android kotlin - joinToString example

MainActivity.kt

package com.cfsuman.kotlintutorials

import android.os.Bundle
import android.text.method.ScrollingMovementMethod
import android.widget.Button
import android.widget.TextView
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import java.util.*


class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)

        // get the widgets reference from XML layout
        val textView = findViewById<TextView>(R.id.textView)
        val btnList = findViewById<Button>(R.id.btnList)
        val btnSimple = findViewById<Button>(R.id.btnSimple)
        val btnJoinToString = findViewById<Button>(
            R.id.btnJoinToString)


        // make textview content scrollable
        textView.movementMethod = ScrollingMovementMethod()


        // Create a list with values
        val list = listOf("RED","GREEN","YELLOW",
            "MAGENTA","PINK","WHITE")


        btnList.setOnClickListener {
            textView.text = "List:\n"

            // Iterate through the list
            list.forEach {
                textView.append("\n$it")
            }
        }


        btnSimple.setOnClickListener {
            // Simply join the list elements to a string
            val joinedString = list.joinToString {
                it.lowercase(Locale.ROOT)
            }
            textView.text = "$joinedString"
        }


        btnJoinToString.setOnClickListener {
            // Join list elements to string in more formatted way
            val convertedString = list.joinToString(
                " | ", // separator
                "[", // prefix
                "]", // postfix
                4, // limit
                "..." // truncated
            ){
                it.lowercase(Locale.ROOT)
            }

            textView.text = "$convertedString"
        }
    }
}

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
    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:background="#F8F8F8"
    android:padding="24dp">

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btnList"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="List"
        android:textAllCaps="false"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btnSimple"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
        android:text="Simple"
        android:textAllCaps="false"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/btnList"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/btnList" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btnJoinToString"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
        android:text="joinToString"
        android:textAllCaps="false"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="@+id/btnSimple"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/btnSimple" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:fontFamily="sans-serif"
        android:textSize="24sp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/btnList" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>