Question

i have a listview which i have implemented in the normal manner. I want a editbox and a button at the top of the list view and not with every item in the list view. Could someone provide me with the sample code for this purpose

Answer 1

Depending on what i can interpret you can try something like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="#FF000000" >
    <LinearLayout 
         android:layout_width="fill_parent"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:id="@+id/linearLayout1"
         android:orientation="horizontal"
        >
     <EditText 
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:id="@+id/et1"
         />
     <Button 
         android:layout_width="wrap_content"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         android:id="@+id/bt1"
         android:text="ClickMe"
         />
     </LinearLayout>
     <ListView
        android:id="@+id/list"
        android:layout_below="@id/linearLayout1"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:divider="#000000" />


</RelativeLayout>

You might have to customize some parameter depending on your need though. Hope this helps.

EDIT 1: The corresponding Java class

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;

public class AtoZActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        ListView lv=(ListView) findViewById(R.id.list);
        String[] values = new String[] { "Android", "iPhone", "WindowsMobile",
                "Blackberry", "WebOS", "Ubuntu", "Windows7", "Max OS X",
                "Linux", "OS/2" };

            ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
                android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, android.R.id.text1, values);

            // Assign adapter to ListView
            lv.setAdapter(adapter);
    }
}

And in the manifest

  <application
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <activity
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:name=".AtoZActivity" >
            <intent-filter >
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>