SwipeRefreshLayout example

android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout can be used to detect user's vertical swipe gesture, to refresh the contents. It is a simple example of SwipeRefreshLayout, to detect user swipe to do something.


Layout, /res/layout/activity_main.xml.
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
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.example.androidswiperefresh.MainActivity" >

<TextView
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
android:autoLink="web"
android:text="http://android-er.blogspot.com/"
android:textStyle="bold" />

<android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout
android:id="@+id/swipelayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#A0A0A0" >

<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:background="#808080" >

<TextView
android:id="@+id/info"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

<ImageView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:src="@drawable/ic_launcher"/>

</LinearLayout>

</android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout>

</LinearLayout>


MainActivity.java
package com.example.androidswiperefresh;

import android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout;
import android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout.OnRefreshListener;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;

public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {

SwipeRefreshLayout swipeRefreshLayout;
TextView textInfo;

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

textInfo = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.info);

swipeRefreshLayout = (SwipeRefreshLayout)findViewById(R.id.swipelayout);
swipeRefreshLayout.setOnRefreshListener(onRefreshListener);
}

OnRefreshListener onRefreshListener = new OnRefreshListener(){

@Override
public void onRefresh() {
textInfo.setText("WAIT: doing something");

//simulate doing something
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {

@Override
public void run() {
swipeRefreshLayout.setRefreshing(false);
textInfo.setText("DONE");
}

}, 2000);
}};
}


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