How to add text to the ListView in Android

Hello frineds

This post will help you  to  add items to the Listview in android

Here is the output

Android comes with ListView Widget

There is two way to add item(String) to the list view

1^st:

 Add String Array resource  in string.xml

Here is my string.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<resources>

    <string name="hello">Hello World, ListviewExampleActivity!</string>

    <string name="app_name">ListviewExample</string>

    <string-array name="ListItem">

        <item >Red</item>

        <item >Green</item>

        <item >Blue</item>

        <item >Yellow</item>

        <item >Cyan</item>

       

    </string-array>

</resources>

Now add  android:entries=”@array/ListItem” to the ListView Widget

Here is my main.xml file

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    android:layout_width="fill_parent"

    android:layout_height="fill_parent"

    android:orientation="vertical" >

  

    <ListView

        android:id="@+id/listView1"

        android:layout_width="match_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:entries="@array/ListItem">

    </ListView>

</LinearLayout>

2^nd way

Create ArrayAdapter  having String Array resource and set it to the Listview

Here is my ListView.java Activity

package com.bp.listview;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;

import android.widget.ListView;

public class ListviewExampleActivity extends Activity {

ListView l;

    

    @Override

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.main);

       String  arr[]={"Red","Green","Blue","Yellow","Cyan"};

      l=(ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView1);

  ArrayAdapter<String> adapter=new ArrayAdapter<String>(getApplicationContext(), android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, arr);

  l.setAdapter(adapter);

  

        

    }

}

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