How Android ListView managing our content
and reconstruct scrolling culture in human history Typical User Behaviour :sees a list of items and scroll through them. ListView Behaviour : Individual list items can be selected Main_activity.java import android.os.Bundle; import android.app.Activity; import android.view.Menu; import android.widget.ArrayAdapter; import android.widget.ListView; public class MainActivity extends Activity { // Array of strings... String[] mobileArray = {"Android","IPhone","WindowsMobile","Blackberry", "WebOS","Ubuntu","Windows7","Max OS X"}; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main ); ArrayAdapter adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.activity_listview , mobileArray); ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.mobile_list ); listView.setAdapter(adapter); } } activity_main.xml <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:orientation="vertical" tools:context=".ListActivity" > <ListView android:id="@+id/mobile_list" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" > </ListView> </LinearLayout> strings.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <string name="app_name">ListViewApp</string> <string name="action_settings">Settings</string> </resources> activity_listview.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- Single List Item Design --> <TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/label" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:padding="10dip" android:textSize="16dip" android:textStyle="bold" > </TextView>