Learning Mobile App Development: A Hands-on Guide to Building Apps with iOS and Android

Add Delete Functionality

The final job associated with making the list work properly is to code the capability to delete a contact from the list (and the database). This functionality is primarily implemented in the custom adapter. However, because you don’t want the user to accidently delete a contact, the app provides a button to turn the delete functionality on and off. Four tasks need to be completed to implement the delete function:

1. Add a button to the activity contact_list layout.

2. Code a method to delete a contact from the database in ContactDataSource.

3. Code the custom adapter to delete a contact from the list and database.

4. Code the ContactListActivity to use the delete function of the adapter.

First, add the button to the layout ...