Wrapping a LinearLayout around a TextView - java

I have the following code that populates a ListView with a TextView in the XML Layout file. But if I try to wrap a LinearLayout around the TextView it crashes!
Code:
setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<MyData>(getApplicationContext(), R.layout.articlelist, items));
ListView lv = getListView();
lv.setTextFilterEnabled(true);
lv.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
MyData d = items[position];
Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
bundle.putString("theArticleText", d.getText());
Intent newIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), ArticleDetail.class);
newIntent.putExtras(bundle);
startActivityForResult(newIntent, 0);
}
});
Working XML:
<?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" />
Non working 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="fill_parent"
android:padding="10dp"
android:textSize="16sp" />
</LinearLayout>
Any ideas why this is happening??? Also what I want to do is add an icon next to each item in the list, am I heading in the right direction???
Cheers,
Mike.

If you want to use the more complex layout, you will have to change the constructor you use for the ArrayAdapter to a version that takes both the ID of a layout AND the ID of the TextView to insert the text. When your layout is just a single TextView, you can get away with the other version because you only need to reference one thing; but now you have to tell the adapter both the layout to inflate and which view inside the new layout to use.
You will also need to modify your layout so the TextView has a valid ID to reference:
<?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:id="#+id/textview"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:padding="10dp"
android:textSize="16sp" />
</LinearLayout>
Notice the android:id parameter attached to the TextView. Then in your Java code use this constructor:
new ArrayAdapter<MyData>(getApplicationContext(), R.layout.articlelist, R.id.textview, items)
This now properly tells the adapter where to place the string data is obtains from each item.
HTH

If you check the documentation for the ArrayAdapter you'll see that the constructor gets as second parameter a textViewResourceId, that's why it does not crash using the first xml.
By the way keep in mind that a TextView is a view, a LinearLayout is a ViewGroup.
If you want to use your own layout you must write a custom adapter.
Hope it will help!

Related

setOnItemClickListener is not working with listView

I have one nested ListView inside the LinearLayout. Because I wanted to add one slider at the top of ListView.
Following is my XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/listViewLinearLayout"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical">
<!-- SliderView-->
<com.smarteist.autoimageslider.SliderView
android:id="#+id/slider"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="250dp"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
app:sliderAnimationDuration="600"
app:sliderAutoCycleDirection="back_and_forth"
app:sliderIndicatorAnimationDuration="600"
app:sliderIndicatorEnabled="true"
app:sliderIndicatorGravity="center_horizontal|bottom"
app:sliderIndicatorMargin="15dp"
app:sliderIndicatorOrientation="horizontal"
app:sliderIndicatorPadding="3dp"
app:sliderIndicatorRadius="2dp"
app:sliderIndicatorSelectedColor="#5A5A5A"
app:sliderIndicatorUnselectedColor="#FFF"
app:sliderScrollTimeInSec="1" />
<ListView
android:id="#+id/list"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
</ListView>
</LinearLayout>
Now I want to set OnItemClickListener on ListView. So that when we click on any listItem we can show another activity.
For that I wrote this JAVA code :
CardAdapter cardAdapter = new CardAdapter(this,cards);
ListView listView = findViewById(R.id.list);
listView.setAdapter(cardAdapter);
// Setting listener to ListView
listView.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
Log.v("GetIntent","PLace Name =");
Card card = cards.get(position);
Intent intent = new Intent(HistoricActivity.this,HistoricDetailsActivity.class);
intent.putExtra("MyClass", (Serializable) card);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
I also print some logs inside the OnItemClickListener for debug purposes.
So the problem is it's not working.
In my previous project when I did it. It looks like this :
here new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() is highlighted.
But now in this :
new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() is not getting highlighted by Android Studio.
Try setting your buttons (or any other views you want to handle click inside a list item) like this:
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"

How to increase the number of text in Android programmatically

I have a page in which I'm taking the START TIME and END TIME from DATABASE.
Let's say the START TIME is 7:00 and END TIME is 22:00
I want to use this START TIME and END TIME to show in my page as textview like 7:00 8:00 9:00 and sooo on till 22:00 as textview
Also I have an imageview that will also increase when the text increases.
How can I achieve this?
Also I want the result text in Horizontal Scroll View with Imageview at top and text view as bottom of each imageview
char first = StartTime.charAt(0);
int StartTimeint = Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(first));
int l;
for( l = StartTimeint; l<=22; l++){
Log.d("SeatsPage", "Time is "+l);
}
timeofseats.setText(Integer.toString(l));
This is I have done so far but I'm getting 23 as a result, the textview is not increasing
This is my XML File
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/llMain"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".SeatsPagewithDB.SeatsPage">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView11"
android:layout_width="150px"
android:layout_height="150px"
android:layout_marginStart="28dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="326dp"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/seat" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/timeofseats"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="40dp"
android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="334dp"
android:background="#FF0000"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:paddingRight="10dp"
android:text="7:00"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="20dp"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="#+id/imageView11" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
This is the result I am getting as layout
This what I want programmatically
The XML code that you write in your layout.xml file to create the UI is for static UI only. What you are asking is to create views dynamically during runtime. Although you can definitely create views using java code on a click of a button or something. But it is better to code less for the UI whenever possible and keep it separated from the program code. Instead use the tools given to us by the framework we are using.
In Android those tools include stuff like ListView, GridView and the newer and better RecyclerView. These views help you add other views dynamically to your UI in runtime. You define one of them or more (depending on your UI needs) once in your layout.xml and configure them using java code like any other view.
This is how you can use RecyclerView to achieve your goal. I can't explain everything how RecyclerView works and what each line of code does as it will make a very long post but I have tried to highlight main things briefly.
1. Add RecyclerView in your layout file.
activity_main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/recyclerView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
2. Create another layout file and define the template UI of the item that the RecyclerView is going to display. RecyclerView will populate each item that it holds with this layout.
item_view.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView_alarm"
android:layout_width="90dp"
android:layout_height="90dp"
android:src="#drawable/alarm" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView_Time"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
android:background="#FF0000"
android:paddingLeft="8dp"
android:paddingRight="8dp"
android:text="Time"
android:textColor="#android:color/background_light"
android:textSize="24sp" />
</LinearLayout>
3. Create a ViewHolder class that extends from RecyclerView.ViewHolder. View holder is a RecyclerView related concept. In short it works as a wrapper around the view of a single item and aids in binding new data to the view of the item. Create a bind() function inside view holder to make your life easier.
EDIT: I have updated the class by implementing the View.OnClickListener interface, modified the constructor to pass in the context from onCreateViewHolder() and adding a setItemPosition() just for the sake to pass the item position number from onBindViewHolder() all over to here so we can use this position number in our onClick() method of the interface
MyViewHolder.java [UPDATED]
public class MyViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder implements View.OnClickListener {
private TextView textView;
private int itemPosition;
private Context mContext;
public MyViewHolder(#NonNull View itemView, Context context) {
super(itemView);
itemView.setOnClickListener(this);
mContext = context;
textView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textView_Time);
}
void bind(String timeText)
{
textView.setText(timeText);
}
void setItemPosition(int position)
{
itemPosition = position;
}
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Toast.makeText(mContext, "You clicked item number: " + itemPosition , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
4. Create an Adapter class that extends from RecyclerView.Adapter. Adapter works as a bridge between the UI data and RecyclerView itself. An Adapter tells the RecyclerView what layout file to inflate and how many to inflate. RecyclerView job is to deal with how to inflate it on the UI.
EDIT : Just changed myViewHolder in onCreateViewHolder() to match the modified constructor of MyViewHolder. Added the call to setItemPosition() in the onBindViewHolder().
MyAdapter.java [UPDATED]
public class MyAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter {
List<String> timeIntervalList = new ArrayList<>();
#NonNull
#Override
public RecyclerView.ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(#NonNull ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
View view = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.item_view, parent, false);
MyViewHolder myViewHolder = new MyViewHolder(view , parent.getContext());
return myViewHolder;
}
#Override
public void onBindViewHolder(#NonNull RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
MyViewHolder viewHolder = (MyViewHolder) holder;
viewHolder.setItemPosition(position);
viewHolder.bind(timeIntervalList.get(position));
}
#Override
public int getItemCount() {
return timeIntervalList.size();
}
public void addItem (String timeText)
{
timeIntervalList.add(timeText);
notifyItemInserted(getItemCount());
}
}
In this adapter you will see two functions. OnCreateViewHolder() inflates the view using the template layout file for a single item and OnBindViewHolder() binds new data to the default values of the of the view just created. The data used for binding is stored in a list inside this Adapter called the timeIntervalList. This list will hold your time interval strings so they can be updated on the view.
5. Finally, use this RecyclerView where you want to use it. Like in your MainActivity.java. RecyclerView needs to be told in what fashion to display the items (e.g list , grid etc ) using a LayoutManager. LinearLayoutManager will display items either vertically or horizontally. You can see I am using your logic to increment time from string and adding new views to RecyclerView using the addItem() function of the MyAdapter class.
MainActivity.java
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private RecyclerView myRecyclerView;
private MyAdapter myAdapter;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
myRecyclerView = findViewById(R.id.recyclerView);
myAdapter = new MyAdapter();
LinearLayoutManager linearLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(this , LinearLayoutManager.HORIZONTAL, false);
myRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(linearLayoutManager);
myRecyclerView.setAdapter(myAdapter);
// This is how you will populate the recycler view
String START_TIME = "7:00";
String END_TIME = "22:00";
char first = START_TIME.charAt(0);
int StartTimeint = Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(first));
int l;
for( l = StartTimeint; l<=22; l++){
// This is where new item are added to recyclerView.
myAdapter.addItem(l + ":00");
}
}
}
This is the final result.
Change your activity layout XML code as follows,
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/llMain"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".SeatsPagewithDB.SeatsPage">
<HorizontalScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
...
...>
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/container"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</HorizontalScrollView>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
Move the textview and imageview to another XML file let's call it item_view.xml (you can name it whatever you wish). we are doing so because the root view of this file will be reused.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/imageView11"
android:layout_width="150px"
android:layout_height="150px"
app:srcCompat="#drawable/seat"/>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/timeofseats"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#FF0000"
android:paddingLeft="10dp"
android:paddingRight="10dp"
android:text="7:00"
android:textColor="#fff"
android:textSize="20dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
Now make following changes in your Java file
LinearLayout container = findViewById(R.id.container); // or rootView.findViewById() for custom View and Fragment
char first = StartTime.charAt(0);
int StartTimeint = Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(first));
for(int l = StartTimeint; l<=22; l++){
Log.d("SeatsPage", "Time is "+l);
View view = LayoutInflater.from(container.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.item_view, null);
TextView timeofseats = view.findViewById(R.id.timeofseats);
timeofseats.setText(Integer.toString(l));
container.addView(view);
}

ListView, API calls and onScrollListener

I'm developing an Android app for an online blog that retrieves data from its API (the company made it so I could use it in it, so it can be modified).
The app shows a ListView with n blog entries on load. The thing is I've spent the last three days searching for a way to add a Previous/Next button at the bottom of said ListView, just to finally give up and try another way.
I've seen apps update and append contents pulled from a server to a list (not sure which type) while the user scrolls up and down on it.
Is this possible? If so, how can it be done?
Any revealing piece of information, example (as simple as it may be) or help would be much appreciated!
EXTRA INFO
I'm loading the ListView in a LinearLineout, which is called in the onCreate method.
content_main.xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
tools:context="com.company.myApp.MainActivity"
tools:showIn="#layout/app_bar_main"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="81dp"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="0dp">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ListView
android:id="#+id/lv"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:background="#color/myGrey"
android:scrollbars="none"
android:visibility="visible" />
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
I also use a custom adapter to fill the ListView with the data retrieved. This data is retrieved by a custom class and stored in a List and that list is then passed as a parameter to the method I use to set such adapter.
public class AdaptadorPosts extends ArrayAdapter {
public AdaptadorPosts(Context context, List objects) {
super(context, 0, objects);
}
#Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getContext().getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
View v = convertView;
if (null == convertView) {
v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.lista_posts, parent, false);
}
TextView titulo = (TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.titulo);
TextView resumen = (TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.resumen);
TextView fecha = (TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.fecha);
TextView autor = (TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.autor);
Post item = (Post) getItem(position);
titulo.setText(Html.fromHtml(item.getTitulo()));
if(item.getResumen().isEmpty() || item.getResumen().equals(null)) {
resumen.setText("¡No hay resumen!");
} else {
resumen.setText(Html.fromHtml(item.getResumen()));
}
fecha.setText(Html.fromHtml(item.getFecha()));
autor.setText(Html.fromHtml(item.getAutor().getNombre()));
return v;
}
}
If I understand correctly you want to:
Add a Prev/Next button on the bottom of your screen
You have endless content which you want to show dynamically
The first can be easily achieved by using RelativeLayout and for the second you should use RecyclerView.
For your layout you can use something like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#color/light_gray">
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/lv"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:scrollbars="none"
android:visibility="visible"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:src="#drawable/btn_prev"/>
<ImageView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:src="#drawable/btn_next"/>
</RelativeLayout>
If you want your buttons to be directly below the list, you can attach them by using android:layout_below="#id/lv" and removing android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
The Android RecyclerView displays a given number of items (e.x. 10) and preloads some of the next and previous items. It's ideal for endless lists. If you want to add items to it dynamically, you need to do that in the adapter by adding the item to the list and calling the notifyItemInserted(int position) method.

ListView only shows first item

I want to display all items of an ArrayList<String> on a ListView. I use an ArrayAdapter<String> for this. The problem is that only the first item ('foo' in my example) of the ArrayList is shown. Can someone tell me why? Am I missing something?
I've made an minimal example using the generated code (Tabbed Action Bar Spinner Activity) from Android Studio 2.
My FooActivity:
public class FooActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
...
public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {
private ListView fooListView;
private ArrayAdapter<String> mAdapter;
...
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_foo, container, false);
fooListView = (ListView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.foo_list);
updateList();
return rootView;
}
private void updateList() {
ArrayList<String> strings = new ArrayList<>();
strings.add("foo");
strings.add("bar");
if (mAdapter == null) {
mAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<>(getContext(),
R.layout.item_foo,
R.id.foo_string,
strings);
fooListView.setAdapter(mAdapter);
} else {
mAdapter.clear();
mAdapter.addAll(strings);
mAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
}
}
My fragment_foo.xml:
<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.foo.activities.FooActivity$PlaceholderFragment">
<ListView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/foo_list"
android:layout_below="#+id/total_activities"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
And the item_foo.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/foo_string"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="some_string"
android:textSize="20sp"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />
</LinearLayout>
If it helps I can post the generated activity_foo.xml (I didn't made any changes there) and the complete FooActivity class too.
The Problem actually was my activity_foo.xml which had a NestedScrollView. I've added android:fillViewport="true" and now it shows every item.
My NestedScrollView now looks like this:
<android.support.v4.widget.NestedScrollView
android:id="#+id/container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
app:layout_behavior="#string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
android:fillViewport="true"/>
On any ListView, if you use android:layout_height="wrap_content", you're only going to see one item. Try android:layout_height="match_parent". If the ListView only takes up part of the layout, you'll need a LinearLayout with weights or a RelativeLayout with constraints. But wrap_content won't work for a height on a ListView, ever.
Your Listview look something like this
<ListView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/foo_list"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"/>
I have removed from your list view android:layout_below="#+id/total_activities"
and
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
For others: It's okay to nest a ListView inside another layout, and it's also fine to use android:layout_height="wrap_content" on Layouts surrounding the ListView. (So long as the outer-most Layout allows for match_parent)
What is not fine, however, is when the TextView being used to populate the ListView is defined with layout_height="match_parent". It will cover up all of the subsequent rows after the first.
Bad:
<TextView
android:id="#+id/infoRow_textView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
/>
Good:
<TextView
android:id="#+id/infoRow_textView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>

List navigation (spinner) on the right side

I have tried so many tutorials, but I could not find article that would tell me how to create spinner in action bar (sherlock version), but on the right side.
Is there a way to do it? Do I need to create additional views and adapters? I just want to know easy way to create that spinner on the right side, nothing else, just it.
You'll need to create a custom layout for the view containing the spinner. Inflate and place it on the action bar and you're good to go.
Here you have some sample code for this(this is what you do inside your activity to initialize and place your layout on the action bar):
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getSupportActionBar().getThemedContext().getSystemService(LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
final View spinnerView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.layout_spinner, null);
Spinner spinner = (Spinner) spinnerView.findViewById(R.id.my_spinner);
ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this, R.array.spinner_items_array, R.layout.spinner_item);
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(R.layout.spinner_dropdown_item);
spinner.setAdapter(adapter);
spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(new OnItemSelectedListener() {
#Override
public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
// Do whatever you want with your selected item. You can get it as: parent.getItemAtPosition(position);
}
#Override
public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {}
});
getSupportActionBar().setIcon(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.ic_actionbar_logo));//set your actionbar logo
getSupportActionBar().setDisplayOptions(ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_CUSTOM | ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_HOME | ActionBar.DISPLAY_HOME_AS_UP | ActionBar.DISPLAY_SHOW_TITLE );
LayoutParams layoutParams = new ActionBar.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
layoutParams.gravity = Gravity.RIGHT; // set your layout's gravity to 'right'
getSupportActionBar().setCustomView(spinnerView, layoutParams); //place your layout on the actionbar
Your layout should look something like this (layout_spinner.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:orientation="vertical" >
<Spinner
style="#style/Widget.Sherlock.Light.Spinner.DropDown.ActionBar"
android:id="#+id/my_spinner"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_gravity="right" />
</LinearLayout>
Your array stored in a res folder (spinner_items_array):
<string-array name="spinner_items_array">
<item>Item1</item>
<item>Item2</item>
</string-array>
The spinner custom item (spinner_item.xml):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/cab_spinner_item"
style="?android:attr/spinnerItemStyle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:ellipsize="marquee"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textAlignment="inherit"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" /> <!-- Set whatever color you want for the text -->
And finally the drop-down list item (spinner_dropdown_item.xml):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<CheckedTextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
style="?android:attr/spinnerDropDownItemStyle"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="48dp"
android:ellipsize="marquee"
android:singleLine="true"
android:textAlignment="inherit"
android:textColor="#android:color/white" />
I hope this answer will help you!!
Good luck!

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