Reputation: 15070

What is "android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1"?

I've started learning Android development and am following a todolist example from a book:

// Create the array list of to do items
final ArrayList<String> todoItems = new ArrayList<String>();

// Create the array adapter to bind the array to the listView
final ArrayAdapter<String> aa;
aa = new ArrayAdapter<String>(  this, 
                                android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,
                                todoItems
                            );
myListView.setAdapter(aa);

I can't understand exactly this code especially this line:

android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1

Upvotes: 243

Answers (8)

Marcel Hofgesang

Reputation: 1040

I know this question has been answered.
Searching for this layout I wanted to see what this layout and others look like, so I decided to provide the appearances of your questioned layout and others.

Based on @Kevin Coppock's answer I picked some list item layouts.

All theses layouts are in the standard set of Android:

1. simple_list_item_1

2. simple_list_item_2

3. activity_list_item

4. simple_expandable_list_item_1

5. simple_expandable_list_item_2

6. simple_list_item_single_choice

7. simple_list_item_multiple_choice

8. simple_list_item_checked

Upvotes: 0

Swathieswari

Reputation: 111

android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, this is row layout file in your res/layout folder which contains the corresponding design for your row in listview. Now we just bind the array list items to the row layout by using mylistview.setadapter(aa);

Upvotes: 8

nikoo28

Reputation: 2971

This is a part of the android OS. Here is the actual version of the defined XML file.

simple_list_item_1:

<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@android:id/text1"
    style="?android:attr/listItemFirstLineStyle"
    android:paddingTop="2dip"
    android:paddingBottom="3dip"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

simple_list_item_2:

<TwoLineListItem xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:paddingTop="2dip"
    android:paddingBottom="2dip"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <TextView android:id="@android:id/text1"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        style="?android:attr/listItemFirstLineStyle"/>

    <TextView android:id="@android:id/text2"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@android:id/text1"
        style="?android:attr/listItemSecondLineStyle" />

</TwoLineListItem>

Upvotes: 37

Barry Holroyd

Reputation: 1105

Per Arvand:
Eclipse: Simply type android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1 somewhere in code, hold Ctrl, hover over simple_list_item_1, and from the dropdown that appears select Open declaration in layout/simple_list_item_1.xml. It'll direct you to the contents of the XML.

From there, if you then hover over the resulting simple_list_item_1.xml tab in the Editor, you'll see the file is located at C:\Data\applications\Android\android-sdk\platforms\android-19\data\res\layout\simple_list_item_1.xml (or equivalent location for your installation).

Upvotes: 5

Saber

Reputation: 5720

As mentioned by Klap "android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1 is a reference to an built-in XML layout document that is part of the Android OS"
All the layouts are located in: sdk\platforms\android-xx\data\res\layout
To view the XML of layout :
Eclipse: Simply type android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1 somewhere in code, hold Ctrl, hover over simple_list_item_1, and from the dropdown that appears select "Open declaration in layout/simple_list_item_1.xml". It'll direct you to the contents of the XML.
Android Studio: Project Window -> External Libraries -> Android X Platform -> res -> layout, and here you will see a list of available layouts.
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