Why is the item not removed from the adapter?

Question

I am trying to remove an item from an adapter. I am getting an exception when I click delete icon on screen.

Here is my code:

public class MainApplication extends Activity {

    String name[] = {"naveen","parveen","deepak"};
    String item;
    Object mActionMode;

    private ArrayAdapter arrayAdapter;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.listview_application);
        ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list_view);
        arrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter(this,
                android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, name);
        listView.setAdapter(arrayAdapter);
        listView.setOnItemLongClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemLongClickListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onItemLongClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
                item = name[position];
                if(mActionMode!=null){
                    return  false;
                }
                mActionMode = MainApplication.this.startActionMode(mactionMode);
                return true;
            }
        });


    }
    private ActionMode.Callback mactionMode = new ActionMode.Callback() {
        @Override
        public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
            mode.setTitle(item);
            MenuInflater menuInflater = mode.getMenuInflater();
            menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.menu,menu);
            return true;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {

            return false;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onActionItemClicked(ActionMode mode, MenuItem ite) {
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"HH",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            switch (ite.getItemId()){
                case R.id.detlte_item :
                    arrayAdapter.remove(item);
                    arrayAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
                    mode.finish();
                    return  true;
                default:
                    return false;

            }
        }

        @Override
        public void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode mode) {
            mActionMode = null;
        }
    };

}

I am getting an error in these lines in onActionItemClicked:

 arrayAdapter.remove(item);
 arrayAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
 mode.finish();

Why am I getting this error?

08-27 10:09:35.621  16245-16245/com.example.naveen.listviewapp E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    Process: com.example.naveen.listviewapp, PID: 16245
    java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
            at java.util.AbstractList.remove(AbstractList.java:638)
            at java.util.AbstractList$SimpleListIterator.remove(AbstractList.java:75)
            at java.util.AbstractCollection.remove(AbstractCollection.java:229)
            at android.widget.ArrayAdapter.remove(ArrayAdapter.java:244)
            at com.example.naveen.listviewapp.MainApplication$2.onActionItemClicked(MainApplication.java:65)
            at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView$ActionModeCallbackWrapper.onActionItemClicked(PhoneWindow.java:2755)
            at com.android.internal.view.StandaloneActionMode.onMenuItemSelected(StandaloneActionMode.java:133)
            at com.android.internal.view.menu.MenuBuilder.dispatchMenuItemSelected(MenuBuilder.java:741)
            at com.android.internal.view.menu.MenuItemImpl.invoke(MenuItemImpl.java:152)
            at com.android.internal.view.menu.MenuBuilder.performItemAction(MenuBuilder.java:884)
            at com.android.internal.view.menu.MenuBuilder.performItemAction(MenuBuilder.java:874)
            at com.android.internal.view.menu.ActionMenuView.invokeItem(ActionMenuView.java:546)
            at com.android.internal.view.menu.ActionMenuItemView.onClick(ActionMenuItemView.java:115)
            at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4456)
            at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:18465)
            at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:733)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5086)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:785)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:601)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

instead of removing it from adapter. you need to remove it from your array — karan, Aug 27 '15 at 04:49
Have you tried to change your String name[] to ArrayList? Allows operations like remove which isn't available in static Array — Want2bExpert, Aug 27 '15 at 04:49

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 27 '15 at 04:48

I think its because you are using a fixed size array. You should use ArrayList. Change type of name to ArrayList<String>

   private ArrayList<String> name;

In your code add this function.

private ArrayList<String> getItems() {
 name = new ArrayList<String>();
 name.add("naveen");
 name.add("parveen");
 name.add("deepak");
 return name;
}

And in onCreate

 @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.listview_application);

        name = getItems();
        ... //remaining code
        }

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 27 '15 at 05:39

0

Your String item can not cast to ArrayAdapter Item. You need remove item from Array source.

name= ArrayUtils.removeElement(name,item);
arrayAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
mode.finish();

edited Aug 27 '15 at 05:39

Iamat8

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answered Aug 27 '15 at 04:59

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Why is the item not removed from the adapter?

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