Dynamic List Activity
From John Freier
This is some example code to use ArrayList and attach it to the List view using the ArrayAdapter.
One thing I didn't know, is you could use ArrayList.
When you change the data in the ArrayList use adapter.notifyDataSetChanged() to update the list.
public class TopActivity extends ListActivity { private ArrayAdapter<String> adapter; private ArrayList<String> list; public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); this.list = new ArrayList<String>(); adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.top, this.list); setListAdapter(adapter); //not for sure if I need the below. //ListView lv = getListView(); //lv.setTextFilterEnabled(true); addItem(); } public void addItem() { this.list.add("Two"); adapter.notifyDataSetChanged(); } }