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Added in API level 1

public class

SimpleAdapter

extends BaseAdapter
implements Filterable

java.lang.Object
↳	android.widget.BaseAdapter
	↳	android.widget.SimpleAdapter

Class Overview

An easy adapter to map static data to views defined in an XML file. You can specify the data backing the list as an ArrayList of Maps. Each entry in the ArrayList corresponds to one row in the list. The Maps contain the data for each row. You also specify an XML file that defines the views used to display the row, and a mapping from keys in the Map to specific views. Binding data to views occurs in two phases. First, if a SimpleAdapter.ViewBinder is available, setViewValue(android.view.View, Object, String) is invoked. If the returned value is true, binding has occurred. If the returned value is false, the following views are then tried in order:

A view that implements Checkable (e.g. CheckBox). The expected bind value is a boolean.
TextView. The expected bind value is a string and setViewText(TextView, String) is invoked.
ImageView. The expected bind value is a resource id or a string and setViewImage(ImageView, int) or setViewImage(ImageView, String) is invoked.

If no appropriate binding can be found, an


        
         IllegalStateException

is thrown.

Summary

Nested Classes
interface	SimpleAdapter.ViewBinder	This class can be used by external clients of SimpleAdapter to bind values to views.

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Inherited Constants

From interface android.widget.Adapter

Public Constructors
	>, int, java.lang.String[], int[])">SimpleAdapter ( Context context, List <? extends Map < String , ?>> data, int resource, String[] from, int[] to) Constructor

Public Methods
int	getCount ()
View	getDropDownView (int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) Get a `View` that displays in the drop down popup the data at the specified position in the data set.
Filter	getFilter () Returns a filter that can be used to constrain data with a filtering pattern.
Object	getItem (int position)
long	getItemId (int position)
View	getView (int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
SimpleAdapter.ViewBinder	getViewBinder () Returns the `SimpleAdapter.ViewBinder` used to bind data to views.
void	setDropDownViewResource (int resource) Sets the layout resource to create the drop down views.
void	setViewBinder ( SimpleAdapter.ViewBinder viewBinder) Sets the binder used to bind data to views.
void	setViewImage ( ImageView v, int value) Called by bindView() to set the image for an ImageView but only if there is no existing ViewBinder or if the existing ViewBinder cannot handle binding to an ImageView.
void	setViewImage ( ImageView v, String value) Called by bindView() to set the image for an ImageView but only if there is no existing ViewBinder or if the existing ViewBinder cannot handle binding to an ImageView.
void	setViewText ( TextView v, String text) Called by bindView() to set the text for a TextView but only if there is no existing ViewBinder or if the existing ViewBinder cannot handle binding to a TextView.

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Inherited Methods

From class android.widget.BaseAdapter

boolean	areAllItemsEnabled () Indicates whether all the items in this adapter are enabled.
View	getDropDownView (int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) Get a `View` that displays in the drop down popup the data at the specified position in the data set.
int	getItemViewType (int position) Get the type of View that will be created by `getView(int, View, ViewGroup)` for the specified item.
int	getViewTypeCount () Returns the number of types of Views that will be created by `getView(int, View, ViewGroup)` .
boolean	hasStableIds () Indicates whether the item ids are stable across changes to the underlying data.
boolean	isEmpty ()
boolean	isEnabled (int position) Returns true if the item at the specified position is not a separator.
void	notifyDataSetChanged () Notifies the attached observers that the underlying data has been changed and any View reflecting the data set should refresh itself.
void	notifyDataSetInvalidated () Notifies the attached observers that the underlying data is no longer valid or available.
void	registerDataSetObserver ( DataSetObserver observer) Register an observer that is called when changes happen to the data used by this adapter.
void	unregisterDataSetObserver ( DataSetObserver observer) Unregister an observer that has previously been registered with this adapter via `registerDataSetObserver(DataSetObserver)` .

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone () Creates and returns a copy of this `Object` .
boolean	equals ( Object o) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
void	finalize () Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
final Class <?>	getClass () Returns the unique instance of `Class` that represents this object's class.
int	hashCode () Returns an integer hash code for this object.
final void	notify () Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the `wait()` methods) to be woken up.
final void	notifyAll () Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the `wait()` methods) to be woken up.
String	toString () Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
final void	wait () Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object.
final void	wait (long millis, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait (long millis) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.

From interface android.widget.Adapter

abstract int	getCount () How many items are in the data set represented by this Adapter.
abstract Object	getItem (int position) Get the data item associated with the specified position in the data set.
abstract long	getItemId (int position) Get the row id associated with the specified position in the list.
abstract int	getItemViewType (int position) Get the type of View that will be created by `getView(int, View, ViewGroup)` for the specified item.
abstract View	getView (int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) Get a View that displays the data at the specified position in the data set.
abstract int	getViewTypeCount () Returns the number of types of Views that will be created by `getView(int, View, ViewGroup)` .
abstract boolean	hasStableIds () Indicates whether the item ids are stable across changes to the underlying data.
abstract boolean	isEmpty ()
abstract void	registerDataSetObserver ( DataSetObserver observer) Register an observer that is called when changes happen to the data used by this adapter.
abstract void	unregisterDataSetObserver ( DataSetObserver observer) Unregister an observer that has previously been registered with this adapter via `registerDataSetObserver(DataSetObserver)` .

From interface android.widget.Filterable

From interface android.widget.ListAdapter

From interface android.widget.SpinnerAdapter

Public Constructors

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public SimpleAdapter ( Context context, List <? extends Map < String , ?>> data, int resource, String[] from, int[] to)

Added in API level 1

Constructor

Parameters

context	The context where the View associated with this SimpleAdapter is running
data	A List of Maps. Each entry in the List corresponds to one row in the list. The Maps contain the data for each row, and should include all the entries specified in "from"
resource	Resource identifier of a view layout that defines the views for this list item. The layout file should include at least those named views defined in "to"
from	A list of column names that will be added to the Map associated with each item.
to	The views that should display column in the "from" parameter. These should all be TextViews. The first N views in this list are given the values of the first N columns in the from parameter.

Public Methods

public int getCount ()

Added in API level 1

public View getDropDownView (int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)

Added in API level 1

Get a View that displays in the drop down popup the data at the specified position in the data set.

Parameters

position	index of the item whose view we want.
convertView	the old view to reuse, if possible. Note: You should check that this view is non-null and of an appropriate type before using. If it is not possible to convert this view to display the correct data, this method can create a new view.
parent	the parent that this view will eventually be attached to

Returns

a View corresponding to the data at the specified position.

public Filter getFilter ()

Added in API level 1

Returns a filter that can be used to constrain data with a filtering pattern.

This method is usually implemented by Adapter classes.

Returns

a filter used to constrain data

public Object getItem (int position)

Added in API level 1

public long getItemId (int position)

Added in API level 1

public View getView (int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)

Added in API level 1

public SimpleAdapter.ViewBinder getViewBinder ()

Added in API level 1

Returns the SimpleAdapter.ViewBinder used to bind data to views.

Returns

a ViewBinder or null if the binder does not exist

public void setDropDownViewResource (int resource)

Added in API level 1

Sets the layout resource to create the drop down views.

Parameters

resource	the layout resource defining the drop down views

public void setViewBinder ( SimpleAdapter.ViewBinder viewBinder)

Added in API level 1

Sets the binder used to bind data to views.

Parameters

viewBinder	the binder used to bind data to views, can be null to remove the existing binder

public void setViewImage ( ImageView v, int value)

Added in API level 1

Called by bindView() to set the image for an ImageView but only if there is no existing ViewBinder or if the existing ViewBinder cannot handle binding to an ImageView. This method is called instead of setViewImage(ImageView, String) if the supplied data is an int or Integer.

Parameters

v	ImageView to receive an image
value	the value retrieved from the data set

public void setViewImage ( ImageView v, String value)

Added in API level 1

Called by bindView() to set the image for an ImageView but only if there is no existing ViewBinder or if the existing ViewBinder cannot handle binding to an ImageView. By default, the value will be treated as an image resource. If the value cannot be used as an image resource, the value is used as an image Uri. This method is called instead of setViewImage(ImageView, int) if the supplied data is not an int or Integer.

Parameters

v	ImageView to receive an image
value	the value retrieved from the data set

public void setViewText ( TextView v, String text)

Added in API level 1

Called by bindView() to set the text for a TextView but only if there is no existing ViewBinder or if the existing ViewBinder cannot handle binding to a TextView.

Parameters

v	TextView to receive text
text	the text to be set for the TextView

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Enums

Exceptions

SimpleAdapter

Class Overview

Summary

Public Constructors

public SimpleAdapter ( Context context, List <? extends Map < String , ?>> data, int resource, String[] from, int[] to)

Parameters

Public Methods

public int getCount ()

See Also

public View getDropDownView (int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)

Parameters

Returns

public Filter getFilter ()

Returns

public Object getItem (int position)

See Also

public long getItemId (int position)

See Also

public View getView (int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)

See Also

public SimpleAdapter.ViewBinder getViewBinder ()

Returns

See Also

public void setDropDownViewResource (int resource)

Parameters

See Also

public void setViewBinder ( SimpleAdapter.ViewBinder viewBinder)

Parameters

See Also

public void setViewImage ( ImageView v, int value)

Parameters

See Also

public void setViewImage ( ImageView v, String value)

Parameters

See Also

public void setViewText ( TextView v, String text)

Parameters