I have a custom list adapter:
class ResultsListAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<RecordItem> {
in the overridden 'getView' method I do a print to check what position is and whether it is a convertView or not:
@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
System.out.println("getView " + position + " " + convertView);
The output of this (when the list is first displayed, no user input as yet)
04-11 16:24:05.860: INFO/System.out(681): getView 0 null
04-11 16:24:29.020: INFO/System.out(681): getView 1 android.widget.RelativeLayout@43d415d8
04-11 16:25:48.070: INFO/System.out(681): getView 2 android.widget.RelativeLayout@43d415d8
04-11 16:25:49.110: INFO/System.out(681): getView 3 android.widget.RelativeLayout@43d415d8
04-11 16:25:49.710: INFO/System.out(681): getView 0 android.widget.RelativeLayout@43d415d8
04-11 16:25:50.251: INFO/System.out(681): getView 1 null
04-11 16:26:01.300: INFO/System.out(681): getView 2 null
04-11 16:26:02.020: INFO/System.out(681): getView 3 null
04-11 16:28:28.091: INFO/System.out(681): getView 0 null
04-11 16:37:46.180: INFO/System.out(681): getView 1 android.widget.RelativeLayout@43cff8f0
04-11 16:37:47.091: INFO/System.out(681): getView 2 android.widget.RelativeLayout@43cff8f0
04-11 16:37:47.730: INFO/System.out(681): getView 3 android.widget.RelativeLayout@43cff8f0
AFAIK, though I couldn't find it stated explicitly, getView() is only called for visible rows. Since my app starts with four visible rows at least the position numbers cycling from 0-3 makes sense. But the rest is a mess:
Why is getview called for each row four times?
Where are these convertViews coming from when I haven't scrolled yet?
I did a bit of reseach, and without getting a good answer, I did notice that people were associating this issue with layout issues. So in case, here's the layout that contains the list:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView android:id="@+id/pageDetails"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<ListView android:id="@+id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:drawSelectorOnTop="false" />
</LinearLayout>
and the layout of each individual row:
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="108dp"
android:padding="4dp">
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/thumb"
android:layout_width="120dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
android:src="@drawable/loading" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/price"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="18dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="@id/thumb"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:singleLine="true" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/date"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="18dp"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:paddingRight="4dp"
android:singleLine="true" />
<TextView
android:id="@+id/title"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="17dp"
android:layout_toRightOf="@id/thumb"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:paddingRight="4dp"
android:layout_alignWithParentIfMissing="true"
android:gravity="center" />
Thank you for your time
