how to add a Custom adapter to listview in android

Question

This is my code to scan a near by bluetooth device but when i add a custom adapter to it it throwing an error..

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
ListView listDevicesFound;
Button btnScanDevice;
BluetoothAdapter bluetoothAdapter;
int REQUEST_CODE = 1;
MyAdapter adapter;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    btnScanDevice = (Button)findViewById(R.id.scan);
    bluetoothAdapter = BluetoothAdapter.getDefaultAdapter();
    listDevicesFound = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.list);
    listDevicesFound.setAdapter(adapter);
    CheckBlueToothState();
    btnScanDevice.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View arg0) {
            adapter.clear();
            if(bluetoothAdapter.startDiscovery())
            {
                Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(),"Scanning",     Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }


        }
    });

    registerReceiver(ActionFoundReceiver,new IntentFilter(BluetoothDevice.ACTION_FOUND));



}


@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy();unregisterReceiver(ActionFoundReceiver);
}
private void CheckBlueToothState()
{
    if (bluetoothAdapter == null)
    {
        Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(),"Bluetooth Not Supported",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

    }
    else
    {
        if (bluetoothAdapter.isEnabled())
        {
            if(bluetoothAdapter.isDiscovering())
            {
                Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(),"Bluetooth is currently in device discover process",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }
            else
            {
                Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(),"Bluetooth is Enabled",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                btnScanDevice.setEnabled(true);
            }
        }
        else
        {

            Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Bluetooth is not Enabled", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            Intent enableBtIntent = new Intent(BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_REQUEST_ENABLE);
            startActivityForResult(enableBtIntent, REQUEST_CODE);

        }
    }
}

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    if(requestCode == REQUEST_CODE)
    {
        CheckBlueToothState();
    }
}
private final BroadcastReceiver ActionFoundReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver(){

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {

        String action = intent.getAction();
        if(BluetoothDevice.ACTION_FOUND.equals(action)) {
            BluetoothDevice device = intent.getParcelableExtra(BluetoothDevice.EXTRA_DEVICE);
            adapter.add(device.getName() + "\n" + device.getAddress());
            adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
        }
    }};
   }

Custom adapter

public class MyAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<BlueDevices>

{
   Context context;
    int resources;
      ArrayList<BlueDevices> Devices = null;

     public MyAdapter(Context context, int resource,ArrayList<BlueDevices>      Devices) {
    super(context, resource, Devices);
    this.context=context;
    this.resources=resource;
    this.Devices=Devices;
}

@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    TextView textView = new TextView(getContext());
    BlueDevices item = getItem(position);
    textView.setTextColor(Color.BLACK);
    textView.setText(item.Name+" : "+item.Mac +"  date :"+item.getDateFormatted());
    return textView;
}
public List<BlueDevices> getAllItem() {

    List<BlueDevices> result = new ArrayList<>();
    for (int i = 0; i < getCount(); i++) {
        Log.e("fef", "getAllItem: " );
        result.add(getItem(i));
    }
    return result;
}

}

BlueDevice:

public class BlueDevices {
public String Name;
public String Mac;
public Date date;

public BlueDevices(String Name)
{
    this.Name=Name;
    this.Mac=Mac;
    this.date=date;

}
private SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy");

public String getDateFormatted() {
    if (date == null){
        return " no date ";
    }
    return format.format(date);
}
}

this line throwing an error adapter.add(device.getName() + "\n" + device.getAddress());

Possible duplicate of [Custom Adapter for List View](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8166497/custom-adapter-for-list-view) — Sabish.M, Sep 03 '16 at 07:43
you didnt intialize your `adapter`. Initialize it before setting the `listDevicesFound(setAdapter)`. as `adapter = new MyAdapter(this, your resouse id , your list` — M.Waqas Pervez, Sep 03 '16 at 07:57

Rahul Mandaliya · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-03T10:22:50.653

0

There are many problems in your code.

 Change in Bean file BlueDevices

change constructor to take two arguments.

public BlueDevices(String Name, String Mac)
{
    this.Name=Name;
    this.Mac=Mac;
}
you no need to set data because you already created method to get data. 
change in onCreate method in activity class

In your adapter class constructor take three arguments.

MyAdapter(Context context, int resource,ArrayList<BlueDevices> Devices);

so you have context that get from getApplicationContext(), resource is your layout and Devices is arraylist of your bean class. for that you have to create one layout in your res/layout and one ArrayList with bean typecase.

        ArrayList<BlueDevices> list = new ArrayList<>();

add your all devices in to this list using.
        list.add(new BlueDevices("Device1","ASDF234SDFSADF"));
        list.add(new BlueDevices("Device2","GSDFG34SAF32DF"));

Now create object of adapter class

        MyAdapter adapter = new MyAdapter(getApplicationContext(),R.layout.list_items,list);

set this adapter to your ListView using

        listview.setAdapter(adapter);

Now create method in adapter class

        public BlueDevices getDevices(int position) {return Devices.get(position);}

Add getter method in BlueDevices

        public String getName(){
            return Name;
        }
        public String getMac(){
            return Mac;
        }

Get devices list from adapter in list onItemClickListener

        BlueDevices bean = adapter.getDevices(position);
        String name = bean.getName();
        String mac = bean.getMac();

edited Sep 03 '16 at 10:22

answered Sep 03 '16 at 08:12

Rahul Mandaliya

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but in list.add it will show the devices what we have add i need the devices from adapter – Faiz Mir Sep 03 '16 at 08:25
where to add on click listener – Faiz Mir Sep 03 '16 at 10:29
after listDevicesFound.setAdater – Rahul Mandaliya Sep 03 '16 at 10:31
the button i have created like scan..in scan onclicklistener ihave to add ? – Faiz Mir Sep 03 '16 at 10:32
to get data from adapter you must have position of the object(clicked item), and according to that index you can get the data. using onclick event in button not useful, so you must implement itemonclick listener – Rahul Mandaliya Sep 03 '16 at 10:36
dude i need when user click that scan button the scaned details will display in listview through custom adapter – Faiz Mir Sep 03 '16 at 10:47
wow, so you can add dynamically data into adapter, first of all add new data into list using list.add() and notify adapter using adapter.notifyDataSetChanged() – Rahul Mandaliya Sep 03 '16 at 11:42

how to add a Custom adapter to listview in android

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