Question

What I want to do is create a layout of checkboxes where the number of checkboxes is decided by the user.

like if i say 5 then on the next page of my app, 5checkboxes should appear.
also, I want the text besides this checkbox to be auto filled from 1 to 5.

Or suppose I replace checkboxes with buttons, the buttons shold be created dynamically and also,in case of the buttons, the button should change color to represent that it is clicked.

how do I do this?

Thankyou!

Answer 1

This is a snippet from my code. Which doeas what you are asking for.

// get the parent element which will hold your newly created objects
LinearLayout layout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.shouldContainer);

// create the laout parameters objects which will hold information how you would like your widget to be presented
//you can specify the same attributes as doing it "staticly" with XML file
LayoutParams layoutParams = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, 0);
layoutParams.weight = 1;

//create your desired object, add listneres to it, text and more
Button button = new Button(this);
//add your object, in this case button to the parent element on given position with given layout parameters
layout.addView(button, position, layoutParams);

Of course you have to configure the layout options according to your needs.