Unable to modify ArrayAdapter in ListView: UnsupportedOperationException

Solution 1:

I tried it out, myself...Found it didn't work. So i check out the source code of ArrayAdapter and found out the problem. The ArrayAdapter, on being initialized by an array, converts the array into a AbstractList (List) which cannot be modified.

Solution Use an ArrayList<String> instead using an array while initializing the ArrayAdapter.

String[] array = {"a","b","c","d","e","f","g"}; 
ArrayList<String> lst = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(array));
final ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, 
android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, lst); 

Cheers!