Question

For some reason, I can’t get text to show up in my list view. When I run the following example, two blank list elements appear with no text. Also, the debugging output shows that the value of the text in the TextView is correct. Here is my main activity:

import java.util.ArrayList;

import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MyListActivity extends ListActivity {

    private static final String TAG = "MyListActivity";

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        ArrayList<String> values = new ArrayList<String>();

        values.add("Test1");
        values.add("Test2");

        TimelineAdapter adapter = new TimelineAdapter(
                this.getApplicationContext(), values);
        setListAdapter(adapter);

        Log.d(TAG, "Finished onCreate");
    }

    private class TimelineAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<String> {

        ArrayList<String> items;

        public TimelineAdapter(Context context, ArrayList<String> values) {
            super(context, R.layout.row, R.id.message, values);
            this.items = values;
        }

        @Override
        public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {

            Log.d(TAG, "Entered getView");

            // For future performance optimization
            View view = convertView;

            // Inflate the view
            if (view == null) {
                LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
                view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.row, parent, false);
                Log.d(TAG, "View inflated");
            }

            // Get current value
            String value = items.get(position);
            Log.d(TAG, "Shout: " + value);

            // Set TextView text
            if (value != null) {
                TextView message = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.message);

                message.setText(value);
                Log.d(TAG, (String) message.getText());
                Log.d(TAG, "Textview text set");
            }
            return view;
        }

    }
}

And here is my row.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="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeight"
    android:padding="6dip">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dip"
        android:id="@+id/message"
    />

</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

I dont see setContentView(..), maybe thats the problem?