ListView Using ListActivity in Android

Introduction

This article explains the ListView with ListActivity in Android. Android Studio is used to create the sample.

Simply put, what we do when we create a ListView using XML is first we extend the Activity class that provides setContentView() in which we the layout id like this (R.layout.layoutid). So when we run the application it displays the list view on the screen. To show a list view on the screen without using a XML file we need to extend the ListActivity class in our class. To get the list view we call getListView() provided by the ListActivity class. Now do all the things you do when you create the list view using  XML file.

Step 1

Create the project like this:



Step 2

Create a Java file and write this:

package com.listactivtyapplication; 

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.view.Menu;

 

import android.app.ListActivity;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.view.View;

import android.widget.AdapterView;

import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;

import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;

import android.widget.ListView;

import android.widget.Toast;

 

public class MainActivity extends ListActivity {

 

    ListView listview;

 

    String[] countries = new String[] {

            "Samsung",

            "Nokia",

            "Blackberyy",

            "LG",

            "Motorolla",

            "Apple",

            "Karbon",

            "Micromax",

            "Zen",

    };

 

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */

    @Override

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        listview=getListView();

        // Declaring ArrayAdapter for the default listview

        ArrayAdapter<String> listadapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,countries);

 

        // Setting ArrayAdapter for the default listview

        listview.setAdapter(listadapter);

 

        // Defining ItemClick event Listener

 

 

 

 //       OnItemClickListener listener = new OnItemClickListener() {

 

            // This method will be triggered when an item in the listview is clicked ( or touched )

   listview.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {

       @Override

       public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int i, long l) {

           Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "You selected : " + countries[i], Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

       }

   });

        // Setting an ItemClickEvent Listener for the listview

        // In this example we are making use the default listview

   //     getListView().setOnItemClickListener(listener);

    }

}

Step 3

Android menifect.xml file

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

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

    package="com.listactivtyapplication"

    android:versionCode="1"

    android:versionName="1.0" >

 

    <uses-sdk

        android:minSdkVersion="7"

        android:targetSdkVersion="16" />

 

    <application

        android:allowBackup="true"

        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"

        android:label="@string/app_name"

        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

        <activity

            android:name="com.listactivtyapplication.MainActivity"

            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>

Step 4