java.lang.Object | |||||
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↳ | android.content.ContextWrapper | ||||
↳ | android.view.ContextThemeWrapper | ||||
↳ | android.app.Activity | ||||
↳ | android.app.ExpandableListActivity |
An activity that displays an expandable list of items by binding to a data source implementing the ExpandableListAdapter, and exposes event handlers when the user selects an item.
ExpandableListActivity hosts a
ExpandableListView
object that can
be bound to different data sources that provide a two-levels of data (the
top-level is group, and below each group are children). Binding, screen
layout, and row layout are discussed in the following sections.
Screen Layout
ExpandableListActivity has a default layout that consists of a single,
full-screen, centered expandable list. However, if you desire, you can
customize the screen layout by setting your own view layout with
setContentView() in onCreate(). To do this, your own view MUST contain an
ExpandableListView object with the id "@android:id/list" (or
list
if it's in code)
Optionally, your custom view can contain another view object of any type to display when the list view is empty. This "empty list" notifier must have an id "android:empty". Note that when an empty view is present, the expandable list view will be hidden when there is no data to display.
The following code demonstrates an (ugly) custom screen layout. It has a list with a green background, and an alternate red "no data" message.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:paddingLeft="8dp" android:paddingRight="8dp"> <ExpandableListView android:id="@id/android:list" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:background="#00FF00" android:layout_weight="1" android:drawSelectorOnTop="false"/> <TextView android:id="@id/android:empty" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:background="#FF0000" android:text="No data"/> </LinearLayout>
Row Layout
TheExpandableListAdapter
set in the ExpandableListActivity
via setListAdapter(ExpandableListAdapter)
provides the View
s
for each row. This adapter has separate methods for providing the group
View
s and child View
s. There are a couple provided
ExpandableListAdapter
s that simplify use of adapters:
SimpleCursorTreeAdapter
and SimpleExpandableListAdapter
.
With these, you can specify the layout of individual rows for groups and
children in the list. These constructor takes a few parameters that specify
layout resources for groups and children. It also has additional parameters
that let you specify which data field to associate with which object in the
row layout resource. The SimpleCursorTreeAdapter
fetches data from
Cursor
s and the SimpleExpandableListAdapter
fetches data
from List
s of Map
s.
Android provides some standard row layout resources. These are in the
R.layout
class, and have names such as simple_list_item_1,
simple_list_item_2, and two_line_list_item. The following layout XML is the
source for the resource two_line_list_item, which displays two data
fields,one above the other, for each list row.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical"> <TextView android:id="@+id/text1" android:textSize="16sp" android:textStyle="bold" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"/> <TextView android:id="@+id/text2" android:textSize="16sp" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"/> </LinearLayout>
You must identify the data bound to each TextView object in this layout. The syntax for this is discussed in the next section.
Binding to Data
You bind the ExpandableListActivity's ExpandableListView object to data using
a class that implements the
ExpandableListAdapter
interface.
Android provides two standard list adapters:
SimpleExpandableListAdapter
for static data (Maps), and
SimpleCursorTreeAdapter
for
Cursor query results.
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Get the ExpandableListAdapter associated with this activity's
ExpandableListView.
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Get the activity's expandable list view widget.
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Gets the ID of the currently selected group or child.
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Gets the position (in packed position representation) of the currently
selected group or child.
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Override this for receiving callbacks when a child has been clicked.
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Updates the screen state (current list and other views) when the
content changes.
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Override this to populate the context menu when an item is long pressed.
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Override this for receiving callbacks when a group has been collapsed.
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Override this for receiving callbacks when a group has been expanded.
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Provide the adapter for the expandable list.
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Sets the selection to the specified child.
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Sets the selection to the specified group.
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Ensures the expandable list view has been created before Activity restores all
of the view states.
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From class android.view.ContextThemeWrapper
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From class android.content.ContextWrapper
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From interface android.content.ComponentCallbacks
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From interface android.view.KeyEvent.Callback
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From interface android.view.LayoutInflater.Factory
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From interface android.view.View.OnCreateContextMenuListener
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From interface android.view.Window.Callback
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From interface android.widget.ExpandableListView.OnChildClickListener
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From interface android.widget.ExpandableListView.OnGroupCollapseListener
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From interface android.widget.ExpandableListView.OnGroupExpandListener
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Get the ExpandableListAdapter associated with this activity's ExpandableListView.
Get the activity's expandable list view widget. This can be used to get the selection, set the selection, and many other useful functions.
Gets the ID of the currently selected group or child.
Gets the position (in packed position representation) of the currently
selected group or child. Use
getPackedPositionType(long)
,
getPackedPositionGroup(long)
, and
getPackedPositionChild(long)
to unpack the returned
packed position.
Override this for receiving callbacks when a child has been clicked.
Callback method to be invoked when a child in this expandable list has been clicked.
parent | The ExpandableListView where the click happened |
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v | The view within the expandable list/ListView that was clicked |
groupPosition | The group position that contains the child that was clicked |
childPosition | The child position within the group |
id | The row id of the child that was clicked |
Updates the screen state (current list and other views) when the content changes.
Override this to populate the context menu when an item is long pressed. menuInfo
will contain an ExpandableListView.ExpandableListContextMenuInfo
whose packedPosition is a packed position
that should be used with getPackedPositionType(long)
and
the other similar methods.
Called when a context menu for the view
is about to be shown.
Unlike onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu)
, this will be called every
time the context menu is about to be shown and should be populated for
the view (or item inside the view for AdapterView
subclasses,
this can be found in the menuInfo
)).
Use onContextItemSelected(android.view.MenuItem)
to know when an
item has been selected.
It is not safe to hold onto the context menu after this method returns. Called when the context menu for this view is being built. It is not safe to hold onto the menu after this method returns.
menu | The context menu that is being built |
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v | The view for which the context menu is being built |
menuInfo | Extra information about the item for which the context menu should be shown. This information will vary depending on the class of v. |
Override this for receiving callbacks when a group has been collapsed.
groupPosition | The group position that was collapsed |
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Override this for receiving callbacks when a group has been expanded.
groupPosition | The group position that was expanded |
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Provide the adapter for the expandable list.
Sets the selection to the specified child. If the child is in a collapsed group, the group will only be expanded and child subsequently selected if shouldExpandGroup is set to true, otherwise the method will return false.
groupPosition | The position of the group that contains the child. |
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childPosition | The position of the child within the group. |
shouldExpandGroup | Whether the child's group should be expanded if it is collapsed. |
Sets the selection to the specified group.
groupPosition | The position of the group that should be selected. |
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Ensures the expandable list view has been created before Activity restores all of the view states.
state | the data most recently supplied in onSaveInstanceState(Bundle) . |
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