Android custom Row Item for ListView

Question

I have a ListView that should have the following layout in its rows:

HEADER Text 

HEADER should be static but the Text changes every few seconds.

I implemented it by populating a String[] array, pass it to an ArrayAdapter and set it every time the data changes:

data_array = populateString(); adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, android.R.id.text1,  data_array); listView.setAdapter(adapter); 

My problem is that I do not know how to display the data in the format above.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Add this row.xml to your layout folder

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="match_parent"     android:orientation="vertical" >      <TextView android:layout_width="wrap_content"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:text="Header"/>  <TextView      android:layout_width="wrap_content"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:id="@+id/text"/>           </LinearLayout> 

make your main xml layout as this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="fill_parent"     android:orientation="horizontal" >      <ListView         android:id="@+id/listview"         android:layout_width="fill_parent"         android:layout_height="fill_parent" >     </ListView>  </LinearLayout> 

This is your adapter

class yourAdapter extends BaseAdapter {      Context context;     String[] data;     private static LayoutInflater inflater = null;      public yourAdapter(Context context, String[] data) {         // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub         this.context = context;         this.data = data;         inflater = (LayoutInflater) context                 .getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);     }      @Override     public int getCount() {         // TODO Auto-generated method stub         return data.length;     }      @Override     public Object getItem(int position) {         // TODO Auto-generated method stub         return data[position];     }      @Override     public long getItemId(int position) {         // TODO Auto-generated method stub         return position;     }      @Override     public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {         // TODO Auto-generated method stub         View vi = convertView;         if (vi == null)             vi = inflater.inflate(R.layout.row, null);         TextView text = (TextView) vi.findViewById(R.id.text);         text.setText(data[position]);         return vi;     } } 

Your java activity

public class StackActivity extends Activity {      ListView listview;      /** Called when the activity is first created. */     @Override     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.main);         listview = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listview);         listview.setAdapter(new yourAdapter(this, new String[] { "data1",                 "data2" }));     } } 

the results