How to add multiple header views in a ListView

Question

I\'ve a custom adapter for my ListView I want to add project names as the headers to my work requests. Adding a single header works just fine but I\'m not sure how

Answer 1

I achieved multiple header scenario using custom Section Adapter which is originally coded by CommonsWare, you can make section within listivew, like Books, Games and etc. check out below code.

Section Adapter:

package com.medplan.db;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.Adapter;
import android.widget.BaseAdapter;




abstract public class SectionedAdapter extends BaseAdapter {

    String TAG = "========SectionedAdapter============";

abstract protected View getHeaderView(String caption,
                                      int index,
                                      View convertView,
                                      ViewGroup parent);

private List
 sections=new ArrayList
();
private static int TYPE_SECTION_HEADER=0;

public SectionedAdapter() {
  super();
  sections.clear();


}

public void addSection(String caption, Adapter adapter) {

  sections.add(new Section(caption, adapter));
}


public void clear() {

    sections.clear();
    notifyDataSetChanged();
}


public Object getItem(int position) {
  for (Section section : this.sections) {
    if (position==0) {
      return(section);
    }

    int size=section.adapter.getCount()+1;

    if (position

Within Activity make Section adapter object,check out below code:

final SectionedAdapter adapter =new SectionedAdapter()
                {

                      protected View getHeaderView(String caption, int index, View convertView,ViewGroup parent) 
                      {

                        result=(TextView)convertView;

                        if (convertView==null) 
                        {
                          result=(TextView)getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.section_header,null);

                        }

                        result.setText(caption);
                       // temp=caption;
                       // ind=index;

                        return(result);
                      }
                    };

section_header.xml

Within Activity add section as many as you want like below:

Note: userPic & medPic are name of arraylist.

adapter.addSection("section first", new EfficientAdapter(getApplicationContext(),usersPic)); 


adapter.addSection("section second", new EfficientAdapter(getApplicationContext(),medPic));

listview.setAdapter(adapter);