New row is not adding in ListView Android

Question

My app Add item (i.e Name,age and person image) to List view. But whenever i click on add, it replaces the old listView and no new row is added. Main Activity

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

private AlertDialog.Builder builder;
private Uri uri;
private CustomAdapter customAdapter;
private ListView listView;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView);
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu){
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.my_menu,menu);
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

@Override
@RequiresApi(api = Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP)
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    if(item.getItemId()==R.id.menuItem)
    {
        builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(MainActivity.this);
        builder.setTitle("Add to List.");
        builder.setIcon(android.R.drawable.ic_dialog_info);
        builder.setView(R.layout.alert_dialog);
        builder.setCancelable(false);
        builder.setPositiveButton("Confirm", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialogInterface, int i) {
                if(uri != null) {

                    EditText nameText = (EditText) ((AlertDialog) dialogInterface).findViewById(R.id.name);
                    EditText ageText = (EditText) ((AlertDialog) dialogInterface).findViewById(R.id.age);
                    customAdapter = new CustomAdapter(getApplicationContext(), nameText.getText().toString(), ageText.getText().toString(), uri);
                    listView.setAdapter(customAdapter);


                }
            }
        });
        builder.setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialogInterface, int i) {
                dialogInterface.cancel();
            }
        });

        Dialog dialog = builder.create();
        dialog.show();
    }
    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}


public void imagePicker(View v) {

    Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
    i.setType("image/*");
    i.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
    startActivityForResult(i, 1);
}

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data){
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    if(resultCode == RESULT_OK && data != null){
        uri = data.getData();

    }
}}

All i need is this, when i press Add it should add new row in listView.

Answer 1

What you should implement is notifyDataSetChanged The same can be done as follow : Create a custom POJO, UserInfo

public Class UserInfo{
private String name;
private String age;
private Uri uri;

public UserInfo(String name, String age, Uri uri) {
    this.name = name;
    this.age = age;
    this.uri = uri;
}

}

• Declare a list of UserInfo

  private List<UserInfo> userList= new ArrayList<>();

• Add following lines in onCreate method.

  customAdapter = new CustomAdapter(getApplicationContext(), userList); listView.setAdapter(customAdapter);

• Change onCLickMethod of dialog by following :

`

if(uri!=null){
EditText nameText = (EditText) ((AlertDialog) dialogInterface).findViewById(R.id.name);
EditText ageText = (EditText) ((AlertDialog) dialogInterface).findViewById(R.id.age);
userList.add(new 
  UserInfo(nameText.getText().toString(),ageText.getText().toString(),uri));
customAdapter.swapData(userList);
}

`

• Modify your CustomAdapter

  List<UserInfo> userList;

  public CustomAdapter(Context context,List<UserInfo> userList){ this.context = context; this.userList = userList; this.inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context); }

  `@Override
  public int getCount() {
    if(userList!=null){
       return userList.size();
    }else{
      return 1;
    }
  }
  

  public void swapData(List<UserInfo> userList) { this.userList = userList; notifyDataSetChanged(); }

Hope this helps, Revert if any problem.