Return empty row in Custom ArrayAdapter?

Question

when my ListView is being filled by a custom Array Adapter, I check for a certain parameter in the current list item, and if it is false, I want to return an empty row. At the moment, I am doing this by inflating an empty xml file, but that creates ugly list item dividers when a number of items should not be shown, and is obviously not the best way ;-)!

    if (list.get(position).equals("i-dont-want-this-in-the-list-view")){
        View empty=inflater.inflate(R.layout.empty_row, parent, false);
        return(empty);
    }

I have tried to return "null", but it clearly expects a View to be returned. Is there anything I could do without having to filter the list that is being used for the ListView beforehand (I want to keep it intact as I am doing other things with it, too).

Thanks,

Nick

user705142 · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-11 01:44:38Z

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To fix the issue of line dividers, remove the line dividers from the ListView and put your own in inside the individual items.

answered Jun 11, 2011 at 1:44

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Nick Over a year ago

Wow, that's an awesome - but at the same time very obvious - suggestion. I feel stupid for not having thought of this myself. Thanks very much!

patrics Over a year ago

solved the issue by using code from stackoverflow.com/questions/1914477/…

Pentium10 · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-28 18:05:28Z

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Inflate a View and setVisibility to VIEW.GONE

answered May 28, 2010 at 18:05

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Nick Over a year ago

Thanks for your answer! Your suggestion doesn't stop the gray list-item dividers from piling up when a lot of items in a list are being hidden with VIEW.GONE (which is what I wanted to do), but i guess there isn't a way to do this :-/...

lx222 · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-01 11:24:56Z

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What's about:

@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
{
   //use a global Array to set the rows visible/hidden and return empty rows
   if(disArray[position] == false) return new View(getContext()); 

   ... // continue with your getView() implementation
   return convertView;
}

to update the ListView use

adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();

edited Feb 1, 2013 at 11:24

answered Feb 1, 2013 at 11:18

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Pedantic · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-11 02:34:39Z

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What're in the rows that aren't empty? Images can be replaced by empty, transparent pngs and text views can be set to "", etc.

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Zoombie · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-18 13:02:56Z

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View.Gone will give u empty list row. try using layout params and set to zero value like this:

FrameLayout.LayoutParams layoutParams = new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(0,0); viewholder.programRow.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);

Layoutparams should be used as according to parent viewgroup used

answered Jul 18, 2011 at 13:02

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