Excuse my noobness. I just don't understand how to implement it to work with my code. What I'm doing is editing a name that's in a list view. When editing the name in "EditDeleteList" and get back to the previous activity (ListView) to see the name updated within the list view, nothing happens. I have to go out of the activity completely to see the change reflected. How do I get this to update? I implement an onActivityReult() method but then get this error message "java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke interface method 'int java.util.List.size()' on a null object reference" so I removed it completely. How I could get the list view to update without getting that error message?
ListView.Java
public class ListView extends AppCompatActivity {
private static final String TAG = "ListView";
DatabaseHelper mDatabaseHelper;
Button btnAdd;
private EditText editText;
private android.widget.ListView listView;
@Override
protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_list_view);
mDatabaseHelper = new DatabaseHelper(this);
btnAdd = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnAdd);
editText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText);
listView = (android.widget.ListView) findViewById(R.id.lv);
ArrayList<String> list = getIntent().getStringArrayListExtra("myList");
android.widget.ListView lv = (android.widget.ListView) findViewById(R.id.lv);
ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, list);
lv.setAdapter(adapter);
//Takes user back to the main activity
ImageView ivBack = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.ivBackArrow);
ivBack.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Log.d(TAG, "onClick: pressed back arrow");
Intent intent = new Intent(ListView.this, MainActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
btnAdd.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
String newEntry = editText.getText().toString();
if (editText.length() != 0) {
addData(newEntry);
editText.setText("");
} else {
toastMessage("you must put something in the text field");
}
}
});
populateListView();
}
public void addData(String newEntry) {
boolean insertData = mDatabaseHelper.addData(newEntry);
if (insertData) {
toastMessage("Successfully inserted");
recreate();
} else {
toastMessage("Whoops, something went wrong");
}
}
private void toastMessage(String message) {
Toast.makeText(this, message, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
private void populateListView() {
Log.d(TAG, "populateListView: displaying data in the listview");
//get data and append to list
Cursor data = mDatabaseHelper.getData();
ArrayList<String> listData = new ArrayList<>();
while(data.moveToNext()) {
//get the value from the database in column 1
//set it to the arraylist
listData.add(data.getString(1));
}
//create arraylist and set it to the adapter
ListAdapter adapter = new ArrayAdapter<>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, listData);
listView.setAdapter(adapter);
//set onclick listen to edit activity
listView.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int position, long id) {
String name = adapterView.getItemAtPosition(position).toString();
Log.d(TAG, "onItemClick: you clicked on " + name);
Cursor data = mDatabaseHelper.getItemID(name); //get the id associated with that name
int itemID = -1;
while (data.moveToNext()) {
itemID = data.getInt(0);
}
if (itemID > -1) {
Log.d(TAG, "onItemID: the ID is: " + itemID);
Intent editScreenIntent = new Intent(ListView.this, EditDeleteList.class);
editScreenIntent.putExtra("id",itemID);
editScreenIntent.putExtra("name",name);
startActivity(editScreenIntent);
} else {
toastMessage("No ID found");
}
}
});
}
}
EditDeleteList.java
public class EditDeleteList extends AppCompatActivity {
private static final String TAG = "EditDeleteList";
DatabaseHelper mDatabaseHelper;
private ImageView ivDelete;
private ImageView ivApprove;
private EditText editHashtag;
private String selectedName;
private int selectedID;
@Override
protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_edit_delete);
mDatabaseHelper = new DatabaseHelper(this);
editHashtag = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editHashtag);
ivDelete = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.ivDelete);
ivApprove = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.ivApprove);
//get the intent extra from the ListView activity
final Intent receivedIntent = getIntent();
//get item ID passed as an extra
selectedID = receivedIntent.getIntExtra("id", -1);
//get name passed as an extra
selectedName = receivedIntent.getStringExtra("name");
//set text field to selected item text
editHashtag.setText(selectedName);
ivApprove.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
String item = editHashtag.getText().toString();
if (!item.equals(null)) {
mDatabaseHelper.updateName(item, selectedID, selectedName);
} else {
toastMessage("you must enter a #hashtag");
}
finish();
}
});
}
private void toastMessage(String message) {
Toast.makeText(this, message, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
In the EditDeleteList.java I have an onClickListener that saves the changes and goes back to the previous activity by using finish();
ivApprove.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
String item = editHashtag.getText().toString();
if (!item.equals(null)) {
mDatabaseHelper.updateName(item, selectedID, selectedName);
} else {
toastMessage("you must enter a #hashtag");
}
finish();
}
});