Thanks for your answer. I'll change over to a CursorAdapter and see how things go.
On Feb 24, 10:30 am, skink <psk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Kookamonga wrote: > > I have what seems like a very basic question: how can I maintain the > > sorted state of a ListView as new items are added to the list? > > > I have a ListView that is populated from a database. Specifically, I > > query my database, create an ArrayList of items, and use a custom > > ArrayAdapter<MyType> as the adapter of the ListView. > > > Now, I understand that I can use ORDER BY in my db query when > > initially populating the list. But what about when new items are > > inserted? I also understand that I can call the .sort() method on the > > ArrayAdapter<...> passing in a Comparator... But does this mean that I > > have to call sort every time a new object is added to my database (and > > thus, my ListView is updated)? That doesn't seem right. > > > The answer here (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3496137/how-to- > > update-a-cursoradapter-tied-to-listview-when-number-of-items-changes) > > by JRL seems to indicate that using a CursorAdapter doesn't really > > solve the problem either. > > > I have searched around but not found an answer to this question. All > > I've found is help on how to sort in the first place, for example: > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa.... > > > What I need is something like a setSorter(...) method that's available > > on certain Eclipse Viewers. Does something like this exist? > > > Thanks as usual for your help! > > what you need is a CursorAdapter, nothing more > > pskink -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
