Every row in my listview has 2 buttons. The text to be shown depends on some characteristics, and hence I want to change the text on the Button. However, I am not only not able to change the text, but the text that appears is like the internal address of the button, i.e. "ANDROID.WIDGET.BUTTON{175F420 VFED..C.. ....I. 0,0-0,0#7F0C00083 APP:ID/READ} Here is my code:
import android.widget.Button;
....
public void ShowArticles(){
ArrayList<ArticleSelection> articleSelectionList = helper
.GetArticleListForResource(globalVariable.getCategoryIndex());
String[] columnNames = {"_id", "Column1", "Column2", "Column3",
"Column4", "Column5", "Column6", "Column7"};
MatrixCursor matrixCursor = new MatrixCursor(new String[]{"_id",
"Column1", "Column2", "Column3", "Column4", "Column5", "Column6", "Column7" });
int[] to = new int[]{R.id.id, R.id.imageButton, R.id.title, R.id.year, R.id.authors,
R.id.favs, R.id.read, R.id.readOnLine};
for (ArticleSelection articleItem : articleSelectionList) {
Button btn1 = (Button) ThisView.findViewById(R.id.read);
Button btn2 = (Button) ThisView.findViewById(R.id.readOnLine);
if (Downloaded == "Y"){
btn1.setText("Read");
}
else btn1.setText("Download");
matrixCursor.addRow(new Object[]{k, imgFile,Title, Year , Authors, favs , btn1, btn2 });
}
SimpleCursorAdapter menuItems = null;
menuItems = new SimpleCursorAdapter(
this, R.layout.article_row, matrixCursor, columnNames, to);
listView.setAdapter(menuItems);
}
My XML for the buttons:
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="@+id/read"
android:backgroundTint="#00000000"
android:text="Download"
android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/favs"
android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/imageButton"
android:layout_marginStart="11dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
/>
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id = "@+id/readOnLine"
android:backgroundTint="#00000000"
android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/read"
android:text="Read Online"
android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/imageButton"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_weight="1"
/>
Thank you. The answer is probably really easy, as I have done this before, but I don't think I have done it within a rows of list views. I have seen other answers about adding text to the button, and those I have tried.