Lists and Adapters
[top] Duration
90 minutes.
[top] Outline
Android apps often have to deal with data, and frequently large amounts of it as well. Think an email client, opening up a mailbox of tens of thousands of emails. Given that the screen itself is rather small, and network connection often limited, the intelligence of how to efficiently handle large data sets on the screen is crucial to many apps. To help with that, Android offers a number of selection widgets, such as a list view. It also provides for a management of data that such widget display in a form of adapters. In this module, you will learn how to work with Lists and Adapters. Topics covered include:
- Overview of selection widgets
- Working with lists
- Working with adapters
- Implementing a list view and connecting it with an adapter
- Creating custom item views
- Creating custom view bindings