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Mobile Computing
Adapters, Dialogs

Lecture#08
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Lecture Contents
vAdapter
vSimpleCursorAdapter
vArrayAdapter
vDialog
vDialog Class
vDialog-themed Activity
vToasts
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Adapters
 Adapters are bridging classes that bind data to
Views (such as List Views) used in the user
interface.
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The adapter is responsible for

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1.Creating the child Views used to represent each

item within the parent View (say a ListView)
2.Providing access to the underlying data (say an
ArrayList)
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Simple Cursor Adapter

vAn easy adapter to map columns from a cursor
to TextViews or ImageViews
vYou can specify which columns you want, which
views you want to display the columns, and the
XML file that defines the appearance of these
views.
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Simple Cursor Adapte Example

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Simple Cursor Adapte Example

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ArrayAdapter
vThe Array Adapter uses generics to bind an
Adapter View to an array of objects of the
specified class
vBy default the Array Adapter uses the toString()
value of each object in the array to create and
populate Text Views
vAlternative constructors enable you to use more
complex layouts
vYou can even extend the class to use alternatives
to Text Views (to display data)
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ArrayAdapter Example
Steps Involved::::
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1.Layout Definitions
2.Adapter Class
3.Activity to show elements
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ArrayAdapter Example (Adapter Class)

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ArrayAdapter Example (Main Class)

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ArrayAdapter Example (row.xml)

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ArrayAdapter Example (main.xml)

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ArrayAdapter Example (Output)

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ArrayAdapter Complex Example

Steps Involved::::
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1.Layout Definitions
2.View Data Class
3.Adapter Class
4.Activity to show elements
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Layouts
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Data Class
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Student Adapter
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Main
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Dialogs
vDialog boxes are a common UI metaphor in
desktop, web, and mobile applications
vThey’re used to help users answer questions,
make selections, and confirm actions, and to
display warning or error messages
vDialog boxes in Android are partially
transparent, floating Activities that appear
upon activities that launch them
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Implementing Dialogs
There are three ways to implement a dialog in
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Android:
1.Using Dialog class
2.Dialog-themed Activity
3.Toasts
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Using Dialog Class or Its Extensions

vAndroid includes a number of specialist classes
that extend Dialog
vEach is designed to provide specific dialog-box
functionality
vDialog-class-based screen is constructed entirely
within its calling Activity, so it doesn’t need to
be registered in the manifest
vDialog’s life cycle is controlled entirely by the
calling Activity
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Dialog Creation
 Dialog d = new Dialog(MyActivity.this);
// Have the new window tint and blur the window it obscures.
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 Window window = d.getWindow();

 int flag =
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_BLUR_BEHIND;
window.setFlags(flag, flag);
d.setTitle("Dialog Title"); // Set title

d.setContentView(R.layout.dialog_view); // Inflate layout

// Find the TextView used in the layout and set its text value
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TextView text = (TextView)d.findViewById(R.id.dialog);

text.setText("This is the text in my dialog");

d.show();
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Dialog output
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final Context context = Main.this;

String title = "It is Pitch Black";

String message = "You are likely to be eaten by a ghost";

String button1String = "Go Back";

String button2String = "Move Forward";

AlertDialog.Builder ad = new AlertDialog.Builder(context);

ad.setTitle(title);

d.setMessage(message);

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 ad.setPositiveButton(button1String, new
DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
 public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int arg1) {
 //Do something positive
 }
 });

ad.setNegativeButton(button2String, new

DialogInterface.OnClickListener(){
 public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int arg1) {
 //Do something negative
 }
});

ad.show();
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Toast
vAndroid allows us to display a message without any
button like 'OK' or 'Cancel'
vIts helps us to display a short message in short time
ØCall Toast.makeText()
ØProvide necessary arguments
(Context, Message, Duration)
ØCall show() message to display toast
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Syntax/Example
vToast Syntax
Toast.makeText(Context, Message, Duration).show()

ToastExample:::::
Toast.makeText(MyActivity.this, “You have been

assigned a project”, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

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Custom Toast
Toast toast = new Toast(MyActivity.this);
TextView toastView = new TextView(MyActivity.this);

toastView.setText("Here goes your message");

toastView.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);

toastView.setTextColor(Color.RED);

toastView.setPadding(10,10,10,10);

toast.setView(toastView);

toast.setDuration(Toast.LENGTH_LONG);

toast.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER, 0, 0);

toast.show();
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Regular/Custom Toast