Change ListView Divider Height
Description
The following code shows how to change ListView Divider Height.
Example
Layout xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/selection"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:background="#eeeeee"/>
<ListView
android:id="@android:id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:drawSelectorOnTop="false"
/>
</LinearLayout>
Java code
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.view.ContextMenu;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.TextView;
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public class MainActivity extends ListActivity {
TextView selection;
String[] items={"lorem", "ipsum", "dolor", "sit", "amet",
"consectetuer", "adipiscing", "elit", "morbi", "vel",
"ligula", "vitae", "arcu", "aliquet", "mollis",
"etiam", "vel", "erat", "placerat", "ante",
"porttitor", "sodales", "pellentesque", "augue", "purus"};
public static final int EIGHT_ID = Menu.FIRST+1;
public static final int SIXTEEN_ID = Menu.FIRST+2;
public static final int TWENTY_FOUR_ID = Menu.FIRST+3;
public static final int TWO_ID = Menu.FIRST+4;
public static final int THIRTY_TWO_ID = Menu.FIRST+5;
public static final int FORTY_ID = Menu.FIRST+6;
public static final int ONE_ID = Menu.FIRST+7;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
super.onCreate(icicle);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, items));
selection=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.selection);
registerForContextMenu(getListView());
}
public void onListItemClick(ListView parent, View v,
int position, long id) {
selection.setText(items[position]);
}
@Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v,
ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
populateMenu(menu);
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
populateMenu(menu);
return(super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu));
}
@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
return(applyMenuChoice(item) ||
super.onOptionsItemSelected(item));
}
@Override
public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
return(applyMenuChoice(item) ||
super.onContextItemSelected(item));
}
private void populateMenu(Menu menu) {
menu.add(Menu.NONE, ONE_ID, Menu.NONE, "1 Pixel");
menu.add(Menu.NONE, TWO_ID, Menu.NONE, "2 Pixels");
menu.add(Menu.NONE, EIGHT_ID, Menu.NONE, "8 Pixels");
menu.add(Menu.NONE, SIXTEEN_ID, Menu.NONE, "16 Pixels");
menu.add(Menu.NONE, TWENTY_FOUR_ID, Menu.NONE, "24 Pixels");
menu.add(Menu.NONE, THIRTY_TWO_ID, Menu.NONE, "32 Pixels");
menu.add(Menu.NONE, FORTY_ID, Menu.NONE, "40 Pixels");
}
private boolean applyMenuChoice(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case ONE_ID:
getListView().setDividerHeight(1);
return(true);
case EIGHT_ID:
getListView().setDividerHeight(8);
return(true);
case SIXTEEN_ID:
getListView().setDividerHeight(16);
return(true);
case TWENTY_FOUR_ID:
getListView().setDividerHeight(24);
return(true);
case TWO_ID:
getListView().setDividerHeight(2);
return(true);
case THIRTY_TWO_ID:
getListView().setDividerHeight(32);
return(true);
case FORTY_ID:
getListView().setDividerHeight(40);
return(true);
}
return(false);
}
}
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