ListView in Android (Basic)

ListView: ListView is a view group that displays a list of scrollable items. The list items are automatically inserted to the list using an Adapter that pulls content from a source such as an array and converts each item result into a view that's placed into the list.

This tutorial describes how to use ListView and ListActivity in Android.

okay! so let's try this small app

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App Name: ListViewBasic
Package Name: com.sunil
Android SDK: Android SDK 2.3.3 / API 10
Default ListActivity Name: ActivityListView
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ActivityListView.java

    package com.sunil;   

    import android.app.ListActivity;  
    import android.os.Bundle;  
    import android.view.View;  
    import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;  
    import android.widget.ListView;  
    import android.widget.Toast;  

    public class ActivityListView extends ListActivity {

     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {  
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);  
     // Create an array of Strings, that will be put to our ListActivity  
     String[] namesArray = new String[] { "Linux", "Windows7", "Eclipse",  
        "Suse", "Ubuntu", "Solaris", "Android", "iPhone" };  
    
     /* Create an ArrayAdapter, that will actually make the Strings above 
      appear in the ListView */  

     this.setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,  
       android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, namesArray));  
     } 
      @Override  
      protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v,   
      int position, long id) {  
     super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);  
       
     // Get the item that was clicked  

     Object o = this.getListAdapter().getItem(position);  
     String keyword = o.toString();  
     Toast.makeText(this, "You selected: " + keyword,   
       Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();  
     }  
    }  
  

main.xml

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  

    <LinearLayout  

     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"  

     android:orientation="vertical"  

     android:layout_width="fill_parent"  

     android:layout_height="fill_parent">  

     <TextView  

      android:layout_width="fill_parent"  

      android:layout_height="wrap_content"  

      android:text="@string/hello" />  

    </LinearLayout>  

AndroidManifest.xml

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  

    <manifest  

     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"  

     package="com.sunil"  

     android:versionCode="1"  

     android:versionName="1.0">  

     <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="10" />  

      

     <application  

      android:icon="@drawable/icon"  

      android:label="@string/app_name">  

      <activity  

       android:name=".ActivityListView"  

       android:label="@string/app_name">  

       <intent-filter>  

       <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />  

       <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />  

       </intent-filter>  

      </activity>  

      

     </application>  

    </manifest> 

   
   
The output Screen will be like this..

You can download the complete source code zip file here : ListViewBasic 

 cheers!!

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