Fantastic. listView.addHeaderView() works like a charm! It seems this usage was already thought of by folks more clever than myself. I guess it helps to know the API =)
Thanks Mark. On Apr 10, 11:57 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > craiget wrote: > > I'm running into difficulties overriding an ArrayAdapter to be > > displayed in a ListActivity. > > > The ArrayAdapter is filled asynchronously. > > > What I'm trying to do is add a special "sentinel" object that sits at > > the beginning of the list to show the progress of the computation. > > Try addHeaderView(). > > > My two guesses so far are: 1) When data is added asynchronously, > > something goes wrong with redrawing the list view. 2) I'm not > > correctly interpreting the "position" parameter of "getView()". > > > Any suggestions on why this doesn't work? > > You haven't indicated how you are adding stuff to the ArrayAdapter, and > your problem may lie in there. > > However, I would use addHeaderView() for this circumstance, or have your > "sentinel" live outside the ListView. Remember: even though you are > using a ListActivity, you can still specify your own layout. You need > the magic android:id for the ListView (@android:id/list) in that case. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0 Available! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
