Two Custom ListViews inside an activity for larger displays

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Android 2.3.3

I have an activity where I display "Device's Contacts" in my custom view(imageview, 3 textboxes, checkbox) inside a ListView. What I want to do is, display two listviews with both showing alternate contacts (Splitting the listview into two) side by side. This is because, I want to utilize space on landscape mode of larger displays.

I haven't seen many questions on SO and somewhere I have read that, this approach will mess up scrolling of listviews and will get messy.

So, can someone explain why/how would it get messy and is there another way to use the space in larger displays in my scenario.

Thanks.

You could do this, but each ListView should be in it's own container. — ooops, May 24 '13 at 12:12
Okie... I will try it. Thank you. Do you have any example or link that would have implemented this? — Vamsi Challa, May 24 '13 at 12:13
let me google it for you http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3405211/how-to-use-multiple-listviews-in-a-single-activity-on-android — ooops, May 24 '13 at 12:18
@ooops I think your answer which was the first should be marked as an answer. Could you do your comment as an answer. — Vamsi Challa, May 24 '13 at 12:28

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 24 '13 at 12:18

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This sounds like exactly what the Building a Dynamic UI with Fragments android tutorial was designed to address.

As @ooops mentions you will need to put each ListView within its own container. In the tutorial I linked to, they accomplished this by using 2 Fragment instances, each that loaded different content. Whether you copy their example and use the <fragment> tab (admitidly I don't remember which API level that works on) or use a different container like a regular LinearLayout you should be able to acomplish this easily.

answered May 24 '13 at 12:18

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@Vamsi Challa if you will follow this way, don't forget to add compatibility package to make this work on your 2.3.3 http://mobile.tutsplus.com/tutorials/android/android-compatibility-working-with-fragments/ – ooops May 24 '13 at 12:20
That's right - I just checked the on an atrix running 2.3.6. It works but you need the support library. – Rarw May 24 '13 at 12:22

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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You could do this, but each ListView should be in it's own container. For examlple How to use multiple listviews in a single activity on android?

But be aware that @Rarw is more correct in the way of good programming practice. Fragments are recommended for such purpose.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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answered May 24 '13 at 12:32

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