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How to Sort an Array and Arraylist Alphabetically in Android

Posted on November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 By christo No Comments on How to Sort an Array and Arraylist Alphabetically in Android

Full source code in Android to sort a string array and an ArrayList of custom objects alphabetically. For this we will use the Array.sort method and the Collections.sort method. For the latter we will build our own Comparator and override it’s compare method

Table of Contents

  • activity_main.xml
  • example_item.xml
  • ExampleAdapter.java
  • ExampleItem.java
  • MainActivity.java

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context="tech.codingpoint.sortingexample.MainActivity">

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/listView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:padding="4dp" />

    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/recyclerView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:background="@android:color/darker_gray"
        android:padding="4dp"
        android:scrollbars="vertical" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button_sort"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:text="sort" />

</LinearLayout>

example_item.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginBottom="4dp"
    app:cardCornerRadius="4dp">

    <RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_margin="4dp">

        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/imageView"
            android:layout_width="50dp"
            android:layout_height="50dp"
            android:padding="2dp" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/imageView"
            android:text="Line 1"
            android:textColor="@android:color/black"
            android:textSize="20sp"
            android:textStyle="bold" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/textView2"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_below="@+id/textView"
            android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
            android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/imageView"
            android:text="Line 2"
            android:textSize="15sp" />

    </RelativeLayout>

</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>

ExampleAdapter.java

package tech.codingpoint.sortingexample;

import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;

import java.util.ArrayList;


public class ExampleAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<ExampleAdapter.ExampleViewHolder> {
    private ArrayList<ExampleItem> mExampleList;

    public static class ExampleViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
        public ImageView mImageView;
        public TextView mTextView1;
        public TextView mTextView2;

        public ExampleViewHolder(View itemView) {
            super(itemView);
            mImageView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.imageView);
            mTextView1 = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textView);
            mTextView2 = itemView.findViewById(R.id.textView2);
        }
    }

    public ExampleAdapter(ArrayList<ExampleItem> exampleList) {
        mExampleList = exampleList;
    }

    @Override
    public ExampleViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
        View v = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.example_item, parent, false);
        ExampleViewHolder evh = new ExampleViewHolder(v);
        return evh;
    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(ExampleViewHolder holder, int position) {
        ExampleItem currentItem = mExampleList.get(position);

        holder.mImageView.setImageResource(currentItem.getImageResource());
        holder.mTextView1.setText(currentItem.getText1());
        holder.mTextView2.setText(currentItem.getText2());
    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {
        return mExampleList.size();
    }
}

ExampleItem.java

package tech.codingpoint.sortingexample;

public class ExampleItem {
    private int mImageResource;
    private String mText1;
    private String mText2;

    public ExampleItem(int imageResource, String text1, String text2) {
        mImageResource = imageResource;
        mText1 = text1;
        mText2 = text2;
    }

    public int getImageResource() {
        return mImageResource;
    }

    public String getText1() {
        return mText1;
    }

    public String getText2() {
        return mText2;
    }
}

MainActivity.java

package tech.codingpoint.sortingexample;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ListView;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private ArrayList<ExampleItem> mExampleList;
    private ArrayAdapter<String> mListViewAdapter;
    private ExampleAdapter mRecyclerViewAdapter;
    private String[] mArrayNames = new String[]{"Daryl", "Rick", "Abraham", "Eugene"};

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        createExampleList();
        buildRecyclerView();
        buildListView();

        Button buttonSort = findViewById(R.id.button_sort);
        buttonSort.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                sortArray();
                sortArrayList();
            }
        });
    }

    private void sortArray() {
        Arrays.sort(mArrayNames);
        mListViewAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
    }

    private void sortArrayList() {
        Collections.sort(mExampleList, new Comparator<ExampleItem>() {
            @Override
            public int compare(ExampleItem o1, ExampleItem o2) {
                return o1.getText2().compareTo(o2.getText2());
            }
        });

        mRecyclerViewAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
    }

    private void createExampleList() {
        mExampleList = new ArrayList<>();
        mExampleList.add(new ExampleItem(R.drawable.ic_android, "Daryl", "Dixon"));
        mExampleList.add(new ExampleItem(R.drawable.ic_audio, "Rick", "Grimes"));
        mExampleList.add(new ExampleItem(R.drawable.ic_sun, "Abraham", "Ford"));
        mExampleList.add(new ExampleItem(R.drawable.ic_android, "Eugene", "Porter"));
    }

    private void buildRecyclerView() {
        RecyclerView recyclerView = findViewById(R.id.recyclerView);
        recyclerView.setHasFixedSize(true);
        RecyclerView.LayoutManager layoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(this);
        mRecyclerViewAdapter = new ExampleAdapter(mExampleList);

        recyclerView.setLayoutManager(layoutManager);
        recyclerView.setAdapter(mRecyclerViewAdapter);
    }

    private void buildListView() {
        ListView listView = findViewById(R.id.listView);
        mListViewAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, mArrayNames);
        listView.setAdapter(mListViewAdapter);
    }
}
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