Sorting Custom Listview Items Using Spinner Android

Question

I am attempting to sort the items in a listview both alphabetically and numerically upon selection of the sorting style using a spinner. Essentially whenever the user selects a spinner item the listview will be sorted according the option they chose. Since this is a custom listview with a custom adapter I have been having some issues finding a way to actually sort it properly. If anyone can give me some advice on how I can go about this it would be greatly appreciated. Below is what I have right now for the main class that deals with displaying the listview:

    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_repetition_progress);

    /**
     * The database used to pull all exercises for this workout routine
     */
    DatabaseHandler db = new DatabaseHandler(this);
    SQLiteDatabase database = db.getReadableDatabase();

    context = this;


    /**
     * Get all exercises from Triceps and Chest workout and put in arraylist
     */
    ListView workoutExerciseList = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.listView7);
    final List<String> arrayRepetitionProgress = new ArrayList<String>();
    exListAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
           android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, arrayRepetitionProgress);
    workoutExerciseList.setAdapter(exListAdapter);

    //Holds all the available exercises
    final List<WorkoutTracker> exerciseList = db.getRepProgress(context, database);

    /**
     * Populates the listView with each exercise for this workout routine. This includes the
     * each exercise name, the distance, the time of the workout, and any
     * comments included.
     */
    repProgressList = new ArrayList<RepetitionProgress.ListViewItem>();
    for(int i = 0; i<exerciseList.size(); i++) {
        final int j = i;
        repProgressList.add(new ListViewItem()
        {{
                REPETITIONS = exerciseList.get(j).getReps();
                WEIGHT = exerciseList.get(j).getWeight();
                COMMENT = exerciseList.get(j).getComment();
                EXERCISE_NAME = exerciseList.get(j).getExerciseName();
                DATE = exerciseList.get(j).getDate();
            }});


    }
    final RepetitionProgressAdapter adapter = new RepetitionProgressAdapter(this, repProgressList);
    workoutExerciseList.setAdapter(adapter);


    //Spinner used to select sorting method
    SortOptions = (Spinner)findViewById(R.id.sortOption);
    SortOptions.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
        @Override
        public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {

            //If the Sort by exercise name option is chosen
            if(SortOptions.getSelectedItem().toString().equals("Sort by exercise name")) {
                Toast.makeText(context.getApplicationContext(), "Sort by exercise name", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                exListAdapter.sort(new Comparator<String>() {
                    @Override
                    public int compare(String lhs, String rhs) {
                        return lhs.compareTo(rhs);
                    }
                });
                //Refresh the listview
                adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
                exListAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
            }


            //If the Sort by date option is chosen
            if(SortOptions.getSelectedItem().toString().equals("Sort by date")) {
                Toast.makeText(context.getApplicationContext(), "Sort by date", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }

            //If the Sort by number of repetitions option is chosen
            if(SortOptions.getSelectedItem().toString().equals("Sort by number of repetitions")) {
                Toast.makeText(context.getApplicationContext(), "Sort by number of repetitions", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }

            //If the Sort by weight option is chosen
            if(SortOptions.getSelectedItem().toString().equals("Sort by weight")) {
                Toast.makeText(context.getApplicationContext(), "Sort by weight", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {

        }
    });


    Back = (Button)findViewById(R.id.back);
    Back.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            finish();
        }
    });
}

And Below is the portion of my custom adapter class that deals with setting the attributes that are seen in each listview item:

public View getView(final int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    ListViewItem item = items.get(position);
    View vi=convertView;

    if(convertView==null)
        vi = inflater.inflate(R.layout.rep_progress_view, null);


    TextView exerciseName = (TextView)vi.findViewById(R.id.FullProgress);
    TextView exerciseComment = (TextView)vi.findViewById(R.id.Comment);


    exerciseName.setText(item.EXERCISE_NAME + "    Date: " + item.DATE + "    Reps: " + item.REPETITIONS + "    Weight: " +item.WEIGHT + " Pounds    ");
    exerciseComment.setText(item.COMMENT);

    return vi;
}

Answer 1

Below is the sample code, you can have a look and implement the same to your code..

public static void main(String[] args) {

    List<Item> items = new ArrayList<>();
    // constructor Item(name, Id, weight)
    items.add(new Item("Nelson", 1, 10.3));
    items.add(new Item("Fisk", 2, 12.03));
    items.add(new Item("Speedy", 3, 19.3));
    items.add(new Item("Donna", 4, 12.3));
    items.add(new Item("Matt", 5, 16.3));
    items.add(new Item("Oliver", 6, 1.3));
    items.add(new Item("Deadstroke", 5, 1.3));

    Collections.sort(items, new MyComparator(MyComparator.NAME));

    for (Item item : items) {
        System.out.println("Items   " + item.getName() + " \t" + item.getWeight());
    }
}

static class MyComparator implements Comparator<Item> {
    static final int NAME = 0, WEIGHT = 1, DATE = 2;
    int type;

    public MyComparator(int type) {
        this.type = type;
    }

    @Override
    public int compare(Item o1, Item o2) {

        if (type == NAME) {
            return o1.getName().compareTo(o2.getName());
        } else if (type == WEIGHT) {
            if (o1.getWeight() > o2.getWeight())
                return 1;
            else if (o1.getWeight() == o2.getWeight())
                return 0;
            else
                return -1;
        } else if (type == DATE) {
            // now convert your date object/string to milliseconds and apply
            // number logic (above)
        }
        return 0;
    }
}

and how you need to call in Spinner,

public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
    String selectedItem = parent.getItemAtPosition(position).toString();

    if (selectedItem.equals("Sort by exercise name")) {
        // Collections.sort(items, new MyComparator(MyComparator.NAME));
        //replace with your code/array list
    } else if (selectedItem.equals("Sort by date")) {
        // Collections.sort(items, new MyComparator(MyComparator.DATE));
    } else if (selectedItem.equals("Sort by number of repetitions")) {
        // Collections.sort(items, new MyComparator(MyComparator.REPTS));
    } else if (selectedItem.equals("Sort by weight")) {
        // Collections.sort(items, new MyComparator(MyComparator.WEIGHT));
    }
    adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
    exListAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}