Question

i have an issue with ArrayAdapter and listView. I’m adding strings to list in ArrayAdapter which, as debugger showed me, works without a flaw, however i can’t see anything that is added on my listView.
Things i tried to do with it (based on similar questions):
+ add it inside runOnUiThread, but this is not helping or i am not using it correctly
+ invalidating view
+ setting adapter once more
+ adding to values and using `adapter.notifyDataSetChanged()
and I have no idea what can i do to make it work

Here’s my code if it helps:

public class RunnerApp extends Activity {

        private ListView listView;
    private ArrayList<String> values;
    private ArrayAdapter<String> adapter;
    private Intent newTable;
    private String newName;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_runner_app);
        listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.mylist);
        values = new ArrayList<String>();
        adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, android.R.id.text1, values);
       listView.setAdapter(adapter);
        adapter.add("x");
        adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
    }

    //handled by android:onClick in layout file
    public void addTable(View v){
        newTable = new Intent(this, AddTable.class);
        startActivityForResult(newTable, 1);
    }

    @Override
    public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data){
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
        if(requestCode == 1 && resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK && data != null){
            data.getData();
            Log.d("add", "got intent");
            newName = data.getStringExtra("com.example.runnerapp.NAME");
            Log.d("add", "string " + newName);
            Runnable run = new Runnable(){
                public void run(){
                    if(newName != null) {
                        values.add(newName);
                        adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
                    }
                }
            };
            runOnUiThread(run);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onResume(){
        super.onResume();
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_runner_app);
    }
}


public class AddTable extends Activity {

    public final static String EXTRA_NAME = "com.example.runnerapp.NAME";
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_add_table);
    }

    //handled by android:onClick in layout file
    public void addThisTable(View v) {
        Intent addTable = new Intent();
        EditText editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.addTableField);
        String name = editText.getText().toString();
        addTable.putExtra(EXTRA_NAME, name);
        setResult(Activity.RESULT_OK, addTable);
        this.finish();
    }

}

Answer 1

You should try taking out the setContentView(...) from the onResume() just because it will totally reset your view from scratch. It should really only be needed in onCreate()