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Nibirue
Nibirue

Reputation: 411

How to edit default layout files in Android app

I've created a ListView in an activity in a java file. For this LIstView I call the android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1 layout view which is a default layout that I did not create myself. I want to create a custom layout in place of simple_list_item_1, but I don't want to have to start from scratch. How can I find this default layout so I can make slight edits to it? The reason I don't want to start from scratch is because all I really want to do is make the text size a bit smaller. If this is possible without editing the file (rather programmatically), then that answer would be fine too. Thanks!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2185

Answers (2)

Andrew Bilan
Andrew Bilan

Reputation: 23

I'm not sure that making changes to 

<android-sdk>/platforms/android-7/data/res/layout/simple_list_item_1.xml

is realy good idea.

I would rather apply changes to Android default layout in java code. Something like this (in your adapter):

public View getView( int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent ) 
{
    if ( null == convertView )
    {
        LayoutInflater layoutInflater = LayoutInflater.from( getContext( ) );
        convertView = layoutInflater.inflate( android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, null );
    }

    TextView textView = ( TextView ) convertView.findViewById( android.R.id.text1 );

    textView.setText( "Content ..." );
    // Set your font here ...

    return convertView;
}

Upvotes: 1

skynet
skynet

Reputation: 9908

The layout file you're looking for is located in

<android-sdk>/platforms/android-7/data/res/layout/simple_list_item_1.xml

Where <android-sdk> is where you installed the SDK.

Upvotes: 5

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