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

Create the Custom Adapter

A custom list item is of little use without a custom adapter. Custom adapters are always created as subclasses of another type of adapter that is the closest fit for the behavior needed. Create a new class called ContactAdapter in the com.example.mycontactlist source folder. Modify the class by adding the code in Listing 6.7.

Listing 6.7 ContactAdapter Code

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                                                                                  //1public class ContactAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Contact> {                                                                                  //2    private ArrayList<Contact> items;    private Context adapterContext;                                                                                  //3 ...