(), R.layout.fragment_custom_listview_item, contacts_arraylist);
//contacts_listview.setAdapter(contacts_arrayadapter);
contacts_listview.setAdapter(classCustomArrayAdapter);
contacts_listview.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
Intent intent = new Intent(getContext(), ActivityListNotesByContact.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
registerForContextMenu(contacts_listview);
}
...
}
custom_listview_item:
<?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="horizontal"
>
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iv"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:longClickable="true"
android:clickable="true"/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:id="#+id/tv"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:padding="5px"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:textSize="60px"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:longClickable="true"
android:clickable="true"/>
</LinearLayout>
Thanks in advance!

the ListView setOnItemClickListener intercepts the clicks of the root view of the list item, and as you enable the TextView as clickable, then it has its own click listener that won't be intercepted by the ListView setOnItemClickListener .
Solution:
You need to make both TextView and ImageView as not clickable or focus-able
android:clickable="false"
android:focusable="false"
You can use below list item layout..
<?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="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iv"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:clickable="false"
android:focusable="false"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tv"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:clickable="false"
android:focusable="false"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:background="#FFFFFF"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:textColor="#000000" />
</LinearLayout>

Custom listview don't work

I'm trying to make a custom listview. I'm not getting error and data are correctly added to my ArrayList but I see nothing on screen. Is there a problem with a layout or the adapter ?
Here is my list row layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/nomtv"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginBottom="5dp"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/desctv"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/debuttv"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/nomtv"
android:layout_toEndOf="#+id/nomtv"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/fintv"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/desctv"
android:layout_toEndOf="#+id/desctv"/>
</RelativeLayout>
Here is my custom adapter:
public class ListTacheAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<String> {
ArrayList<Tache> taches;
ListView listView = null;
final Context context;
View rowView = null;
TextView nom = null, desc = null, debut = null, fin = null;
public ListTacheAdapter(Context context, ArrayList<Tache> taches) {
super(context, R.layout.row_tache);
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
this.context = context;
this.taches = taches;
}
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) context
.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
rowView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.row_tache, parent, true);
nom = (TextView) rowView.findViewById(R.id.nomtv);
desc = (TextView) rowView.findViewById(R.id.desctv);
debut = (TextView) rowView.findViewById(R.id.debuttv);
fin = (TextView) rowView.findViewById(R.id.fintv);
nom.setText(taches.get(position).getNom());
desc.setText(taches.get(position).getDescription());
debut.setText(taches.get(position).getDebut());
fin.setText(taches.get(position).getFin());
return rowView;
}
}
My activity 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="com.example.testapp.ShowActivity" >
<ListView
android:id="#+id/list"
android:layout_width="240dp"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="start"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:divider="#D46A6A"
android:dividerHeight="1dp"/>
</RelativeLayout>
And my activity class:
public class ShowActivity extends Activity {
ArrayList<Tache> taches;
ListView listView;
TacheDAO td = new TacheDAO(this);
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_show);
td.open();
taches = td.getAllTache();
td.close();
ListTacheAdapter lta = new ListTacheAdapter(this, taches);
listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list);
listView.setAdapter(lta);
}
}

I'm also a beginner, so i tell what i'd try:
I believe that the problem is in the calling to super() on the onCreate method of the adapter. Try passing super(context, -1) insted of super(context, R.layout.row_tache).
Let me know.

how can i change fontcolor and font type of my listview

I have one activity that contains text view, buttons, spinner and list view
my main XML file contains :
<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:background="#ffff00"
tools:context="com.example.taxitabriz.MainActivity"
tools:ignore="MergeRootFrame" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:text="#string/app_name"
android:textSize="35dp"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textColor="#996600"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:id="#+id/linearlayout1" >
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textColor="#996600"
android:text="#string/exit"
android:background="#drawable/backbutton" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textColor="#996600"
android:text="#string/about"
android:background="#drawable/backbutton" />
</LinearLayout>
<Spinner
android:id="#+id/spinner1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_below="#+id/textView1"
android:layout_marginTop="19dp" />
<ListView
android:id="#+id/listView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_below="#+id/spinner1"
android:layout_above="#+id/linearlayout1"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_weight="49.94" >
</ListView>
and part of my java code is here:
ArrayAdapter<String> ard=new ArrayAdapter<>(this, android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line,s1);
sp.setAdapter(ard);
lv1=(ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView1);
ArrayAdapter<String> ard1=new ArrayAdapter<>(this, android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line,s1);
lv1.setAdapter(ard1);
but i can't change font color or font type in list view or spinner. how can i do it?

You need to create a CustomListAdapter.
private class CustomListAdapter extends ArrayAdapter {
private Context mContext;
private int id;
private List <String>items ;
public CustomListAdapter(Context context, int textViewResourceId , List<String> list )
{
super(context, textViewResourceId, list);
mContext = context;
id = textViewResourceId;
items = list ;
}
#Override
public View getView(int position, View v, ViewGroup parent)
{
View mView = v ;
if(mView == null){
LayoutInflater vi = (LayoutInflater)mContext.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
mView = vi.inflate(id, null);
}
TextView text = (TextView) mView.findViewById(R.id.textView);
if(items.get(position) != null )
{
text.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
text.setText(items.get(position));
text.setBackgroundColor(Color.RED);
int color = Color.argb( 200, 255, 64, 64 );
text.setBackgroundColor( color );
}
return mView;
}
}
The list item looks like this (custom_list.xml):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/textView"
android:textSize="20px" android:paddingTop="10dip" android:paddingBottom="10dip"/>
</LinearLayout>
Use the TextView api's to decorate your text to your liking
and you will be using it like this
listAdapter = new CustomListAdapter(YourActivity.this , R.layout.custom_list , mList);
mListView.setAdapter(listAdapter);

If you really want to use androids simple list layout, we see that they declare their textview's identifier as such:
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#android:id/text1"
style="?android:attr/dropDownItemStyle"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLargeInverse"
android:singleLine="true"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeight"
android:ellipsize="marquee" />
So just make your custom adapter, inflate their layout & find that text view's id. Something like the following:
public final class CustomAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<String> {
private Context context;
ViewHolder holder;
private ArrayList<String> messages;
public CustomAdapter(Context context, ArrayList<String> data) {
this.context = context;
this.messages = data;
Log.d("ChatAdapter", "called constructor");
}
public int getCount() {
return messages.size();
}
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup viewGroup) {
if (convertView == null) {
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) context
.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line, null);
holder = new ViewHolder();
holder.message = (TextView) convertView
.findViewById(R.id.text1);
convertView.setTag(holder);
} else {
holder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
}
holder.message.setText(data.get(position));
holder.message.setTextColor(Color.BLUE);
// don't do this, remember the face variable once just showing explicitly for u
Typeface face=Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "fonts/HandmadeTypewriter.ttf");
holder.message.setTypeface(face);
return convertView;
}
public static class ViewHolder {
public TextView message;
}
}
Edit: The following is how you would use the custom array adapter in your activity.
// I'm not sure if your sp or lv1 wants the adapter, but
// whatever you require your list view's data to be just
// set the custom adapter to it
CustomAdapter<String> myAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, s1);
lv1=(ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView1)
lv1.setAdapter(myAdapter);

You can do like this, add a ListView item in xml，at res/layout/list_item1.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/text1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:textColor="#0000ff"
android:testStyle="italic"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:paddingLeft="6dip"
android:minHeight="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeight"
/>
then,
ArrayAdapter<String> ard=new ArrayAdapter<>(this, android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line,s1);
sp.setAdapter(ard);
lv1=(ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView1);
ArrayAdapter<String> ard1=new ArrayAdapter<>(this, android.R.layout.simple_dropdown_item_1line,s1);// **change R.layout.list_item1**
lv1.setAdapter(ard1);

You have to put the .ttf file of font(which you want to add ) in asstes/fonts/ folder and write code in onCreate method like below. i have puted Chalkduster.ttf in my asstes/fonts/ folder
TextView txttest = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txttest);
Typeface custom_font = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),
"fonts/Chalkduster.ttf");
txttest.setTypeface(custom_font);

You can handle clicks of selected item by write code just like below
ListView lvNews = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.lvNews);
lvNews.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1,
int position, long arg3) {
// Write your code here
//int newsId = newsArray.get(position).getId();
//Intent i = new Intent(NewsListActivity.this,
// NewsDetailActivity.class);
//i.putExtra(Constants.NEWS_ID, newsId);
//i.putExtra("isFromNotification", false);
//startActivity(i);
}
});

ListFragment doesn't seem be inflating

Hoping someone can help. I'm having an issue it seems inflating my view. My goal is to display a list of items in a custom layout using a custom array adapter. I re-worked some of my original code using another SO post, but where my simple adapter worked fine, the new list doesn't display. Please see below:
This is my Fragment class.
HomeFeedFragment.java
public class HomeFeedFragment extends ListFragment {
private ListView listView;
private ArrayList<MainEvent> items;
private MainEventListViewAdapter adapter;
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_homefeed,
container, false);
listView = (ListView) rootView.findViewById(android.R.id.list);
return rootView;
}
#Override
public void onActivityCreated(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onActivityCreated(savedInstanceState);
//GetEvents is just a test method to return a list of pre-filled event objects
items = GlobalList.GetEvents();
adapter = new MainEventListViewAdapter(getActivity(), android.R.id.list, items);
listView.setAdapter(adapter);
}
#Override
public void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
// do something with the data
}
}
My custom row layout xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:padding="5dip" >
<!-- ListRow Left sied Thumbnail image -->
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/thumbnail"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
android:padding="3dip" >
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/list_image"
android:layout_width="50dip"
android:layout_height="50dip" />
</LinearLayout>
<!-- Heading Text -->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/eventheader"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignTop="#+id/thumbnail"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/thumbnail"
android:textColor="#040404"
android:textSize="15sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:typeface="sans" />
<!-- Event Description -->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/eventdescription"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/thumbnail"
android:layout_below="#id/eventheader"
android:layout_marginTop="1dip"
android:layout_toRightOf="#+id/thumbnail"
android:textColor="#343434"
android:textSize="10sp"
tools:ignore="SmallSp" />
<!-- Posted Time -->
<TextView
android:id="#+id/eventpostedtime"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignTop="#id/eventheader"
android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
android:gravity="right"
android:textColor="#10bcc9"
android:textSize="10sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
tools:ignore="SmallSp" />
</RelativeLayout>
The actual fragment layout:
<?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_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</ListView>
</LinearLayout>
And my custom ArrayAdapter:
public class MainEventListViewAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<MainEvent> {
private Context context;
private List<MainEvent> eventList;
public MainEventListViewAdapter(Context context, int textViewResourceId, List<MainEvent> eventList){
super(context, textViewResourceId, eventList);
this.context = context;
//this.eventList = eventList;
}
/*private view holder class*/
private class ViewHolder {
ImageView imageView;
TextView txtEventHeader;
TextView txtEventDescription;
TextView txtEventPostedTime;
}
public int getCount(){
if(eventList!=null){
return eventList.size();
}
return 0;
}
public MainEvent getItem(int position){
if(eventList!=null){
return eventList.get(position);
}
return null;
}
public long getItemId(int position){
if(eventList!=null){
return eventList.get(position).hashCode();
}
return 0;
}
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent){
ViewHolder holder = null;
MainEvent rowItem = getItem(position);
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater)context.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
if(convertView==null){
convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_homefeed_rowlayout, parent, false);
holder = new ViewHolder();
holder.txtEventHeader = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.eventheader);
holder.txtEventDescription = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.eventdescription);
holder.txtEventPostedTime = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.eventpostedtime);
convertView.setTag(holder);
}else{
holder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
}
holder.txtEventHeader.setText(rowItem.getHeadline());
holder.txtEventDescription.setText(rowItem.getDescription());
holder.txtEventPostedTime.setText(rowItem.getPostedTime());
/*TextView text = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.label);
text.setText(m.getHeadline());
ImageView imageView = (ImageView) v.findViewById(R.id.icon);
imageView.setTag(m.getImageURL());
//DownloadImageTask dt = new DownloadImageTask();
dt.execute(imageView);
return v;*/
return convertView;
}
public List<MainEvent> getEventList(){
return eventList;
}
public void setEventList(List<MainEvent> eventList){
this.eventList = eventList;
}
}
^ I initially had an Async Task in this class to retrieve images for each item, but I've removed all of that for now.
I don't get any actual errors in LogCat, no crashes or anything, the View just isn't inflating. Any help is appreciated.

Well this is embarrassing. I found out the issue. Apparently, I forgot to uncomment the line in the adapter constructor that initializes the event list:
//this.eventList = eventList;
I'd commented it out temporarily to fix another bug. Working fine now, but thanks for your suggestion.

Adding views programmatically with a xml layout

I want to programmatically add a view to ScrollView that is apart of a Fragment layout.
I have attempeted the following code:
public class MessageDetail extends Fragment {
View layout;
TextView messageText;
Conversation conversation;
List<Message> messages;
LayoutInflater inflater;
ViewGroup container;
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
this.inflater = inflater;
this.container = container;
layout = inflater.inflate(R.layout.messenger_detail, container,
false);
messageText = (TextView) layout.findViewById(R.id.tvMessage);
return layout;
}
public void loadConversation(Conversation conversation) {
messageText.setText(conversation.getSubject());
LinearLayout messagesView = (LinearLayout)layout.findViewById(R.id.llMessageDetail);
LinearLayout messageBody = new LinearLayout(getActivity());
View body = inflater.inflate(R.layout.messagebody, container);
messagesView.addView(body);
}
}
messagebody.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/llMessageBody"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:layout_height="200dp"
android:background="#353535"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvMSBodyFrom"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="20dp"
android:text="Research Station:"
android:textColor="#FFFFAA"
/>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#drawable/tomatohigh"
/>
</LinearLayout>
message_detail.xml
<?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:background="#d3d6da"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:background="#FFAA00" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvMessage"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:text="Select a Message:"
android:textColor="#353535"
android:textSize="30dp" />
</LinearLayout>
<ScrollView
android:id="#+id/svMessageDetail"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#9900AA"
android:minHeight="300dp" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/llMessageDetail"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
The final implementaion would see me loop through a list of messages and add the a view with the message_body layout and change each part of the layout to the correct values of each message
Any ideas how to achieve this?

You can do like this:
YourView varView = new YourView(this);
myButton.setLayoutParams(new YourLayout.LayoutParams());
yourParentLayout.addView(varView);
Example: Add a button in parent linear layout
Button myButton = new Button(this);
myButton.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT));
myLayout.addView(myButton);