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How to dynamically add items to GridView Android Studio (Java)

Hello I want to have an Add function that allows me to input items to my GridView
For Background: I have a standard GridView and an XML activity (which contains 2 TextView) that I want to convert to my GridView. I also have a custom ArrayAdapter class and custom Word object (takes 2 Strings variables) that helps me do this.
My problem: I want to have an Add button that takes me to another XML-Layout/class and IDEALLY it input a single item and so when the user goes back to MainActivity the GridView would be updated along with the previous information that I currently hard-coded atm. This previous sentence doesn't work currently
Custom ArrayAdapter and 'WordFolder' is my custom String object that has 2 getters
//constructor - it takes the context and the list of words
WordAdapter(Context context, ArrayList<WordFolder> word){
super(context, 0, word);
}
#Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent){
View listItemView = convertView;
if(listItemView == null){
listItemView = LayoutInflater.from(getContext()).inflate(R.layout.folder_view, parent, false);
}
//Getting the current word
WordFolder currentWord = getItem(position);
//making the 2 text view to match our word_folder.xml
TextView title = (TextView) listItemView.findViewById(R.id.title);
title.setText(currentWord.getTitle());
TextView desc = (TextView) listItemView.findViewById(R.id.desc);
desc.setText(currentWord.getTitleDesc());
return listItemView;
}
}
Here is my NewFolder code. Which sets contentview to a different XML. it's pretty empty since I'm lost on what to do
public class NewFolder extends AppCompatActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.new_folder_view);
Button add = (Button) findViewById(R.id.add);
//If the user clicks the add button - it will save the contents to the Word Class
add.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
//make TextView variables and cast the contents to a string and save it to a String variable
TextView name = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.new_folder);
String title = (String) name.getText();
TextView descText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.desc);
String desc = (String) descText.getText();
//Save it to the Word class
ArrayList<WordFolder> word = new ArrayList<>();
word.add(new WordFolder(title, desc));
//goes back to the MainActivity
Intent intent = new Intent(NewFolder.this, MainActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
}
In my WordFolder class I made some TextView variables and save the strings to my ArrayList<> object but so far it's been useless since it doesn't interact with the previous ArrayList<> in ActivityMain which makes sense because its an entirely new object. I thought about making the ArrayList a global variable which atm it doesn't make sense to me and I'm currently lost.
Sample code would be appreciative but looking for a sense of direction on what to do next. I can provide other code if necessary. Thank you

To pass data between Activities to need to do a few things:
First, when the user presses your "Add" button, you want to start the second activity in a way that allows it to return a result. this means, that instead of using startActivity you need to use startActivityForResult.
This method takes an intent and an int.
Use the same intent you used in startActivity.
The int should be a code that helps you identify where a result came from, when a result comes. For this, define some constant in your ActivityMain class:
private static final int ADD_RESULT_CODE = 123;
Now, your button's click listener should looks something like this:
addButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
Intent intent=new Intent(MainActivity.this, NewFolder.class);
startActivityForResult(intent, ADD_RESULT_CODE);
}
});
Now for returning the result.
First, you shouldn't go back to your main activity by starting another intent.
Instead, you should use finish() (which is a method defined in AppCompatActivity, you can use to finish your activity), this will return the user to the last place he was before this activity - ActivityMain.
And to return some data, too, you can use this code:
Intent intent=new Intent();
intent.putExtra("title",title);
intent.putExtra("desc",desc);
setResult(Activity.RESULT_OK, intent);
where title and desc are the variables you want to pass.
in your case it should look something like this:
public class NewFolder extends AppCompatActivity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.new_folder_view);
Button add = (Button) findViewById(R.id.add);
//If the user clicks the add button - it will save the contents to the Word Class
add.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
//make TextView variables and cast the contents to a string and save it to a String variable
TextView name = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.new_folder);
String title = (String) name.getText();
TextView descText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.desc);
String desc = (String) descText.getText();
//Save it to the Word class
ArrayList<WordFolder> word = new ArrayList<>();
word.add(new WordFolder(title, desc));
Intent intent=new Intent();
intent.putExtra("title",title);
intent.putExtra("desc",desc);
setResult(Activity.RESULT_OK, intent);
//goes back to the MainActivity
finish();
}
});
}
You should probably also take care of the case where the user changed his mind and wants to cancel adding an item. in this case you should:
setResult(Activity.RESULT_CANCELLED);
finish();
In your ActivityMain you will have the result code, and if its Activity.RESULT_OK you'll know you should add a new item, but if its Activity.RESULT_CANCELLED you'll know that the user changed their mind
Now all that's left is receiving the data in ActivityMain, and doing whatever you want to do with it (like adding it to the grid view).
To do this you need to override a method called onActivityResult inside ActivityMain:
// Call Back method to get the Message form other Activity
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data)
{
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
// check the result code to know where the result came from
//and check that the result code is OK
if(resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK && requestCode == ADD_RESULT_CODE )
{
String title = data.getStringExtra("title");
String desc = data.getStringExtra("desc");
//... now, do whatever you want with these variables in ActivityMain.
}
}

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)
}

How to get the value of dynamic created EditText in android?

I am building an android application where I am creating dynamic EdittextView. I need to display the sum of integer enter in it by the user. Below is my code to create Dynamic EdittextView:
for (int i = 1; i < ZipRunApplication.ConfigLeg; i++){
LayoutInflater inflater = null;
inflater = (LayoutInflater) getApplicationContext()
.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
View mLinearView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.drop_money, null);
TextView droxTextView = (TextView) mLinearView.findViewById(R.id.dropTextView);
final TextView position = (TextView) mLinearView.findViewById(R.id.position);
final TextView Amount = (TextView) mLinearView.findViewById(R.id.Amount);
final EditText dropEditTextView = (EditText) mLinearView.findViewById(R.id.dropEditext);
dropEditTextView.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
#Override
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {
}
#Override
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
}
#Override
public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
Amount.setText(dropEditTextView.getText().toString()); //
}
});
droxTextView.setText("Amount to be pick From Drop " + String.valueOf(i));
position.setText(String.valueOf(i));
droxTextView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
}
});
container.addView(mLinearView);
}
Could any one help me getting the sum of the all the EdittextView created Dynamicly.

Answer for:
Could any one help me getting the sum of the all the EdittextView
created Dynamically.
You can maintain an ArrayList of EditText and then can iterate through them and get the text entered in each of them and find the sum.
As an example I have the following snippet:
LinearLayout layout;
List<EditText> concernedEditTexts;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
layout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.base_layout); // Base layout defined in xml
concernedEditTexts = new ArrayList<EditText>();
// Creating five EditTexts
for(int i= 0; i< 5; i++){
EditText text = new EditText(getApplicationContext());
layout.addView(text);
concernedEditTexts.add(text); // Adding dynamically created EditText in the ArrayList
}
Button button = new Button(getApplicationContext());
button.setText("Get Sum");
layout.addView(button);
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
int sum = 0;
// Iterate through the List and find the sum
for(EditText editText : concernedEditTexts){
sum+= Integer.parseInt(editText.getText().toString());
}
Log.d("SUM","Sum is "+sum);
}
});
}
Note: This code is kind of raw and needs a lot more validations, but should be enough to explain the concept.
In your example you will need to store every dropEditTextView in the List and then iterate through the list as shown in my example will give you the desired result.

you can use
Integer.parseInt(dropEditTextView.getText().toString())

setTag() to each EditText as i variable and take an arrarylist of size ZipRunApplication. when you write in edittext then in textchnage listener get tag value and convert to int. This value will tell you for which position in arraylist you are writing . then in that position of arraylist set Integer.parseInt(editTextString).

Four tips:
1 - Here we get the childs by the parent:
for (int i = 0; i < mLinearLayout.getChildCount(); i++) {
if (mLinearLayout.getChildAt(i) instanceof LinearLayout) {
LinearLayout ll = (LinearLayout) mLinearLayout.getChildAt(i);
for (int j = 0; j < ll.getChildCount(); j++) {
if (ll.getChildAt(j) instanceof EditText) {
ll.getChildAt(j).setOnFocusChangeListener(this);
}
}
}
}
2 - Don't forget to parse the data you try to receive:
Integer.parseInt(mFocusedEditText.getText().toString());
3 - note:
view.setTag() <-> View.getTag()
4 - And last but not least: In terms of readability, maintainability and performance you will get to a point soon, where a ListView- or RecyclerView will fit your needs MUCH better (so keep in mind: the above coding isn't a proper solution, even if it works).
ListView and
RecyclerView

Displaying list values with each button click

How can i display list items on each button click. Lets say there are 4 names in the list. When I press next it displays the first name. Then when you press next it displays the second name and so on.
The only way I think is using the list.get() method. however I dont know how to use the method so that it knows how many values there are in the list and displaying then on each button hit. I think i need to use for method however I hadnt had any luck with it.
public class ZaidimasActivity extends ZaidejaiActivity {
public TextView mPlayer;
public TextView mKlausimas;
public Button mNext;
public Button mBack;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_zaidimas);
/** //get the player list from ZaidejaiActivity
Bundle recdData = getIntent().getExtras();
String myVal = recdData.getString("playerList"); */
Intent zaidejuInfo = getIntent();
Bundle extrasBundle = zaidejuInfo.getExtras();
final ArrayList<String> players = extrasBundle.getStringArrayList("playerList");
//show the first players name
mPlayer = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.ZaidejoVardas);
players.size();
mPlayer.setText(players.get(0));
mNext = (Button)findViewById(R.id.KitasBtn);
mNext.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
mPlayer.setText(players.get(1));
}
});
mBack = (Button)findViewById(R.id.GryztiMeniuBtn);
mBack.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Intent gryztiMeniu = new Intent(ZaidimasActivity.this, ZaidejaiActivity.class);
startActivity(gryztiMeniu);
}
});
}

Here you go, maintain a variable for storing the global array index and increment it every time the button is clicked.
private int count = 0; // Global array index. Make it as class field
final ArrayList<String> players = extrasBundle.getStringArrayList("playerList");
mPlayer = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.ZaidejoVardas);
players.size();
mPlayer.setText(players.get(0));
mNext = (Button)findViewById(R.id.KitasBtn);
mNext.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
count++;
mPlayer.setText(players.get((count)%players.size())); //Incrementing global count and making sure it never exceeds the players list size
}
});

Text view if statement not working

Can anyone help me work out where I'm going wrong here. On the button click the media player plays one of the mfiles at random and I'm trying to set a textview depending on which file was played. Currently the setText if statements only match the audio playing half the time. Really not sure where I'm going wrong here.
private final int SOUND_CLIPS = 3;
private int mfile[] = new int[SOUND_CLIPS];
private Random rnd = new Random();
MediaPlayer mpButtonOne;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
mfile[0] = R.raw.one;
mfile[1] = R.raw.two;
mfile[2] = R.raw.three;
//Button setup
Button bOne = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
bOne.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
final TextView textOne = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1);
mpButtonOne = MediaPlayer.create(MainActivity.this, mfile[rnd.nextInt(SOUND_CLIPS)]);
if (mpButtonOne==null){
//display a Toast message here
return;
}
mpButtonOne.start();
if (mfile[rnd.nextInt(SOUND_CLIPS)] == mfile[0]){
textOne.setText("one");
}
if (mfile[rnd.nextInt(SOUND_CLIPS)] == mfile[1]){
textOne.setText("two");
}
if (mfile[rnd.nextInt(SOUND_CLIPS)] == mfile[2]){
textOne.setText("three");
}
mpButtonOne.setOnCompletionListener(new soundListener1());
{
}
So just to clarify the problem I am having is that the setText only matches the audio occasionally, not on every click. The rest of the time it displays the wrong text for the wrong audio.

You are choosing another random file
mfile[rnd.nextInt(SOUND_CLIPS)]
set that to a variable in onClick() then check against that variable in your if statement
public void onClick(View v) {
int song = mfile[rnd.nextInt(SOUND_CLIPS)];
final TextView textOne = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1);
mpButtonOne = MediaPlayer.create(MainActivity.this, song);
if (song == mfile[0]){
textOne.setText("one");
}
Edit
To make it a member variable so you can use it anywhere in the class, just declare it outside of a method. Usually do this before onCreate() just so all member variables are in the same place and it makes your code more readable/manageable.
public class SomeClass extends Activity
{
int song;
public void onCreate()
{
// your code
}
then you can just initialize it in your onClick()
public void onClick(View v) {
song = mfile[rnd.nextInt(SOUND_CLIPS)];
final TextView textOne = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1);
mpButtonOne = MediaPlayer.create(MainActivity.this, song);