Android Tutorial [B4X] xCLV - lazy loading with text input

The attached B4J example demonstrates how to implement lazy loading with editable items.



There are several interesting points:

- Layouts are reused.
- A custom type is used to store all of the relevant information for each item.
- The important code is in the VisibleRangeChanged event:
B4X:
Sub CustomListView1_VisibleRangeChanged (FirstIndex As Int, LastIndex As Int)
   For i = 0 To CustomListView1.Size - 1
       Dim cd As CellData = CustomListView1.GetValue(i)
       Dim pnl As B4XView = CustomListView1.GetPanel(i)
       If i >= FirstIndex - 2 And i <= LastIndex + 2 Then
           'item should be visible
           If cd.IsVisible = False Then
               AddCellLayout(pnl)
               cd.IsVisible = True
               Dim content As B4XView = pnl.GetView(0)
               content.GetView(0).Text = cd.Field1
               content.GetView(1).Text = cd.Field2
           End If
       Else
           'item should be invisible
           If cd.IsVisible Then
               Dim content As B4XView = pnl.GetView(0)
               content.RemoveViewFromParent
               Layouts.Add(content)
               cd.IsVisible = False
               cd.Field1 = content.GetView(0).Text
               cd.Field2 = content.GetView(1).Text
           End If
       End If
       btnList.RequestFocus 'remove the focus from the text fields.
   Next
End Sub
The loop goes over all items and checks whether there are items that should become visible or items that should become invisible. When items become invisible the text fields are "committed".

- Listing all values is done with:
B4X:
Sub btnList_Click
   For i = 0 To CustomListView1.Size - 1
       Dim cd As CellData = CustomListView1.GetValue(i)
       Dim value1, value2 As String
       If cd.IsVisible = False Then
           value1 = cd.Field1
           value2 = cd.Field2
       Else
           'we need to get the values from the views
           Dim content As B4XView = CustomListView1.GetPanel(i).GetView(0)
           value1 = content.GetView(0).Text
           value2 = content.GetView(1).Text
       End If
       Log($"Value1: ${value1}, Value2: ${value2}"$)
   Next
End Sub
 

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