Simple List View

ListView is a view group that displays a list of scrollable items.the list items are automatically inserted to the list using an Adapter that pulls content from a source such as an array or database query and converts each items result into a view that's placed into the list.

File : MainActivity.java

package com.example.simplelistview;

import android.app.ListActivity;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.view.View;

import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;

import android.widget.ListView;

import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends ListActivity {

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */

    @Override

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,

                android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, PENS));

        getListView().setTextFilterEnabled(true);

        

    }

    

    static final String[] PENS = new String[]{

        "MONT Blanc",

        "Gucci",

        "Parker",

        "Sailor",

        "Porsche Design",

        "Rotring",

        "Sheaffer",

        "Waterman"

    };

    

    protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {

        super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);

        Object o = this.getListAdapter().getItem(position);

        String pen = o.toString();

        Toast.makeText(this, "You have chosen the pen: " + " " + pen, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

    }

}

output: