Android Adapters
An Adapter object acts as a bridge between an AdapterView and the underlying data for that view . The Adapter provides access to the data items. The Adapter is also responsible for making a View for each item in the data set. An AdapterView is a view whose children are determined by an Adapter. Some examples of AdapterViews are ListView, GridView, Spinner and Gallery. There are several types or sub-classes of Adapter: ListAdapter: Extended Adapter that is the bridge between a ListView and the data that backs the list. Frequently that data comes from a Cursor, but that is not required. The ListView can display any data provided that it is wrapped in a ListAdapter. ArrayAdapter: A ListAdapter that manages a ListView backed by an array of arbitrary objects. By default this class expects that the provided resource id references a single TextView. Example: package...
