Thanks man, I think that pretty much answers my questions. Now it's up to the implementation.
On Jul 7, 11:51 am, "Mark Murphy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > So are you saying I need to revert back to my original method of using > > a ListView with a custom adapter and add my "pre-list" content Views > > to the adapter itself? > > No, and I'm not sure, respectively. > > First, in terms of "need", I'm not saying you need to do anything. You > said you wanted a UI like the one screen in Android Market, and I > indicated how I would build it. It may be there is a way to achieve your > desired result from your current base. > > Second, I don't know what you mean by "'pre-list' content views" with > respect to my description. If you mean fixed items, like the logo pane or > the Open/Install pane in the Android Market screen, those are not in the > adapter because they are not in the scrolling list. If, on the other hand, > you're referring to various bits of things in the scrolling area (e.g., My > Rating versus user comments versus other entries in the Android Market > screen list), then yes, they would be returned as rows by the adapter. > > For example, Jeff Sharkey wrote up a post shortly before he was enGoogled, > demonstrating creating a ListView that looks like a UI for > SharedPreferences: > > http://jsharkey.org/blog/2008/08/18/separating-lists-with-headers-in-... > > His code probably still works, though it was for Android 0.9 and so your > kilometerage may vary. I have my own spin on his example, up to date for > Android 1.5, which you can download as part of the source code from: > > http://commonsware.com/AdvAndroid/ > > Both his and mine are focused on things that are mostly data, culled from > multiple adapters, with headings. I'd approach the Android Market scenario > a bit differently, but using the same underlying tools (e.g., > getViewTypeCount(), isEnabled()). > > Note to self: the Android Market scenario would be a nice example for a > future book revision... ;-) > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com > Android App Developer Books:http://commonsware.com/books.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
