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Dhruv Gupta
4,320 PointsRemoving a pointer to a parse user from an array
have a parseobject which consists of many objects, notably an array of consisting of ParseUser pointers.
When an individual clicks a button, the array should remove a certain user. I don't get how to do this,
I have tried: mRideEdit.removeAll("Participant", (Collection) childuser);
Where mRideEdit is my ParseClass, Participant is the array consisting of ParseUsers, and childuser is the user I want to remove
Please help,
1 Answer
Harry James
14,780 PointsHey Dhruv!
I've managed to use this code to remove an object from an array - this works for a String and you would have to change it around a bit for your array of ParseUser's (If you need help with that, let me know):
String[] arrayOfStrings = {"User1", "User2", "User3"};
List<String> listOfStrings = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(arrayOfStrings));
listOfStrings.removeAll(Collections.singletonList("User1"));
String[] updatedArrayOfStrings = listOfStrings.toArray(new String[(arrayOfStrings.length-1)]);
Here is the same version but with comments explaining it all:
String[] arrayOfStrings = {"User1", "User2", "User3"};
// Here, we have our array with all of the users in.
List<String> listOfStrings = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(arrayOfStrings));
// We're going to create a list by converting our array into a list.
listOfStrings.removeAll(Collections.singletonList("User1"));
/* Now that we've converted to a list, we can remove from the list anywhere that we see "User1" -
if you want to remove more than one user, you would use removeAll(Arrays.asList("User1", "User2")). */
String[] updatedArrayOfStrings = listOfStrings.toArray(new String[listOfStrings.size()]);
/* Now, let's create the array again (Remember - we have to create a new array as we can't change
array sizes on the fly, they keep their size after they've been initialized). */
/* We'll create this array so it's the same size as our list (Remember, the list has already had the
users removed so it is of the correct size). */
/* This method will work whether you are removing 1 or more users - there's no need to change anything. */
Hopefully I've explained how you can do this for ParseUser's (The code is the same - you just need to change the object to a ParseUser instead of a String) but if not, let me know and I'll try to help you out :)