Android: ListView With Complex Data Model

I'd like to map an Array of 'complex' data to a ListView. In a very simplified form my data model would look like something like this: class ListPlacesValues { String idObject;

Solution 1:

You can extend ArrayAdapter. Here's code example for you. In this example - SearchItem is some custom POJO. Basically you need to override getView() method to build your row by inflating row layout and then populating values based on List of items and current position

class SearchItemsAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<SearchItem> {
Activity context;
List<SearchItem> items;
SearchHeader header;

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public SearchItemsAdapter(final Activity context,
        final Map<SearchHeader, List<SearchItem>> result) {
    super(context, R.layout.item, (List) ((Object[]) result.values()
            .toArray())[0]);
    this.context = context;
    this.header = result.keySet().iterator().next();
    this.items = result.get(this.header);
}

@Override
public View getView(final int position, final View convertView,
        final ViewGroup parent) {
    final View view = this.context.getLayoutInflater().inflate(
            R.layout.item, null);
    final SearchItem item = this.items.get(position);
    ((TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.jt)).setText(item.jt);
    ((TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.dp)).setText(item.dp);
    ((TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.cn)).setText(item.cn);
    ((TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.loc)).setText(item.loc.name);
    final TextView body = ((TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.e));
    body.setText(item.e);
    body.setTag(item.src[0]);
    ((TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.src)).setText(item.src[1]);
    return view;
}
}

Solution 2:

There is one pitfall with the convertView in the sample you linked

if(convertView != null){ //reuse
   convertView.setAnimation(null);
   convertView.setAnyCustomFieldsIdontWantFilledWithData(null);
}

you want to set all animations or unused fields to null otherwise your items might have data in them or animations pending you dont want.