Convert ArrayList to String array in Android

Question

I have a ArrayList that contains values in the form [ann,john]. I want to convert this ArrayList into a String array in the form {\"ann\",\"john\"}.

How should I do

Answer 1

Well in general:

List<String> names = new ArrayList<String>();
names.add("john");
names.add("ann");

String[] namesArr = new String[names.size()];
for (int i = 0; i < names.size(); i++) {
    namesArr[i] = names.get(i);  
}

Or better yet, using built in:

List<String> names = new ArrayList<String>();
String[] namesArr = names.toArray(new String[names.size()]);