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Reaction button like facebook in Android

I wanna make a reaction button like Facebook, so something like this
Now i manage to make something similar with a DialogFragment but I am having some trouble with the position of my dialog, this code sometimes works but some other time the dialog is placed in the wrong place. Can someone give me some advice or suggest me a better way to do this?
My Dialog Class
public class ReactionsFragment extends DialogFragment {
public static final String TAG = "ReactionsFragment";
private View paretnView;
public ReactionsFragment(View view, String reviewId,Reactionable reactedContent) {
this.paretnView = view;
}
#Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_reactions, container, false);
initComponent(view);
setDialogPosition();
return view;
}
public void initComponent(View rootView) {...}
public void setDialogPosition() {
if (paretnView == null) {
return; // Leave the dialog in default position
}
int[] location = new int[2];
paretnView.getLocationOnScreen(location);
int sourceX = location[0];
int sourceY = location[1];
Window window = getDialog().getWindow();
window.setGravity(Gravity.TOP|Gravity.LEFT);
WindowManager.LayoutParams params = window.getAttributes();
params.x = sourceX - dpToPx(0);
params.y = sourceY - dpToPx(110);
window.setAttributes(params);
}
public int dpToPx(float valueInDp) {
DisplayMetrics metrics = getActivity().getResources().getDisplayMetrics();
return (int) TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, valueInDp, metrics);
}
}

Use PopupWindow. I think this is exactly what you are looking for:
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/PopupWindow
You can set the exact position for the popup to appear using this method

Calling new activity from an item inside a recyclerview row

I need to call a new activity, when a button inside one of my recyclerview row elements is called. Each row item in the list contains 4 buttons, one of which needs to open a new activity which will be used to edit the data in that row.
Here is the code for my button so far:
public void onBindViewHolder(CounterLayoutAdapter.ViewHolder holder, final
int position) {
final Counter counter = counterList.get(position);
//counter is a class which holds the data that will be displayed on one
//row
String comment = counter.getComment();
String name = counter.getCounterName();
int number = counter.getCurrentValue();
//LocalDate modifyDate = counter.getLastModifyDate();
Button up = holder.itemView.findViewById(R.id.buttonUp);
Button down = holder.itemView.findViewById(R.id.buttonDown);
Button reset = holder.itemView.findViewById(R.id.buttonReset);
Button edit = holder.itemView.findViewById(R.id.buttonEdit);
Button delete = holder.itemView.findViewById(R.id.buttonDelete);
// code for 4 other buttons goes here
//
edit.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
}
});
Since I need the activity that I open to return user inputted data for me, I am using startActivityForResult. However, as far as I can tell, this will only work inside an actual activity class.
So then I tried passing the mainactivity context to my CounterLayoutAdapter class, where all of my button code is. However, the OnBindViewHolder method still cannot access it there. So I tried to pass the context to OnBindViewHolder, but that doesn't work either, as it won't override the abstract class if i do that..
So, how on earth can I call a new activity here?
Alternatively, if there is some other way to get user input into 4 fields and return that input back to the adapter, without calling an activity, that would work as well.
EDIT: viewholder and layout inflation
public static class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder implements
View.OnClickListener {
private TextView name;
private TextView comment;
private TextView number;
//private TextView date;
public ViewHolder(View itemView) {
super(itemView);
itemView.setOnClickListener(this);
comment = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textComment);
name = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textName);
number = itemView.findViewById(R.id.editTextNum);
//date = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textDate);
}
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {}
}
#Override
public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
View inflatedView =
LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout
.row_layout, parent, false);
return new ViewHolder(inflatedView);
}

You can call startActivityForResult() in adapter class.
Get context in adapter like Context context=holder.up.getContext();
then in your button's OnClickListener do this.
edit.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
Intent intent=new Intent(context,ActivityYouWantToStart.class);
//Pass any extras if you want to.
((Activity)context).startActivityForResult(intent,REQUEST_CODE);
}
});
Then in your activity (which contain this recyclerView) override onActivityResult like this
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
if (requestCode == REQUEST_CODE) {//same REQUEST_CODE you used in adapter
if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
//Do your thing and get the data you want.
adapter.onDataReady(Data data);//where adapter is your recycler adapter,
//and data is whatever data you want to pass to adapter
//(Data you got from the activityResult, do not confuse it with onActivityResult's parameter 'Intent data')
}
}
}
Finally in your Recycler Adapter class, define onDataReady() function like
public void onDataReady(Data data){
//Update RecyclerView with new data
}
Hope this helps. I once did this, and it works for me. Let me know if you have any problem.

As you see , you do not have to findViewById in onBindViewHolder.
public void onBindViewHolder(CounterLayoutAdapter.ViewHolder holder, final
int position) {
final Counter counter = counterList.get(position);
//counter is a class which holds the data that will be displayed on one
//row
String comment = counter.getComment();
String name = counter.getCounterName();
int number = counter.getCurrentValue();
//LocalDate modifyDate = counter.getLastModifyDate();
holder.edit.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
}
});
Then you should init edit in ViewHolder constructor.
public ViewHolder(View itemView) {
super(itemView);
itemView.setOnClickListener(this);
comment = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textComment);
name = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textName);
number = itemView.findViewById(R.id.editTextNum);
//date = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textDate);
// init four button
edit = itemView.findViewById(R.id.buttonEdit)
}

Java class extends MainActivity but findViewById comes back null?

This class extends my main Activity.
public class Numbers extends MainActivity{
public ArrayList<ImageView> getNumbers () {
ArrayList<ImageView> numbers = new ArrayList<>();
ImageView one = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.one);
numbers.add(one);
return numbers;
}
And I've done some digging but can figure out why my variable "one" is coming back null.
My MainActivity has a ContentView set.
This is the content of my onCreate in MainActivity
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
ImageView start = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.start);
sceneRoot = (ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.scene_root);
questionView = findViewById(R.id.questionView);
startView = findViewById(R.id.startView);
gameOverView = findViewById(R.id.gameOver);
animSlide = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(getApplicationContext(), R.anim.slide);
animSlide.setAnimationListener(this);
animZoom = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(getApplicationContext(), R.anim.zoom_fade);
animZoom.setAnimationListener(this);
set.addTransition(new Fade())
.addTransition(new Slide(Gravity.RIGHT));
start.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
getQuestion();
TransitionManager.beginDelayedTransition(sceneRoot, set);
startView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
questionView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
});
}
public void getQuestion (){
time = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.timeBar);
time.startAnimation(animSlide);
}
I don't call getNumbers() until after start has been clicked and the animation has started.
public void onAnimationStart(Animation animation){
if(animation == animSlide) {
final Questions questions = new Questions();
Numbers n = new Numbers();
for (int i = 0; i < n.getNumbers().size(); i++) {
n.getNumbers().get(i).setVisibility(View.GONE);
n.getNumbersTen().get(i).setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
n.getNumbers().get(0).setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
EDIT:
If anyone was wondering, I got it to work by extending the class as a Fragment instead of my MainActivity. Then I just used the fragment in my xml.

Because you extended an Activity class doesn't mean setContentView gets called for that class also. It will only do so if properly started and you call super.onCreate(bundle) from your own implementation of onCreate within Numbers
Basically, you should never new any Activity. It has no life-cycle, and therefore no content view, so findViewById just won't work.
Numbers n = new Numbers();
You could not extend anything and have a data-only class around your list of images.
public class Numbers {
private List<ImageView> numbers = new ArrayList<ImageView>();
public Numbers() {}
public void addNumber(ImageView v) { numbers.add(v); }
public List<ImageView> getNumbers() { return numbers; }
}
And from MainActivity you can find and add as you want.
Number n = new Numbers();
n.addNumber((ImageView) findViewById(R.id.one));
However, I don't know if that is useful, really...
Maybe a Fragment would serve a better purpose if you want a "sub-view" of your Activity, but it's hard to tell.

Best way to save a arraylist

This question has been answered before, but the solutions doesn't seem to work for me. I would like to know what the best way is to save an ArrayList.
I generate an ArrayList with all the installed applications on the phone. This list is shown in a ListView where the user can (de)select apps. This is all working fine. What I would like is that the Arraylist gets saved when the user presses a save button or when the activity calls onPause().
When the user returns to the list the user will see the list the way he saved/left it.
Here is my code:
onCreate
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_app_list);
loadApps();
loadListView();
addClickListener();
}
loadApps
private void loadApps(){
manager = getPackageManager();
apps = new ArrayList<AppDetail>();
if(apps.size()==0) {
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null);
i.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
List<ResolveInfo> availableActivities = manager.queryIntentActivities(i, 0);
for (ResolveInfo ri : availableActivities) {
AppDetail app = new AppDetail();
app.label = ri.loadLabel(manager);
app.name = ri.activityInfo.packageName;
app.icon = ri.activityInfo.loadIcon(manager);
app.allowed = false;
apps.add(app);
}
Log.i("applist", apps.toString());
}
}
AppDetail.class
public class AppDetail {
CharSequence label;
CharSequence name;
Drawable icon;
Boolean allowed;
loadListView
private void loadListView(){
list = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.apps_list);
adapter = new ArrayAdapter<AppDetail>(this, R.layout.list_item, apps) {
#Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
if(convertView == null){
convertView = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.list_item, null);
}
ImageView appIcon = (ImageView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.item_app_icon);
appIcon.setImageDrawable(apps.get(position).icon);
TextView appLabel = (TextView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.item_app_label);
appLabel.setText(apps.get(position).label);
TextView appName = (TextView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.item_app_name);
appName.setText(apps.get(position).name);
if(list.isItemChecked(position)){convertView.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.green));}
if(!list.isItemChecked(position)){convertView.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.white));}
return convertView;
}
};
list.setAdapter(adapter);
list.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);
}
addClickListener
private void addClickListener() {
list.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> av, View v, int pos,
long id) {
checked = list.getCheckedItemPositions();
ArrayList<AppDetail> allowedApps = new ArrayList<>();
for (int i = 0; i < checked.size(); i++) {
// Item position in adapter
int position = checked.keyAt(i);
// Add sport if it is checked i.e.) == TRUE!
if (checked.valueAt(i)) {
allowedApps.add(adapter.getItem(position));
}
}
adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
Log.i("", allowedApps.toString());
}
});
}
At this moment I'm creating two lists:
List: list of all apps
AllowedApps: list of checked (allowed) apps, to use in an other activity

If you need saving your list when activity is paused, you have several ways to do it. First you need define the private list field in your activity.
private ArrayList<AppDetail> allowedApps;
1) Make AppDetail serializable and use onSaveInstanceState
public class AppDetail implements Serializable {
CharSequence label;
CharSequence name;
Drawable icon;
Boolean allowed;
}
---------------- EDIT -----------------
I would change Drawable icon field for int icon.
In your loadApps() method change the setence app.icon = ri.activityInfo.getIconResource();
In yout loadListView method change the setence appIcon.setImageResource(apps.get(position).icon);
#Override
protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
outState.putSerializable("allowedApps", allowedApps);
}
Retrieve the list in onCreate method
if (savedInstanceState != null) {
allowedApps = (List<AppDetail>)savedInstanceState.getSerializable("allowedApps");
}else{
allowedApps = new ArrayList<AppDetail>();
}
2) Use onRetainCustomNonConfigurationInstance
Return the list in onRetainCustomNonConfigurationInstance
#Override
public Object onRetainCustomNonConfigurationInstance() {
return allowedApps;
}
Retrieve the list in onCreate method
Object allowedApps= getLastCustomNonConfigurationInstance();
if (allowedApps != null) {
this.allowedApps = (List<AppDetail>) allowedApps;
}else{
this.allowedApps = new ArrayList<AppDetail>();
}

I think you are looking for something like "Parcelable". It can save any ArrayList and retrieve back when you need it just like the Shared Preferences.
Please have a look here,
How to save custom ArrayList on Android screen rotate?

ArrayList is serializable. Save it as a serializable object in file on storage

Android tableview with dynamic numbers columns and rows

This is actually a memory training app, with matrix of squares wich flips to their other side and than back to first side. And user need to click on squares that flipped. You know what I mean?
Something like that.
What I need is that sizes of the matrix would change dynamically. If user have been passed one level of complexity (matrix size is 4x4 for example), then matrix size would grow (5x5 for example), and if not then matrix size would get smaller (3x3 for example). I hope that's clear, and if not - sorry, English is not my native language =)
So if I would do it from code this would not be a problem. I would use ViewFlipper with some transition animation and create TableView with sizes that I want with inflater or something like that (or directly from code without using xml at all). And then adding it to ViewFlipper from code.
But somehow I don't like that idea.
Then next idea come into my mind. To do ViewFlipper with all possible tableviews in it and then just showNext(); or showPrevious(); depending on what user have done. But in this case XML would be of very great size.
So maybe someone knows the another way to do it?

i suggest you to look view-pager-example,
using viewflipper showNext(); or showPrevious(); you had to download all data at the same time, but using fragmen, you can load only specific data assoiated with fragment.
you can change the view on every fragment like below
#Override
public Fragment getItem(int position) {
switch (position) {
case 0:
return new DetailFragment();
case 1:
return new ImageFragment(R.drawable.ic_launcher);
case 2:
return new ImageFragment(R.drawable.thumb);
default:
return null;
}
}
[EDIT - For checking view in listener]
public class LoginExampleImplements extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
btn1.setOnClickListener(this);
btn2.setOnClickListener(this);
btn3.setOnClickListener(this);
btn4.setOnClickListener(this);
}
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
if(v==btn1) {
} else if(v==btn2) {
} else if(v==btn3) {
} else if(v==btn4) {
}
}
}
[EDIT 2]
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main2);
LinearLayout1 = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.LinearLayout1);
for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
button = new Button(getApplicationContext());
button.setId(i);
button.setOnClickListener(this);
LinearLayout1.addView(button);
}
}
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Button b = (Button)v;
b.getId()
// check clikedId
}
[EDIT 3]
public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener{
ImageView img;
LinearLayout LinearLayout1;
LinearLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
LinearLayout1 = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.ln1);
layoutParams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(100, 100);
for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
img = new ImageView(getApplicationContext());
img.setId(i);
img.setTag(i);
layoutParams.setMargins(10, 10, 10, 10);
img.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
img.setBackgroundColor(Color.RED);
img.setPadding(10, 10, 10, 10);
img.setOnClickListener(this);
LinearLayout1.addView(img);
}
}
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
ImageView b = (ImageView)v;
b.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLUE);
b.setImageLevel(Integer.valueOf(String.valueOf(b.getTag())));
}
}