Skip a row in list view

Question

I guess getView() is called for each item of the list, but my question is, Can we not show the row if data associated with that row is null. I want to do this inside getView () only.

For Example:

If the alerts for a person whose name is to be shown in list view are null.I don't want to display that person's name in list view.

Answer 1

You can set the visibility of that row to "gone" in the last line before returning the View - that should work for you.

Edit: Be sure to set visibility to visible if the content is not null - otherwise all the views will become "gone" as the ListView reuses views.

myView.setVisibility((myData == null) ? View.GONE : View.VISIBLE);

Answer 2

Hi Pals I tried setting the visibility to invisible but still i can see an empty row in a listview so i change a little bit and it worked according to my need so it worth sharing if someone needs similar result like mine.

I am using List as source my requirement was to skip few applications so what i did was i removed that application from the List and notified Data set change

public AppListAdapter(Context context, List<ApplicationInfo> appList) {
        this.context = context;
        this.appList = appList;
        inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
        localStorage = new LocalStorage(context);
        pm = context.getPackageManager();
}

@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        if (convertView == null)
              convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.applist_item, parent, false);
            // Other lines of code
        if(appName.length()==0 || getItem(position).packageName.equals("package.name.to.skip")) {
              appList.remove(position);
              notifyDataSetChanged();
        }
    return convertView;
}

Lines of Concern

appList.remove(position);
notifyDataSetChanged();

Your suggestions and corrections are always welcome.
AzmatHunzai