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Android Implementing Designs for Android Customizing a ListView for the Inbox Adding and Formatting Dates

Posted by MUZ140961 Justice Musarurwa
MUZ140961 Justice Musarurwa
4,637 Points

message adapter

In the custom adapter below, we are going to adapt text messages for a ListView very much like in the Ribbit app. Let's start by setting the createdAt

MessageAdapter.java 
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import java.util.List;

public class MessageAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<ParseObject> {

    protected List<ParseObject> mMessages;

    /*
     * Some code has been omitted for brevity!
     */

    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {

        // Some code has also been omitted from this method

        ParseObject message = mMessages.get(position);
        Date createdAt;

        // Code omitted that sets up the view

        return convertView;
    }
}

1 Answer

Chris Adamson
Chris Adamson
132,143 Points
Chris Adamson
Chris Adamson
132,143 Points

For this set of exercises, it wants you to grab the date from the message, get the current time, and then create a String using both times:

Date createdAt = message.getCreatedAt();
long now = new Date().getTime();
String convertedDate = DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(createdAt.getTime(), now, DateUtils.SECOND_IN_MILLIS).toString();
MUZ140840 Kudakwashe Pedzisai
MUZ140840 Kudakwashe Pedzisai
4,126 Points

thanks it does work but only when you comment Date createdAt; like // Date createdAt;