Simple ListView Tutorial

Simple ListView Android

Today we will learn how to create a Simple ListView in Android. The ListView is a view group that displays a list of vertical scrollable items. We will create a
ListView that allows users to scroll the list, and on ListView item click will show results on a new activity using an intent method.

Android Simple Listview

ListView is a groups of several items and display them in vertical / Horizontal scrollable list.List items inserted to the list using an Adapter that gets the data from a source such as an array or database.


First, Create a new project in Android Studio, select File > New > New Project. Fill in the details and name your project SimpleListView.

Application Name : SimpleListView
Project Name : SimpleListView
Package Name : com.stacklearning.simplelistview

Open layout file :

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

<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"

    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"

    android:layout_width="match_parent"

    android:layout_height="match_parent"

    tools:context="com.stacklearning.simplelistview.MainActivity">

    <ListView

        android:id="@+id/list"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_width="match_parent">

    </ListView>

</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>

Open your MainActivity.java and paste the following code.

package com.stacklearning.simplelistview;




import android.os.Bundle;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;

import android.view.View;

import android.widget.AdapterView;

import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;

import android.widget.ListView;

import android.widget.Toast;




import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;




public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {




    ListView listView;




    List<String> listValue;




    @Override

    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list);




        listValue = new ArrayList<>();

        listValue.add("First Row List View");

        listValue.add("Second Row List View");

        listValue.add("Third Row List View");

        listValue.add("Forth Row List View");

        listValue.add("Fifth Row List View");

        listValue.add("Sixth Row List View");

        listValue.add("Seventh Row List View");







        ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,

                android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, android.R.id.text1, listValue);







        listView.setAdapter(adapter);




        // ListView Item Click Listener

        listView.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {




            @Override

            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,

                                    int position, long id) {




                int itemPosition = position;




                String itemValue = (String) listView.getItemAtPosition(position);

                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),

                        "Position clicked:" + itemPosition + "  List Item is : " + itemValue, Toast.LENGTH_LONG)

                        .show();




            }

        });

    }

}

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