To add element by position to ArrayList in Java
arrayList.add(index, object);
Full source
import java.util.ArrayList; public class Main { public static void main(String args[]) { // Create an array list. ArrayList<String> al = new ArrayList<String>(); /*from w ww . ja v a2 s . c om*/ // Add elements to the array list. al.add("SQL"); al.add("Java"); al.add("Javascript"); al.add("CSS"); al.add("HTML"); al.add("Demo2s.com"); al.add(1, "Hi"); System.out.println("Size of al after additions: " + al.size()); System.out.println(al); } }