Overriding Android ArrayAdapter

Question

I want to do a very simple thing. I have a listview in my application which I dynamically add text to. But, after a certain point, I would like to change the color of the te

Answer 1

You need to set the text in getView(). Get the value to set with getItem(pos), then set it.

public View getView(int pos, View convertView, ViewGroup parent){
    this.v = convertView;
    if(v==null) {
        LayoutInflater vi = (LayoutInflater)getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        v=vi.inflate(R.layout.gamelistitem, null);
    }

    // Moved this outside the if blocks, because we need it regardless
    // of the value of timeLeft.
    TextView tv = (TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.list_content);
    tv.setText(getItem(pos));

    if(timeLeft!=0) {
        //TextView tv = (TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.list_content);
        //tv.setText(str[pos]);
        tv.setTextColor(Color.GREEN);
    }
    else {
        //TextView tv = (TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.list_content);
        //tv.setText(str[pos]);
        tv.setTextColor(Color.RED);
    }

    return v;
}

Also, is there a reason you're storing v as a member variable, rather than just inside the function?