Basics About the Grid View

Android provides a two dimensional grid view to display the items in a scrollable grid.The grid items will automatically inserted into the layout using the list adapter.

Add the following lines in the layout file (layout file can be locate in res directory). open the main.xml and add the following lines

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"> 
 <TextView
        android:text="CreativeAndroidApps - This is a GridView Example"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
 <GridView
    android:id="@+id/grid"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:numColumns="2"
    android:columnWidth="100px"
    android:stretchMode="columnWidth"
    android:gravity="center"/>
 </LinearLayout>

Now create the following activity class

package com.example.creativeapps;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.GridView;

public class CreativelayoutsActivity extends Activity 
{
     GridView myGrid;
     String[] listContent = {
                "January",
                "February",
                 "March",
                 "April",
                 "May",
                 "June",
                 "July",
                 "August",
                 "September",
                 "October",
                 "November",
                 "December"
     };
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        myGrid = (GridView)findViewById(R.id.grid);
        //create the array adapter for the grid view  
        ArrayAdapter<String> adapter
         = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
          android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,
          listContent);
          myGrid.setAdapter(adapter);
     }
 
}

Run the sample and you will get an output as grid view as follows

Android Grid View Example