You may have noticed in Gmail or some other app that when you swipe right or left, few options like delete or edit will appear. they provide a quick action to the data. And additionally, they improve the overall UI of the Android app. This is achieved with Swipeable Listview. here, we’re going to share how you can improve UI with the help of Android listview example.

Let’s Get Started

Create a new project in Android studio.

Select target Android device.

Next, add an activity to mobile -> Select Empty Activity

In the last screen, customize the activity.

now add Gradle dependency.

compile 'com.baoyz.swipemenulistview:library:1.3.0'

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Start Code Integration

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/activity_main"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context="com.swipelistview.MainActivity">

    <com.baoyz.swipemenulistview.SwipeMenuListView
        android:id="@+id/listView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />

</RelativeLayout>

MainActivity.java

package com.swipelistview;
import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo;

import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.util.TypedValue;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.view.animation.BounceInterpolator;
import android.widget.BaseAdapter;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
import com.baoyz.swipemenulistview.SwipeMenu;
import com.baoyz.swipemenulistview.SwipeMenuCreator;
import com.baoyz.swipemenulistview.SwipeMenuItem;
import com.baoyz.swipemenulistview.SwipeMenuListView;

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private SwipeMenuListView mListView;
    private ArrayList mArrayList = new ArrayList<>();
    private ListDataAdapter mListDataAdapter;

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

    private void initControls() {
        mListView = (SwipeMenuListView) findViewById(R.id.listView);
        mListView.setSwipeDirection(SwipeMenuListView.DIRECTION_LEFT);

        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
            mArrayList.add("List item -->" + i);
        }

        // mListView.setCloseInterpolator(new BounceInterpolator());
        mListDataAdapter = new ListDataAdapter();
        mListView.setAdapter(mListDataAdapter);

        SwipeMenuCreator creator = new SwipeMenuCreator() {
            @Override
            public void create(SwipeMenu menu) {
                // Create different menus depending on the view type
                SwipeMenuItem goodItem = new SwipeMenuItem(getApplicationContext());
                // set item background
                goodItem.setBackground(new ColorDrawable(Color.rgb(0x30, 0xB1, 0xF5)));
                // set item width
                goodItem.setWidth(dp2px(90));
                // set a icon
                goodItem.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_action_good);
                // add to menu
                menu.addMenuItem(goodItem);
                // create "delete" item

                SwipeMenuItem deleteItem = new SwipeMenuItem(getApplicationContext());
                // set item background
                deleteItem.setBackground(new ColorDrawable(Color.rgb(0xF9, 0x3F, 0x25)));
                // set item width
                deleteItem.setWidth(dp2px(90));
                // set a icon
                deleteItem.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_action_discard);
                // add to menu
                menu.addMenuItem(deleteItem);
            }
        };

        // set creator
        mListView.setMenuCreator(creator);

        mListView.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new SwipeMenuListView.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onMenuItemClick(int position, SwipeMenu menu, int index) {
        switch (index) {
            case 0:
                Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Like button press", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                break;
            case 1:
                mArrayList.remove(position);
                mListDataAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
                Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Item deleted", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                break;
        }
        return true;
    }
});

//mListView
mListView.setOnMenuStateChangeListener(new SwipeMenuListView.OnMenuStateChangeListener() {
    @Override
    public void onMenuOpen(int position) { }

    @Override
    public void onMenuClose(int position) { }
});

mListView.setOnSwipeListener(new SwipeMenuListView.OnSwipeListener() {
    @Override
    public void onSwipeStart(int position) { }

    @Override
    public void onSwipeEnd(int position) { }
});
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
    return true;
}
@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    int id = item.getItemId();
    if (id == R.id.action_add) {
        //TODO add item to list from here
        mArrayList.add("List item -->"+mArrayList.size());
        mListDataAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
    }
    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

class ListDataAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
    ViewHolder holder;

    @Override
    public int getCount() {
        return mArrayList.size();
    }

    @Override
    public Object getItem(int i) {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public long getItemId(int i) {
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        if(convertView==null){
            holder=new ViewHolder();
            convertView=getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.list_item,null);
            holder.mTextview=(TextView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.textView);
            convertView.setTag(holder);
        } else {
            holder= (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
        }
        holder.mTextview.setText(mArrayList.get(position));
        return convertView;
    }

    class ViewHolder {
        TextView mTextview;
    }
}

    private int dp2px(int dp) {
        return (int) TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, dp,
            getResources().getDisplayMetrics());
    }
}

And done!

now if you run the project, it will look like this:

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