Question

I have a ListActivity with custom rows, icons, TextViews, etc. So I am not using the XML ListView resource. I do have a scrolling list from an Array, and a header on top. I just want the header not to scroll and be persistent on the screen. Here is my code:

ListDisplay.java

View header = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.header, null, false);
    ListView listView = getListView();
    listView.addHeaderView(header, null, false);
    setListAdapter(new MyArrayAdapter(this, names));

header.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="fill_parent"
android:background="#008800"
android:orientation="vertical" >

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textView1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:layout_margin="15dp"
    android:clickable="false"
    android:text="n/a"
    android:textColor="#fff"
    android:textSize="25dp" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textView1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:clickable="false"
    android:text="n/a"
    android:textColor="#fff"
    android:textSize="12dp" />
</TextView>
</LinearLayout>

rowlayout.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"
android:background="@color/list_selector" >

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/icon"
    android:layout_width="28dp"
    android:layout_height="28dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
    android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
    android:src="@drawable/tv" >
</ImageView>

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/label"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="50dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="14dp"
    android:text="@+id/label"
    android:textColor="#000"
    android:textSize="23dp" >
</TextView>

</LinearLayout>

I don’t think I need to display the ArrayAdapter Java code?

Answer 1

Create a layout that will include header view and list view. ListView items should be set up using Adapter. There are quite a few tutorials on the subject found on the web such as this one