How to sort the CursorLoader results?

Question

I use CursorLoader to query a result, which is not the order that I want to show in the ListFramgenet. How to sort it ?

I use this to set the adapter:

Answer 1

Provide the column names you want to sort on as the last parameter of the CursorLoader() constructor as a string. If you have more than one column to sort by, separate with a comma. If you want ascending as opposed to descending, add DESC after the column name. So pretty much what you would add after 'ORDER BY' in regular SQL syntax.

EDIT: To answer your comment below.

Yes and no. I believe you could use that as your sort order but SQLite does not have a sqrt or power function. However you can define your own SQLite functions or use a 3rd party extension. If you don't want to go that route, you'll have to use your own custom adapter instead of SimpleCursorAdapter, e.g. you would get the cursor results and then sort them in code into another data stucture which would become the datasource of your adapter.