Android ListView in Java with Example

This Android Program lets you create a List View Activity using Java.

Here is source code of the Program to create a List View Activity. The program is successfully compiled and run on a Windows system using Eclipse Ide. The program output is also shown below.

Main Activity

 
package com.example.creating_listview;
 
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
 
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        Button button = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
        button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
 
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                startActivity(new Intent("com.example.creating_listview.list"));    
            }
        });
    }
 
    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
        return true;
    }
 
    @Override
    protected void onPause() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onPause();
        finish();
    }
 
}

List

 
 package com.example.creating_listview;
 
import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
 
public class list extends ListActivity {
 
    String list_item[] = { "MainActivity", "FirstActivity", "SecondActivity" };
 
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
                android.R.layout.simple_expandable_list_item_1, list_item));
    }
 
    @Override
    protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);
        String open_class = list_item[position];
        try{
          Class selected = Class.forName("com.example.creating_listview."+open_class);
          Intent selected_activity = new Intent(this,selected);
          startActivity(selected_activity);
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        finally{
 
        }
 
    }
}

FirstActivity

 
 package com.example.creating_listview;
 
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
 
public class FirstActivity extends Activity{
 
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.first);
    }
 
}

SecondActivity

 
package com.example.creating_listview;
 
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
 
public class SecondActivity extends Activity{
 
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.second);
    }
 
}

Xml

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Main

 
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="40dp"
        android:text="A List View Activity"
        android:layout_marginTop="100dp"
        android:gravity="center_vertical|center_horizontal"
        android:textSize="30dp" />
 
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_marginBottom="88dp"
        android:text="Launch List View Activity" />
 
</RelativeLayout>

First

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" 
    android:background="@android:color/black">
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="50dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="60dp"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="First Activity"
        android:layout_marginRight="40dp"
        android:textColor="@android:color/holo_blue_dark"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
        android:textSize="60dp" />
 
</LinearLayout>

Second

 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" 
    android:background="@android:color/black">
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="50dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="60dp"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="Second Activity"
        android:layout_marginRight="40dp"
        android:textColor="@android:color/holo_blue_dark"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
        android:textSize="60dp" />
 
</LinearLayout>

AndroidManifest

 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.creating_listview"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >
 
    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
 
    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name="com.example.creating_listview.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>
        <activity
            android:name="com.example.creating_listview.list"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="com.example.creating_listview.list" />
 
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity
            android:name="com.example.creating_listview.FirstActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="com.example.creating_listview.FirstActivity" />
 
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        <activity
            android:name="com.example.creating_listview.SecondActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="com.example.creating_listview.SecondActivity" />
 
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
 
    </application>
 
</manifest>