Change layout of last item in Android Listview ArrayAdapter

Question

So currently I'm using an ArrayAdapter to populate my listview from my database, like so:

    ArrayAdapter<String> arrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(
            this, R.layout.subject_list_item, mArrayList);
    lv.setAdapter(arrayAdapter);

(mArrayList is a list of the text that will populate the listview, lv.)

Currently, if I want to add a final item to the bottom of the list, I can just append it to the mArrayList, but this will set it's layout to subject_list_item the same as all the other items. Is there an easy way of setting the layout of only the final item to a different layout, say subject_list_item2? I want it in the same list so that it still scrolls with the other items, but I want it to look different.

Answer 1

You need to add a footer in your listview (I am assuming your lv means it is a ListView).

Refer : https://stackoverflow.com/a/4265324/783707

To summarize, use this code:

    View footer =  getActivity().inflate(R.layout.footer, null, false);
    lv.addFooterView(footer);