Create a project

• Start a new project named ListViewDemo.
• Open the main.xml file inside the res/layout/. Insert the following :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"   
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"   
                android:layout_height="fill_parent"  
                android:padding="10dp"
                android:textSize="16sp">

</TextView>

This file defines the layout for each item that will be placed in the ListView.

• Open the strings.xml file inside the res/values/. Insert the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string name="hello">Hello World, ListViewDemoActivity!</string>
    <string name="app_name">ListViewDemo</string>
    <string-array name="students_name"> 
       <item>Rohit</item> 
       <item>Rati</item> 
       <item>Amit</item> 
       <item>Arun</item>
       <item>Sapna</item> 
       <item>Sounak</item> 
       <item>Anil</item>
       <item>Kashif</item>
    </string-array>
</resources>

• Open the ListViewDemoActivity.java and make the class extend ListActivity instead of Activity. Insert the following code:

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 ListViewDemoActivity extends ListActivity {

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        String[] students = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.students_name);
        setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,students));

    }

    /** Called when the listview item is selected. */l

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

       Object o = this.getListAdapter().getItem(position);
       String keyword = o.toString();
       Toast.makeText(this, "You selected: " + keyword, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

    }

}

The setListAdapter(ListAdapter) automatically adds a ListView to fill the entire screen of the ListActivity. This method takes an ArrayAdapter, which manages the array of list items that will be placed into the ListView.

The onListItemClick(ListView, View, int, long) called when the user selects an item from the ListView and displays the selected item name.

• Run the application.
• You can scroll the list, then click an item to see a message. You should see something like this: 

After creating ListView with a simple layout, create a ListView with its own layout:
Create the following layout file "mylayout.xml" in the res/layout folder of your project:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
       android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content">
       <ImageView android:id="@+id/icon" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:src="@drawable/icon" android:layout_width="22px"
              android:layout_marginTop="4px" android:layout_marginRight="4px"
              android:layout_marginLeft="4px">
       </ImageView>
       <TextView android:text="@+id/TextView01" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
             android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/label"
              android:layout_marginTop="20px"
              android:layout_marginLeft="4px"
              android:textSize="30px">
       </TextView></LinearLayout>

Change your activity "ListViewDemoActivity" to the following. This is almost the same coding as in the previous example, the only difference is that we are using our own layout in the ArrayAdapter and telling the adapter which UI element should contain the text.

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 ListViewDemoActivity extends ListActivity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        String[] students = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.students_name);
        setListAdapter(new 
                ArrayAdapter<String>(this,R.layout.mylayout,R.id.label,students));

    }
    protected void onListItemClick(ListView l,View v,int position,long id)
    {
       Object o = this.getListAdapter().getItem(position);
       String keyword = o.toString();
       Toast.makeText(this, "You selected: " + keyword, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

    }

}

 Now the output looks like below: