Solved: I have created an adapter based on @JJV 's suggestion. I am aware that there is plenty of room for improvement, but it works for now. I have updated this simplified version of my program, with the working code; I hope it will be useful to others:
MainActivity.java:
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.widget.ListAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.TreeMap;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main_activity);
Map<Integer, Object> m = new TreeMap<Integer, Object>();
int key = 123;
Item obj1 = new Item("abc", "xyz", 888);
m.put(key, obj1);
key = 456;
Item obj2 = new Item("def", "zyx", 999);
m.put(key, obj2);
ListAdapter adapter = new TreeMapAdapter(this, (TreeMap<Integer, Object>) m);
ListView itemListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.itemListView);
itemListView.setAdapter(adapter);
}
public class Item {
private String name;
private String thing;
private int number;
Item(String name, String thing, int number) {
this.name = name;
this.thing = thing;
this.number = number;
}
public String getName() {
return this.name;
}
public String getThing() {
return this.thing;
}
public int getNumber() {
return this.number;
}
}
}
main_activity.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ListView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/itemListView" />
</LinearLayout>
listview_row.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:id="@+id/name" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:id="@+id/thing" />
<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:id="@+id/number" />
</LinearLayout>
TreeMapAdapter.java:
import android.content.Context;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.TextView;
import java.util.TreeMap;
public class TreeMapAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<String> {
private Context context;
private TreeMap<Integer, Object> treeMap;
private Integer[] mapKeys;
public TreeMapAdapter(Context context, TreeMap<Integer, Object> data) {
super(context, R.layout.listview_row);
this.context = context;
this.treeMap = data;
mapKeys = treeMap.keySet().toArray(new Integer[getCount()]);
}
public int getCount() {
return treeMap.size();
}
public String getItem(int position) {
return String.valueOf(treeMap.get(mapKeys[position]));
}
public long getItemId(int position) {
return mapKeys[position];
}
@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
LayoutInflater deviceInflater = LayoutInflater.from(getContext());
View listViewRow = deviceInflater.inflate(R.layout.listview_row, parent, false);
MainActivity.Item test = (MainActivity.Item) treeMap.get(mapKeys[position]);
String nameString = test.getName() + ", ";
String thingString = test.getThing() + ", ";
String numberInt = String.valueOf(test.getNumber());
TextView name = (TextView) listViewRow.findViewById(R.id.name);
TextView thing = (TextView) listViewRow.findViewById(R.id.thing);
TextView number = (TextView) listViewRow.findViewById(R.id.number);
name.setText(nameString);
thing.setText(thingString);
number.setText(numberInt);
return listViewRow;
}
}
Result:
I cannot embed a screenshot of the result in this post, because I do not have 10 reputation, but you can see the result of running the code here: https://i.sstatic.net/QoXX1.png
do something like this:
public class TreeMapAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<String> {
private Context context
private TreeMap<Integer, Object> treeMap;
private int mapKeys[];
public TreeMapAdapter(Context context,TreeMap<Integer, Object> treeMap)
this.context=context;
this.treeMao=treeMap;
mapKeys=treemap.keySet().toArray();
}
public int getCount() {
return treeMap.size();
}
public String getItem(int position) {
return treeMap.get(mapKeys[position]);
}
public long getItemId(int position) {
return mapKeys[position];
}
//your getView method....
}