I used a static array to drive max heights for the row. This is not perfect since the earlier columns will not be resized until the cell is redisplayed. Here is the code for the inflated reusable content view.
Edit: I got this work correctly but I had pre-measure all cells before rendering. I did this by subclassing GridView and adding a measuring hook in the onLayout method.
/**
* Custom view group that shares a common max height
* @author Chase Colburn
*/
public class GridViewItemLayout extends LinearLayout {
// Array of max cell heights for each row
private static int[] mMaxRowHeight;
// The number of columns in the grid view
private static int mNumColumns;
// The position of the view cell
private int mPosition;
// Public constructor
public GridViewItemLayout(Context context) {
super(context);
}
// Public constructor
public GridViewItemLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
}
/**
* Set the position of the view cell
* @param position
*/
public void setPosition(int position) {
mPosition = position;
}
/**
* Set the number of columns and item count in order to accurately store the
* max height for each row. This must be called whenever there is a change to the layout
* or content data.
*
* @param numColumns
* @param itemCount
*/
public static void initItemLayout(int numColumns, int itemCount) {
mNumColumns = numColumns;
mMaxRowHeight = new int[itemCount];
}
@Override
protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
// Do not calculate max height if column count is only one
if(mNumColumns <= 1 || mMaxRowHeight == null) {
return;
}
// Get the current view cell index for the grid row
int rowIndex = mPosition / mNumColumns;
// Get the measured height for this layout
int measuredHeight = getMeasuredHeight();
// If the current height is larger than previous measurements, update the array
if(measuredHeight > mMaxRowHeight[rowIndex]) {
mMaxRowHeight[rowIndex] = measuredHeight;
}
// Update the dimensions of the layout to reflect the max height
setMeasuredDimension(getMeasuredWidth(), mMaxRowHeight[rowIndex]);
}
}
Here is the measuring function in my BaseAdapter subclass. Note that I have a method updateItemDisplay that sets all appropriate text and images on the view cell.
/**
* Run a pass through each item and force a measure to determine the max height for each row
*/
public void measureItems(int columnWidth) {
// Obtain system inflater
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) mContext.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
// Inflate temp layout object for measuring
GridViewItemLayout itemView = (GridViewItemLayout)inflater.inflate(R.layout.list_confirm_item, null);
// Create measuring specs
int widthMeasureSpec = MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(columnWidth, MeasureSpec.EXACTLY);
int heightMeasureSpec = MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);
// Loop through each data object
for(int index = 0; index < mItems.size(); index++) {
String[] item = mItems.get(index);
// Set position and data
itemView.setPosition(index);
itemView.updateItemDisplay(item, mLanguage);
// Force measuring
itemView.requestLayout();
itemView.measure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
}
}
And finally, here is the GridView subclass set up to measure view cells during layout:
/**
* Custom subclass of grid view to measure all view cells
* in order to determine the max height of the row
*
* @author Chase Colburn
*/
public class AutoMeasureGridView extends GridView {
public AutoMeasureGridView(Context context) {
super(context);
}
public AutoMeasureGridView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
super(context, attrs);
}
public AutoMeasureGridView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
super(context, attrs, defStyle);
}
@Override
protected void onLayout(boolean changed, int l, int t, int r, int b) {
if(changed) {
CustomAdapter adapter = (CustomAdapter)getAdapter();
int numColumns = getContext().getResources().getInteger(R.integer.list_num_columns);
GridViewItemLayout.initItemLayout(numColumns, adapter.getCount());
if(numColumns > 1) {
int columnWidth = getMeasuredWidth() / numColumns;
adapter.measureItems(columnWidth);
}
}
super.onLayout(changed, l, t, r, b);
}
}
The reason I have the number of columns as a resource is so that I can have a different number based on orientation, etc.
