Thank's Mark. That's what I figured was happening but wanted to be sure. I saw your post yesterday (on another computer that didn't have this account set on it) but couldn't reply until today. I've been posting with this address since spring. I though the 24 hour thing only happened the first time someone posted. IOW, it's broken.
On Dec 30, 12:22 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > jtoolsdevwrote: > > I have a ListView in my application that uses a Custom Adapter. It's > > uses TextViews where I am able to set the color. The Custom Adapter > > is based on examples in the ApiDemo and examples elsewhere. However > > in none of those examples did I find how to clear the adapter since > > the data for that ListView will change when the user inputs new data. > > That's because it varies by adapter type. You would call requery() on > the underlying Cursor of a CursorAdapter, for example. > > > Will the old one be destroyed with the > > call for a new Adapter is made like this? > > > // lv is the ListView > > lv.setAdapter( new MyCustomAdapter(this)); > > The old adapter will get garbage-collected as soon as all references to > it are released. Android should not be holding onto your former adapter > instance after your call shown above, so if you're not holding onto it, > it should go away shortly. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, $35/Year -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
