Adding entire string array to adapter

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I'm sure this has already been asked, so if somebody can refer me to another thread that'd be great.

I've got a string array:

    String animalArray[] = {"Dog", "Cat", "Horse", "Snake"};

And I've got a spinner with an adapter. How do I avoid having to do this?:

    adapter1.add(animalArray[0]);
    adapter1.add(animalArray[1]);
    adapter1.add(animalArray[2]);
    adapter1.add(animalArray[3]);

Can I use a for loop or something? Or is there a better way?

Pedantic · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-16 20:11:43Z

1

Loop through your array and add them like this:

for (String s : animalArray) {
    adapter1.add(s);
}

answered Jun 16, 2011 at 20:11

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-16 20:53:00Z

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ArrayAdapter(if you are talking about it) counstructor can solve the problem. It can use String array as data sourse, T[] objects.

UPD sample code:

for(int i=0;i<animalArray.length;i++){
   adapter1.add(animalArray[i]);
}

edited Jun 16, 2011 at 20:53

answered Jun 16, 2011 at 19:55

user468311

3 Comments

ajwest Over a year ago

Yeah, but I don't want to use an ArrayAdapter because it doesn't let me add to the String ArrayList from the xml file. I want to be able to have the adapter populate dynamically depending on which animals I put into the string.

user468311 Over a year ago

Then just loop though String array.

ajwest Over a year ago

Works great, thanks! For future people who see this, you're missing a ) before the ;

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