How to SwipeRefreshLayout in Android

Android SwipeRefreshLayout is a ViewGroup that can hold only one scrollable child. It can be either a ScrollView, ListView or RecyclerView. The basic need for a SwipeRefreshLayout is to allow the users to refresh the screen manually.

An example use of a Swipe Refresh Layout is the infamous Facebook swipe to perform a feed update!!

<android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/swipe_container"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">
</android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout>

First we create a simple swipe refresh layout as the viewgroup which will be holding the ListView like below. I have named it as swipe_refresh_layout.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 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.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout
        android:id="@+id/swipeToRefresh"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">
        <ListView
            android:id="@+id/listView"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            >
        </ListView>
    </android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

Once the layout is created, time to look at our Activity. I have created a sample SwipeRefreshLayoutClass.java. This will act as our Activity.

public class SwipeRefreshLayoutClass extends AppCompatActivity {
    ArrayList arrayList = new ArrayList();
    SwipeRefreshLayout mSwipeRefreshLayout;
    ListView mListView;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.swipe_refresh_layout);
        mSwipeRefreshLayout = (SwipeRefreshLayout) findViewById(R.id.swipeToRefresh);
        mListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView);
        mSwipeRefreshLayout.setColorSchemeResources(R.color.colorAccent);
        arrayList.add("1");
        arrayList.add("2");
        arrayList.add("3");
        arrayList.add("4");
        arrayList.add("5");
        final ArrayAdapter adapter = new ArrayAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, arrayList);
        mListView.setAdapter(adapter);
        mSwipeRefreshLayout.setOnRefreshListener(new SwipeRefreshLayout.OnRefreshListener() {
            @Override
            public void onRefresh() {
                int rand = new Random().nextInt(500)+1;
                arrayList.add(String.valueOf(rand));
                adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
                mSwipeRefreshLayout.setRefreshing(false);
            }
        });
    }
}