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Lee Foster
3,667 PointsBlog Reader App Alternative to HashMap ArrayList
I feel dirty making an ArrayList of HashMaps so I was brainstorming some alternatives and would love some input on my ideas so far. If I'm wrong and ArrayList of HashMaps is the way to go convince me :)
Would it be easier to just make a BlogPost Object that takes a JSONObject as the constructor? Then we would have our ArrayList be of BlogPost objects. If we wanted to change something like include the ID of the post for example we would simply add the variable in the BlogPost object and change the code in the constructor of it. This would make the code in MainListActivity look a little cleaner I think. Any thoughts? :)
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Lee Foster
3,667 PointsWelp, watching more into the video answered this for me. I guess I better get used to ArrayList Hashmaps :*(
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherBen Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherHaha. Writing a custom adapter can be a pain the first time, but once you have some working code it's easy to build on it or do it again. This will definitely be featured somewhere in either an upcoming project or as a standalone Quick Tip.
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherBen Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherAlso, forgot to say that I do like your idea better! Having a simple list of custom objects is often the way to go. It's just that writing the custom adapter seemed harder, so I went with the supplied adapter. :)