Question

I have a question that I would love to get an answer on.

I have two arrays, let’s say:

String[] name = {"Name Nameson", "Second Name"};
String[] number = {"111 11 111", "222 22 222"};

I want my ListView to have two TextViews into one item.(I tried to illustrate this with a picture).

I manage to get f.ex. my name array into the listview with a simple

lv.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.single_name, name));

I have my main.xml with my ListView in it, single_name.xml and single_number.xml in my layout-folder.

Since I’m new to this site I’m not allowed to add a picture, I will try to illustrate it here:

---

HEADER

---

(item one)

Name Nameson

111 11 111

---

(item two)

Second Name

222 22 222

---

And this continues depending on quantity of contacts.

Any help would be greatly appreciated 🙂

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You will need to build a custom Adapter as well a custom view to represent each row in your List.

Here’s an example of a simple adapter for a listview with 2 textviews and an imageview. Modify as you see fit to include your header and take out the imageview

package com.aquarius.customlistviewproject;


public class CustomListViewAdapter extends BaseAdapter{


 private ArrayList<String> album_names;

private ArrayList<String> num_photos;

 public Activity context;

public LayoutInflater inflater;

 public CustomListViewAdapter(Activity context, ArrayList<String> album_names ,     ArrayList<String> num_photos){

super();
this.album_names = album_names;
this.num_photos = num_photos;
this.context = context;
this.inflater = (LayoutInflater)context.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);

}


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

public long getItemId(int position) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    return 0;
}

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

public class ViewHolder{

    ImageView thumbnail;
    TextView  title;
    TextView photos;
}

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

    ViewHolder holder;

    if(convertView == null){
        holder = new ViewHolder();
        convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.listview_row, null);

        holder.thumbnail = (ImageView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.imgViewLogo);
        holder.title = (TextView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.txtViewTitle);
        holder.photos = (TextView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.txtViewDescription);


        convertView.setTag(holder);
    }

    else
        holder = (ViewHolder)convertView.getTag();
        holder.thumbnail.setImageResource(R.drawable.imgview_drawable);

        holder.title.setText(album_names.get(position));
        holder.photos.setText(num_photos.get(position));
    return convertView;
}

}