'Working with 2D array in android studio

I am new in android studio, I am working with listItem. below is some of my code

String[] items = {
            "1 st",
            "2 nd",
            "3 rd",
            "4 th"};

    titleList = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(items));

    adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,R.layout.list_item, R.id.txtitem,titleList);


    listView.setAdapter(adapter);

Above code working fine. but i want work with more then 1 Array tree I want to work with 2D array but i can't understand what to do here is my new code I tried. but failed

String[][] items = {

             {"1 st","12 th Sept"},
             {"2 nd","13 th Sept"},
             {"3 rd","14 th Sept"},
             {"4 th","15 th Sept"},
};

titleList = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(items[0]));
dateList = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(items[1]));

    adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,R.layout.list_item, R.id.txtitem,titleList);
    adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,R.layout.list_item, R.id.date,dateList);

    listView.setAdapter(adapter);
javaandroidarrayslistviewandroid-studio


Solution 1:[1]

I think that array instantiation is the correct syntax, but you're creating a 4 x 2 array, when it looks like you want a 2x4 array.

Have you tried:

String[][] items = {
         {"1 st", "2 nd", "3 rd", "4 th"},
         {"12 th Sept", "13 th Sept", "14 th Sept", "15 th Sept"},
};

Solution 2:[2]

1) You should change the order of your 2d array like below. But it will still not work (See next point)

String[][] items = {
         {"1 st", "2 nd", "3 rd", "4 th"},
{"12 th Sept", "13 th Sept", "14 th Sept", "15 th Sept"},
    };

2) Below, in the first line, your adapter is refering to the ArrayAdapter with titlelist and in next line, you are changing the same adapter object to point to datelist ArrayAdapter.

adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,R.layout.list_item, R.id.txtitem,titleList);
adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,R.layout.list_item, R.id.date,dateList);

So, after 2nd line, your adapter is no longer pointing to titlelist ArrayAdapter. It is referring to datelist ArrayAdapter only. Actually, it can never hold both datelist and titlelist together.

What's the right way then?

Create a model class containing title and date like below -

class YourModel {
String title;
String date;
}

Create an array of objects of this model class and pass this array of objects to your custom adapter. It's the only way. You will have to create custom ArrayAdapter. Learn about it from here.

Solution 3:[3]

A 2-dimensional is an array that contains arrays as elements. Those elements or arrays can both have same length or same number of int values or varying numbers which can break matrix approach.

int[][] myArray= new array[3][2]; means this is an array that contains 3 arrays with 2 int values(values are 0 by default).

myArray[0] = {0,0};
myArray[1] = {0,0};
myArray[2] = {0,0};

Or you can interpret this as 3x2 matrix with 3 rows and 2 columns You can also declare 2 dimensional arrays that contains 1 dimensional arrays with varying sizes too.

int[][] otherArray= new array[3][];
otherArray[0] = new array[3];
otherArray[1] = new array[4];
otherArray[2] = new array[5];

Or you can assign initial values to elements.

otherArray[0] = {1,2,3};
otherArray[1] = {4,5,6,7};
otherArray[2] = {1,2,3,4,5};

Now you can get otherArray[2][4] which returns 5 but you can't get otherArray[1][4] since it does not exist and returns IndexOutOfBoundException. 2 dimensional arrays are arrays that contain arrays.

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