IndexOutOfBoundException on filtering SimpleAdapter

Question

I sub classed SimpleAdapter to add some extra functionality to it, like changing background color, custom views and filtering. The background thing is working out g

Answer 1

No need to add filter and bindView methods, only make sure for getView:

@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    View v = super.getView(position, convertView, parent);

    if(position%2!=0) {
        v.setBackgroundColor(Color.DKGRAY);
    }
    else {
        v.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK);
    }

    return v;
}