rewrote parts of message adapter to avoid using NULL views

src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/entities/Conversation.java

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import java.security.interfaces.DSAPublicKey;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import eu.siacs.conversations.Config;
@@ -218,6 +219,11 @@ public class Conversation extends AbstractEntity implements Blockable {
 			messages.clear();
 			messages.addAll(this.messages);
 		}
+		for(Iterator<Message> iterator = messages.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
+			if (iterator.next().wasMergedIntoPrevious()) {
+				iterator.remove();
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override

src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/ConversationFragment.java

@@ -117,6 +117,27 @@ public class ConversationFragment extends Fragment implements EditMessage.Keyboa
 
 		}
 
+		private int getIndexOf(String uuid, List<Message> messages) {
+			if (uuid == null) {
+				return 0;
+			}
+			for(int i = 0; i < messages.size(); ++i) {
+				if (uuid.equals(messages.get(i).getUuid())) {
+					return i;
+				} else {
+					Message next = messages.get(i);
+					while(next != null && next.wasMergedIntoPrevious()) {
+						if (uuid.equals(next.getUuid())) {
+							return i;
+						}
+						next = next.next();
+					}
+
+				}
+			}
+			return 0;
+		}
+
 		@Override
 		public void onScroll(AbsListView view, int firstVisibleItem,
 							 int visibleItemCount, int totalItemCount) {
@@ -126,7 +147,7 @@ public class ConversationFragment extends Fragment implements EditMessage.Keyboa
 					messagesLoaded = false;
 					activity.xmppConnectionService.loadMoreMessages(conversation, timestamp, new XmppConnectionService.OnMoreMessagesLoaded() {
 						@Override
-						public void onMoreMessagesLoaded(final int count, Conversation conversation) {
+						public void onMoreMessagesLoaded(final int c, Conversation conversation) {
 							if (ConversationFragment.this.conversation != conversation) {
 								return;
 							}
@@ -134,31 +155,20 @@ public class ConversationFragment extends Fragment implements EditMessage.Keyboa
 								@Override
 								public void run() {
 									final int oldPosition = messagesView.getFirstVisiblePosition();
+									Message message = messageList.get(oldPosition);
+									String uuid = message != null ? message.getUuid() : null;
 									View v = messagesView.getChildAt(0);
 									final int pxOffset = (v == null) ? 0 : v.getTop();
 									ConversationFragment.this.conversation.populateWithMessages(ConversationFragment.this.messageList);
 									updateStatusMessages();
 									messageListAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
-									if (count != 0) {
+									int pos = getIndexOf(uuid,messageList);
-										final int newPosition = oldPosition + count;
+									messagesView.setSelectionFromTop(pos, pxOffset);
-										int offset = 0;
-										try {
-											Message tmpMessage = messageList.get(newPosition);
-
-											while (tmpMessage.wasMergedIntoPrevious()) {
-												offset++;
-												tmpMessage = tmpMessage.prev();
-											}
-										} catch (final IndexOutOfBoundsException ignored) {
-
-										}
-										messagesView.setSelectionFromTop(newPosition - offset, pxOffset);
 									messagesLoaded = true;
 									if (messageLoaderToast != null) {
 										messageLoaderToast.cancel();
 									}
 								}
-								}
 							});
 						}
 

src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/adapter/MessageAdapter.java

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import android.text.style.ForegroundColorSpan;
 import android.text.style.RelativeSizeSpan;
 import android.text.style.StyleSpan;
 import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
-import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
 import android.view.View.OnLongClickListener;
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ import android.widget.Toast;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-import eu.siacs.conversations.Config;
 import eu.siacs.conversations.R;
 import eu.siacs.conversations.entities.Account;
 import eu.siacs.conversations.entities.Contact;
@@ -44,7 +42,6 @@ public class MessageAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Message> {
 	private static final int SENT = 0;
 	private static final int RECEIVED = 1;
 	private static final int STATUS = 2;
-	private static final int NULL = 3;
 
 	private ConversationActivity activity;
 
@@ -79,14 +76,12 @@ public class MessageAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Message> {
 
 	@Override
 	public int getViewTypeCount() {
-		return 4;
+		return 3;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public int getItemViewType(int position) {
-		if (getItem(position).wasMergedIntoPrevious()) {
+		if (getItem(position).getType() == Message.TYPE_STATUS) {
-			return NULL;
-		} else if (getItem(position).getType() == Message.TYPE_STATUS) {
 			return STATUS;
 		} else if (getItem(position).getStatus() <= Message.STATUS_RECEIVED) {
 			return RECEIVED;
@@ -235,8 +230,7 @@ public class MessageAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Message> {
 		viewHolder.messageBody.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
 		if (message.getBody() != null) {
 			final String nick = UIHelper.getMessageDisplayName(message);
-			final String formattedBody = message.getMergedBody().replaceAll("^" + Message.ME_COMMAND,
+			final String formattedBody = message.getMergedBody().replaceAll("^" + Message.ME_COMMAND,nick + " ");
-					nick + " ");
 			if (message.getType() != Message.TYPE_PRIVATE) {
 				if (message.hasMeCommand()) {
 					final Spannable span = new SpannableString(formattedBody);
@@ -244,7 +238,7 @@ public class MessageAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Message> {
 							Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
 					viewHolder.messageBody.setText(span);
 				} else {
-					viewHolder.messageBody.setText(message.getMergedBody());
+					viewHolder.messageBody.setText(formattedBody);
 				}
 			} else {
 				String privateMarker;
@@ -373,10 +367,6 @@ public class MessageAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Message> {
 		if (view == null) {
 			viewHolder = new ViewHolder();
 			switch (type) {
-				case NULL:
-					view = activity.getLayoutInflater().inflate(
-							R.layout.message_null, parent, false);
-					break;
 				case SENT:
 					view = activity.getLayoutInflater().inflate(
 							R.layout.message_sent, parent, false);
@@ -443,25 +433,6 @@ public class MessageAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Message> {
 				viewHolder.status_message.setText(message.getBody());
 			}
 			return view;
-		} else if (type == NULL) {
-			if (viewHolder.message_box != null) {
-				Log.e(Config.LOGTAG, "detected type=NULL but with wrong cached view");
-				view = activity.getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.message_null, parent, false);
-				view.setTag(new ViewHolder());
-			}
-			if (position == getCount() - 1) {
-				view.getLayoutParams().height = 1;
-			} else {
-				view.getLayoutParams().height = 0;
-
-			}
-			view.setLayoutParams(view.getLayoutParams());
-			return view;
-		} else if (message.wasMergedIntoPrevious()) {
-			Log.e(Config.LOGTAG,"detected wasMergedIntoPrevious with wrong type");
-			return view;
-		} else if (viewHolder.messageBody == null || viewHolder.image == null) {
-			return view; //avoiding weird platform bugs
 		} else if (type == RECEIVED) {
 			Contact contact = message.getContact();
 			if (contact != null) {

src/main/res/layout/message_null.xml

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
-    android:layout_height="0dp"
-    android:background="#00000000">
-
-</RelativeLayout>