How do I add and remove views such as TextViews from Android app like on the original stock Android contacts screen where you press a small icon on the right side of a field and it adds or deletes a field which consists of a TextView and an editTextView (from what I can see).
Any examples on how to achieve this?
ViewParents in general can't remove views, but ViewGroups can. You need to cast your parent to a ViewGroup (if it is a ViewGroup) to accomplish what you want.
For example:
View namebar = View.findViewById(R.id.namebar);
((ViewGroup) namebar.getParent()).removeView(namebar);
Note that all Layouts are ViewGroups.
I need the exact same feature described in this question. Here is my solution and source code: https://github.com/laoyang/android-dynamic-views. And you can see the video demo in action here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HeqyG6FDhQ
Basically you'll two xml layout files:
TextEdit, a Spinner and an ImageButton for deletion. In the Java code, you'll add and remove row views into the container dynamically, using inflate, addView, removeView, etc. There are some visibility control for better UX in the stock Android app. You need add a TextWatcher for the EditText view in each row: when the text is empty you need to hide the Add new button and the delete button. In my code, I wrote a void inflateEditRow(String) helper function for all the logic.
android:animateLayoutChanges="true" in xml to enable animationThe Java code of the main activity ( This explains all the logic, but quite a few properties are set in xml layout files, please refer to the Github source for complete solution):
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
// Parent view for all rows and the add button.
private LinearLayout mContainerView;
// The "Add new" button
private Button mAddButton;
// There always should be only one empty row, other empty rows will
// be removed.
private View mExclusiveEmptyView;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.row_container);
mContainerView = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.parentView);
mAddButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnAddNewItem);
// Add some examples
inflateEditRow("Xiaochao");
inflateEditRow("Yang");
}
// onClick handler for the "Add new" button;
public void onAddNewClicked(View v) {
// Inflate a new row and hide the button self.
inflateEditRow(null);
v.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
// onClick handler for the "X" button of each row
public void onDeleteClicked(View v) {
// remove the row by calling the getParent on button
mContainerView.removeView((View) v.getParent());
}
// Helper for inflating a row
private void inflateEditRow(String name) {
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
final View rowView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.row, null);
final ImageButton deleteButton = (ImageButton) rowView
.findViewById(R.id.buttonDelete);
final EditText editText = (EditText) rowView
.findViewById(R.id.editText);
if (name != null && !name.isEmpty()) {
editText.setText(name);
} else {
mExclusiveEmptyView = rowView;
deleteButton.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
}
// A TextWatcher to control the visibility of the "Add new" button and
// handle the exclusive empty view.
editText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
@Override
public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
// Some visibility logic control here:
if (s.toString().isEmpty()) {
mAddButton.setVisibility(View.GONE);
deleteButton.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
if (mExclusiveEmptyView != null
&& mExclusiveEmptyView != rowView) {
mContainerView.removeView(mExclusiveEmptyView);
}
mExclusiveEmptyView = rowView;
} else {
if (mExclusiveEmptyView == rowView) {
mExclusiveEmptyView = null;
}
mAddButton.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
deleteButton.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
}
@Override
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,
int after) {
}
@Override
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before,
int count) {
}
});
// Inflate at the end of all rows but before the "Add new" button
mContainerView.addView(rowView, mContainerView.getChildCount() - 1);
}
This is my general way:
View namebar = view.findViewById(R.id.namebar);
ViewGroup parent = (ViewGroup) namebar.getParent();
if (parent != null) {
parent.removeView(namebar);
}
Hi You can try this way by adding relative layout and than add textview in that.
LinearLayout.LayoutParams lp = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(
(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT), (LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
RelativeLayout relative = new RelativeLayout(getApplicationContext());
relative.setLayoutParams(lp);
TextView tv = new TextView(getApplicationContext());
tv.setLayoutParams(lp);
EditText edittv = new EditText(getApplicationContext());
edittv.setLayoutParams(lp);
relative.addView(tv);
relative.addView(edittv);
Just use myView.setVisibility(View.GONE); to remove it completely.
But if you want to reserve the occupied space inside its parent use myView.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
Add removeSelf to directly call on a view. If attached to a parent, it will be removed. This makes your code more declarative, and thus readable.
myView.removeSelf()
fun View?.removeSelf() {
this ?: return
val parent = parent as? ViewGroup ?: return
parent.removeView(this)
}
Here are 3 options for how to programmatically add a view to a ViewGroup.
// Built-in
myViewGroup.addView(myView)
// Reverse addition
myView.addTo(myViewGroup)
fun View?.addTo(parent: ViewGroup?) {
this ?: return
parent ?: return
parent.addView(this)
}
// Null-safe extension
fun ViewGroup?.addView(view: View?) {
this ?: return
view ?: return
addView(view)
}
ViewGroup class provides API for child views management in run-time, allowing to add/remove views as well.
Some other links on the subject:
Android, add new view without XML Layout
Android Runtime Layout Tutorial
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/LinearLayout.html
For Adding the Button
LinearLayout dynamicview = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.buttonlayout);
LinearLayout.LayoutParams lprams = new LinearLayout.LayoutParams( LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
Button btn = new Button(this);
btn.setId(count);
final int id_ = btn.getId();
btn.setText("Capture Image" + id_);
btn.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
btn.setBackgroundColor(Color.rgb(70, 80, 90));
dynamicview.addView(btn, lprams);
btn = ((Button) findViewById(id_));
btn.setOnClickListener(this);
For removing the button
ViewGroup layout = (ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.buttonlayout);
View command = layout.findViewById(count);
layout.removeView(command);
Hi First write the Activity class. The following class have a Name of category and small add button. When you press on add (+) button it adds the new row which contains an EditText and an ImageButton which performs the delete of the row.
package com.blmsr.manager;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ImageButton;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.ScrollView;
import android.widget.TableLayout;
import android.widget.TableRow;
import android.widget.TextView;
import com.blmsr.manager.R;
import com.blmsr.manager.dao.CategoryService;
import com.blmsr.manager.models.CategoryModel;
import com.blmsr.manager.service.DatabaseService;
public class CategoryEditorActivity extends Activity {
private final String CLASSNAME = "CategoryEditorActivity";
LinearLayout itsLinearLayout;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_category_editor);
itsLinearLayout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.linearLayout2);
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_category_editor, menu);
return true;
}
@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_delete:
deleteCategory();
return true;
case R.id.action_save:
saveCategory();
return true;
case R.id.action_settings:
return true;
default:
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
}
/**
* Adds a new row which contains the EditText and a delete button.
* @param theView
*/
public void addField(View theView)
{
itsLinearLayout.addView(tableLayout(), itsLinearLayout.getChildCount()-1);
}
// Using a TableLayout as it provides you with a neat ordering structure
private TableLayout tableLayout() {
TableLayout tableLayout = new TableLayout(this);
tableLayout.addView(createRowView());
return tableLayout;
}
private TableRow createRowView() {
TableRow tableRow = new TableRow(this);
tableRow.setPadding(0, 10, 0, 0);
EditText editText = new EditText(this);
editText.setWidth(600);
editText.requestFocus();
tableRow.addView(editText);
ImageButton btnGreen = new ImageButton(this);
btnGreen.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_delete);
btnGreen.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
btnGreen.setOnClickListener(anImageButtonListener);
tableRow.addView(btnGreen);
return tableRow;
}
/**
* Delete the row when clicked on the remove button.
*/
private View.OnClickListener anImageButtonListener = new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
TableRow anTableRow = (TableRow)v.getParent();
TableLayout anTable = (TableLayout) anTableRow.getParent();
itsLinearLayout.removeView(anTable);
}
};
/**
* Save the values to db.
*/
private void saveCategory()
{
CategoryService aCategoryService = DatabaseService.getInstance(this).getCategoryService();
aCategoryService.save(getModel());
Log.d(CLASSNAME, "successfully saved model");
Intent anIntent = new Intent(this, CategoriesListActivity.class);
startActivity(anIntent);
}
/**
* performs the delete.
*/
private void deleteCategory()
{
}
/**
* Returns the model object. It gets the values from the EditText views and sets to the model.
* @return
*/
private CategoryModel getModel()
{
CategoryModel aCategoryModel = new CategoryModel();
try
{
EditText anCategoryNameEditText = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.categoryNameEditText);
aCategoryModel.setCategoryName(anCategoryNameEditText.getText().toString());
for(int i= 0; i< itsLinearLayout.getChildCount(); i++)
{
View aTableLayOutView = itsLinearLayout.getChildAt(i);
if(aTableLayOutView instanceof TableLayout)
{
for(int j= 0; j< ((TableLayout) aTableLayOutView).getChildCount() ; j++ );
{
TableRow anTableRow = (TableRow) ((TableLayout) aTableLayOutView).getChildAt(i);
EditText anEditText = (EditText) anTableRow.getChildAt(0);
if(StringUtils.isNullOrEmpty(anEditText.getText().toString()))
{
// show a validation message.
//return aCategoryModel;
}
setValuesToModel(aCategoryModel, i + 1, anEditText.getText().toString());
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception anException)
{
Log.d(CLASSNAME, "Exception occured"+anException);
}
return aCategoryModel;
}
/**
* Sets the value to model.
* @param theModel
* @param theFieldIndexNumber
* @param theFieldValue
*/
private void setValuesToModel(CategoryModel theModel, int theFieldIndexNumber, String theFieldValue)
{
switch (theFieldIndexNumber)
{
case 1 :
theModel.setField1(theFieldValue);
break;
case 2 :
theModel.setField2(theFieldValue);
break;
case 3 :
theModel.setField3(theFieldValue);
break;
case 4 :
theModel.setField4(theFieldValue);
break;
case 5 :
theModel.setField5(theFieldValue);
break;
case 6 :
theModel.setField6(theFieldValue);
break;
case 7 :
theModel.setField7(theFieldValue);
break;
case 8 :
theModel.setField8(theFieldValue);
break;
case 9 :
theModel.setField9(theFieldValue);
break;
case 10 :
theModel.setField10(theFieldValue);
break;
case 11 :
theModel.setField11(theFieldValue);
break;
case 12 :
theModel.setField12(theFieldValue);
break;
case 13 :
theModel.setField13(theFieldValue);
break;
case 14 :
theModel.setField14(theFieldValue);
break;
case 15 :
theModel.setField15(theFieldValue);
break;
}
}
}
2. Write the Layout xml as given below.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#006699"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context="com.blmsr.manager.CategoryEditorActivity">
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/addCategiryNameItem"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/categoryNameTextView"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/lbl_category_name"
android:textStyle="bold"
/>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/categoryIconName"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/lbl_category_icon_name"
android:textStyle="bold"
/>
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/linearLayout1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<EditText
android:id="@+id/categoryNameEditText"
android:layout_width="200dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="@string/lbl_category_name"
android:inputType="textAutoComplete" />
<ScrollView
android:id="@+id/scrollView1"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/linearLayout2"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical">
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/linearLayout3"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal">
</LinearLayout>
<ImageButton
android:id="@+id/addField"
android:layout_width="50dp"
android:layout_height="50dp"
android:layout_below="@+id/addCategoryLayout"
android:src="@drawable/ic_input_add"
android:onClick="addField"
/>
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>
//MainActivity :
package com.edittext.demo;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private EditText edtText;
private LinearLayout LinearMain;
private Button btnAdd, btnClear;
private int no;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
edtText = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.edtMain);
btnAdd = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnAdd);
btnClear = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnClear);
LinearMain = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.LinearMain);
btnAdd.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(edtText.getText().toString().trim())) {
no = Integer.parseInt(edtText.getText().toString());
CreateEdittext();
}else {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Please entere value", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
});
btnClear.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
LinearMain.removeAllViews();
edtText.setText("");
}
});
/*edtText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
@Override
public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {
}
@Override
public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,int after) {
}
@Override
public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
}
});*/
}
protected void CreateEdittext() {
final EditText[] text = new EditText[no];
final Button[] add = new Button[no];
final LinearLayout[] LinearChild = new LinearLayout[no];
LinearMain.removeAllViews();
for (int i = 0; i < no; i++){
View view = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.edit_text, LinearMain,false);
text[i] = (EditText)view.findViewById(R.id.edtText);
text[i].setId(i);
text[i].setTag(""+i);
add[i] = (Button)view.findViewById(R.id.btnAdd);
add[i].setId(i);
add[i].setTag(""+i);
LinearChild[i] = (LinearLayout)view.findViewById(R.id.child_linear);
LinearChild[i].setId(i);
LinearChild[i].setTag(""+i);
LinearMain.addView(view);
add[i].setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
//Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "add text "+v.getTag(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
int a = Integer.parseInt(text[v.getId()].getText().toString());
LinearChild[v.getId()].removeAllViews();
for (int k = 0; k < a; k++){
EditText text = (EditText) new EditText(MainActivity.this);
text.setId(k);
text.setTag(""+k);
LinearChild[v.getId()].addView(text);
}
}
});
}
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
}
// Now add xml main
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<EditText
android:id="@+id/edtMain"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:ems="10"
android:hint="Enter value" >
<requestFocus />
</EditText>
<Button
android:id="@+id/btnAdd"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:text="Add" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/btnClear"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp"
android:text="Clear" />
</LinearLayout>
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_margin="10dp" >
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/LinearMain"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
</LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
// now add view xml file..
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<EditText
android:id="@+id/edtText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
android:ems="10" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/btnAdd"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
android:text="Add" />
</LinearLayout>
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/child_linear"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="30dp"
android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
android:orientation="vertical" >
</LinearLayout>
