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Dynamically add to horizontalscrollview

I've followed a few tutorials online that show you how to create a static horizontalscrollview with multiple xml files.

However I would like to be able to grab content from a database, fill a new view (from a stock xml layout) with the content and then add it to the horizontalscrollview.

Are there any tutorials that show you how to add dynamic views to a horizontalscrollview?

Solution

  • That is easy,

    Your HorizontalScrollView must contain a container like a LinearLayout or a RelativeLayout, grab an instance to that Layout in your activity, and add the views as required...

    LinearLayout yourLayout = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.someID);

    and then iterate through the number of items in your database and keep adding the views to your Layout until end like this...

    for (int i = 0; i < yourData.size(); i++) {             
  TextView tv = new TextView(getApplicationContext());
  tv.setText(yourData.get(i));
  yourLayout.addView(tv);
}