[android-developers] Re: BaseAdapter.getView()’s c onvertView parameter

2009-10-09 Thread Eric Mill
AH, I GET IT NOW! I was having awful troubles with an ArrayAdapter recycling random views to me, in a list which used different kinds of views. The errors were maddening until I figured out what was going on, using that part of your book. It's absolutely insane...until you understand why they d

[android-developers] Re: BaseAdapter.getView()’s c onvertView parameter

2009-09-19 Thread Robert Woodruff
Thank you Carmen Delessio for replying. This is helpful! On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 4:34 AM, Mark Murphy wrote: > > Carmen Delessio wrote: > > Watch this video: > > http://code.google.com/events/io/sessions/TurboChargeUiAndroidFast.html > > Check Mark Murphy's book http://commonsware.com/Android/ind

[android-developers] Re: BaseAdapter.getView()’s c onvertView parameter

2009-09-18 Thread greg
Have you watched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6YdwzAvwOA ? On Sep 18, 10:49 pm, WoodManEXP wrote: > BaseAdapter.getView()’s convertView parameter > > Does anyone understand how this parameter works or is intended to > work? By watching it in the debugger it seems to be the view that was > pr

[android-developers] Re: BaseAdapter.getView()’s c onvertView parameter

2009-09-18 Thread Carmen Delessio
Watch this video: http://code.google.com/events/io/sessions/TurboChargeUiAndroidFast.html Check Mark Murphy's book http://commonsware.com/Android/index.html Read several posts here: http://www.androidguys.com/2008/07/14/fancy-listviews-part-one/ Short answer: ConvertView is a previously returned