Question

I have a listview utilizing a custom adapter, now I want it to show the first five entries and load the others when I scroll down, what’s the simplest way to do this?

If my code for the list is

public class Second extends Activity  {

static final String Li_nk="LinkName:";
static final String Image_name="ImageName:";
//ListView list;
public final static String AUTH = "authentication";
static final String KEY_THUMB_URL = "thumb_image";      //Uri.decode("http://zeesms.info/android_app_images/Koala.jpg");
//JSONObject j2;
String wrd;
//ArrayList<HashMap<String,String>> mylist;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    Intent i2=getIntent();
     wrd=i2.getStringExtra("entrd");
    Log.v("keyis",wrd);



    final Handler handler = new Handler();
    Runnable runable = new Runnable() {

        @Override
        public void run() {

            //call the function
            LoadData();
            //also call the same runnable
            handler.postDelayed(this, 40000);
        }
    };
    handler.postDelayed(runable, 10);

}public void LoadData(){


     JSONObject j2=JSONfunctions.getJSONfromURL("/webservice_search.php?keyword="+wrd+"&format=json");
     ArrayList<HashMap<String,String>> mylist = new  ArrayList<HashMap<String,String>>();

     try{JSONArray jray=j2.getJSONArray("listings");
        for(int i=0;i<jray.length();i++){
            Log.v("state","json data being read");
            JSONObject j3= jray.getJSONObject(i);
            String first=j3.getString("listing");
            Log.v("sublist", first);
            JSONObject j4=j3.getJSONObject("listing");
            String sec=j4.getString("links");

            int maxLength = (sec.length() < 30)?sec.length():27;
            sec.substring(0, maxLength);
            String cutsec=sec.substring(0,maxLength);
            Log.v("links are",cutsec);
            String img=j4.getString("image_name");
            Log.v("image name is ",img);
            //Uri dimg=Uri.parse("http://zeesms.info/android_app_images/Koala.jpg");
            HashMap<String,String> map=new HashMap<String,String>();

            map.put("Id",String.valueOf(i));
            map.put(Li_nk,cutsec);
            map.put(Image_name,j4.getString("image_name"));

            map.put(KEY_THUMB_URL,"http://zeesms.info/android_app_images/"+img);

             mylist.add(map);

        }

        }
        catch(JSONException e){

            Log.e("loG_tag","Error parsing"+e.toString());
        }
     LazyAdapter adapter = new LazyAdapter(this,mylist);
     adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
    // list.setSelection(positionToMove);

        ListView list=(ListView)findViewById(R.id.lv1);
         list.setEmptyView(findViewById(R.id.empty));
         list.setAdapter(adapter);

        // list.setStackFromBottom(true);
            list.setItemsCanFocus(false);
           // list.smoothScrollToPosition(3,5);
            list.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener(){

                @Override
                public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
                        int position, long id) {
                    //Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Click ListItem Number " + position, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                    Intent myIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("http://www.riffre.com/"));
                    startActivity(myIntent);
                }

            });
           list.setOnScrollListener(new OnScrollListener(){

            @Override
            public void onScroll(AbsListView view, int firstVisibleItem,
                    int visibleItemCount, int totalItemCount) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub

            }

            @Override
            public void onScrollStateChanged(AbsListView view,
                    int scrollState) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub

            }

           });
}

and the code for the adapter class extending baseadapter is

public class LazyAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
private Activity activity;
private ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> data;
private static LayoutInflater inflater=null;
public ImageLoader imageLoader; 


public LazyAdapter(Activity a, ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>> d) {
    activity = a;
    data=d;
    Collections.reverse(d);
    inflater = (LayoutInflater)activity.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
    imageLoader=new ImageLoader(activity.getApplicationContext());
}

@Override
public int getCount() {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    return data.size();
}

@Override
public Object getItem(int position) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    return position;
}

@Override
public long getItemId(int position) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    return position;
}



@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    View vi=convertView;
    if(convertView==null)

        vi = inflater.inflate(R.layout.custom_row_view1, null);

    TextView title = (TextView)vi.findViewById(R.id.linkname); // merchnts name
    TextView artist = (TextView)vi.findViewById(R.id.imagename); // address
    //TextView duration = (TextView)vi.findViewById(R.id); // distance
   ImageView thumb_image=(ImageView)vi.findViewById(R.id.mClogo); // logo

    HashMap<String, String> jsn = new HashMap<String, String>();
    jsn = data.get(position);

    // Setting all values in listview
   title.setText(jsn.get(Second.Li_nk));
   artist.setText(jsn.get(Second.Image_name));
    //duration.setText(song.get(CustomizedListView.KEY_DURATION));
    imageLoader.DisplayImage(jsn.get(Second.KEY_THUMB_URL), thumb_image);
    return vi;
}

}

and I have a different class for parsing the json data in the list. So what would be the simplest way to implement endless scrolling?

Any help would be greatly appreciated…

Answer 1

Found the solution by declaring my list as a global variable. Thanks anyway for your help.