Using notepad example, add a back button

Question

I have an activity that calls the

new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, R.layout.notes_row, c, from, to);
setListAdapter(notes);

I would like to add a button to the notes_row.xml that displays at the bottom of the screen "on top of" the actual notes_row allowing the user to still scroll through the list but hit the button if they want. Every time I try to change the layout of notes_row, I get the button on each item in the list. I am pretty new to Android and I think I need to inflate the button somehow so that it is layered in front of the list but doesn't impede the list, how do I go about doing that?

Answer 1

The R.layout.notes_row is the layout for each individual row. You will need to create a custom ListView.

Here is a tutorial: http://www.androidpeople.com/android-custom-listview-tutorial-example/

Answer 2

It sounds like you are adding the button to the notes_row layout. That will add it to each row.

Instead, you want to add it to the layout for the Activity. Are you extending from ListActivity? You could try adding the button as a footer to the ListView.

Otherwise, you can extend from a standard Activity and supply a layout file for that activity that includes a ListView and a Button. If you haven't yet, read through declaring layout and common layout objects to get a start on creating a layout.

Answer 3

If you will try to edit notes_row.xml file and add a button there it will come in each row, what you can do .. try editing the xml for the parent activity where you are trying to put you list view. In that xml you can easily put a button at the bottom