java – Android ListView headers
java – Android ListView headers
Heres how I do it, the keys are getItemViewType and getViewTypeCount in the Adapter class. getViewTypeCount returns how many types of items we have in the list, in this case we have a header item and an event item, so two. getItemViewType should return what type of View we have at the input position.
Android will then take care of passing you the right type of View in convertView automatically.
Here what the result of the code below looks like:
First we have an interface that our two list item types will implement
public interface Item {
public int getViewType();
public View getView(LayoutInflater inflater, View convertView);
}
Then we have an adapter that takes a list of Item
public class TwoTextArrayAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Item> {
private LayoutInflater mInflater;
public enum RowType {
LIST_ITEM, HEADER_ITEM
}
public TwoTextArrayAdapter(Context context, List<Item> items) {
super(context, 0, items);
mInflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
}
@Override
public int getViewTypeCount() {
return RowType.values().length;
}
@Override
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
return getItem(position).getViewType();
}
@Override public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) { return getItem(position).getView(mInflater, convertView); }
EDIT
Better For Performance.. can be noticed when scrolling
private static final int TYPE_ITEM = 0;
private static final int TYPE_SEPARATOR = 1;
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
ViewHolder holder = null;
int rowType = getItemViewType(position);
View View;
if (convertView == null) {
holder = new ViewHolder();
switch (rowType) {
case TYPE_ITEM:
convertView = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.task_details_row, null);
holder.View=getItem(position).getView(mInflater, convertView);
break;
case TYPE_SEPARATOR:
convertView = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.task_detail_header, null);
holder.View=getItem(position).getView(mInflater, convertView);
break;
}
convertView.setTag(holder);
}
else
{
holder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
}
return convertView;
}
public static class ViewHolder {
public View View; }
}
Then we have classes the implement Item and inflate the correct layouts. In your case youll have something like a Header class and a ListItem class.
public class Header implements Item {
private final String name;
public Header(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
@Override
public int getViewType() {
return RowType.HEADER_ITEM.ordinal();
}
@Override
public View getView(LayoutInflater inflater, View convertView) {
View view;
if (convertView == null) {
view = (View) inflater.inflate(R.layout.header, null);
// Do some initialization
} else {
view = convertView;
}
TextView text = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.separator);
text.setText(name);
return view;
}
}
And then the ListItem class
public class ListItem implements Item {
private final String str1;
private final String str2;
public ListItem(String text1, String text2) {
this.str1 = text1;
this.str2 = text2;
}
@Override
public int getViewType() {
return RowType.LIST_ITEM.ordinal();
}
@Override
public View getView(LayoutInflater inflater, View convertView) {
View view;
if (convertView == null) {
view = (View) inflater.inflate(R.layout.my_list_item, null);
// Do some initialization
} else {
view = convertView;
}
TextView text1 = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.list_content1);
TextView text2 = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.list_content2);
text1.setText(str1);
text2.setText(str2);
return view;
}
}
And a simple Activity to display it
public class MainActivity extends ListActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
List<Item> items = new ArrayList<Item>();
items.add(new Header(Header 1));
items.add(new ListItem(Text 1, Rabble rabble));
items.add(new ListItem(Text 2, Rabble rabble));
items.add(new ListItem(Text 3, Rabble rabble));
items.add(new ListItem(Text 4, Rabble rabble));
items.add(new Header(Header 2));
items.add(new ListItem(Text 5, Rabble rabble));
items.add(new ListItem(Text 6, Rabble rabble));
items.add(new ListItem(Text 7, Rabble rabble));
items.add(new ListItem(Text 8, Rabble rabble));
TwoTextArrayAdapter adapter = new TwoTextArrayAdapter(this, items);
setListAdapter(adapter);
}
}
Layout for R.layout.header
<?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 >
<TextView
style=?android:attr/listSeparatorTextViewStyle
[email protected]+id/separator
android_text=Header
android_layout_width=fill_parent
android_layout_height=wrap_content
android_background=#757678
android_textColor=#f5c227 />
</LinearLayout>
Layout for R.layout.my_list_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 >
<TextView
[email protected]+id/list_content1
android_layout_width=wrap_content
android_layout_height=match_parent
android_layout_margin=5dip
android_clickable=false
android_gravity=center
android_longClickable=false
android_paddingBottom=1dip
android_paddingTop=1dip
android_text=sample
android_textColor=#ff7f1d
android_textSize=17dip
android_textStyle=bold />
<TextView
[email protected]+id/list_content2
android_layout_width=wrap_content
android_layout_height=match_parent
android_layout_margin=5dip
android_clickable=false
android_gravity=center
android_linksClickable=false
android_longClickable=false
android_paddingBottom=1dip
android_paddingTop=1dip
android_text=sample
android_textColor=#6d6d6d
android_textSize=17dip />
</LinearLayout>
Layout for R.layout.activity_main.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
tools_context=.MainActivity >
<ListView
[email protected]:id/list
android_layout_width=fill_parent
android_layout_height=fill_parent />
</RelativeLayout>
You can also get fancier and use ViewHolders, load stuff asynchronously, or whatever you like.
You probably are looking for an ExpandableListView which has headers (groups) to separate items (childs).
Nice tutorial on the subject: here.
java – Android ListView headers
As an alternative, theres a nice 3rd party library designed just for this use case. Whereby you need to generate headers based on the data being stored in the adapter. They are called Rolodex adapters and are used with ExpandableListViews. They can easily be customized to behave like a normal list with headers.
Using the OPs Event objects and knowing the headers are based on the Date associated with it…the code would look something like this:
The Activity
//Theres no need to pre-compute what the headers are. Just pass in your List of objects.
EventDateAdapter adapter = new EventDateAdapter(this, mEvents);
mExpandableListView.setAdapter(adapter);
The Adapter
private class EventDateAdapter extends NFRolodexArrayAdapter<Date, Event> {
public EventDateAdapter(Context activity, Collection<Event> items) {
super(activity, items);
}
@Override
public Date createGroupFor(Event childItem) {
//This is how the adapter determines what the headers are and what child items belong to it
return (Date) childItem.getDate().clone();
}
@Override
public View getChildView(LayoutInflater inflater, int groupPosition, int childPosition,
boolean isLastChild, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
//Inflate your view
//Gets the Event data for this view
Event event = getChild(groupPosition, childPosition);
//Fill view with event data
}
@Override
public View getGroupView(LayoutInflater inflater, int groupPosition, boolean isExpanded,
View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
//Inflate your header view
//Gets the Date for this view
Date date = getGroup(groupPosition);
//Fill view with date data
}
@Override
public boolean hasAutoExpandingGroups() {
//This forces our group views (headers) to always render expanded.
//Even attempting to programmatically collapse a group will not work.
return true;
}
@Override
public boolean isGroupSelectable(int groupPosition) {
//This prevents a user from seeing any touch feedback when a group (header) is clicked.
return false;
}
}