When Chen initially drew up the proof of concept for LWUIT he copied the concept of list renderers from Swing, this was one of the most hotly debated issues between us. Whether we should aim for familiarity for Swing users or simplify what has always been an API that novices wrestle with. We eventually went with the familiarity approach, a decision we both agree today was short sighted.
Unfortunately changing the renderer API isn't practical at this stage but we simplified a lot thanks to the GenericListCellRenderer which powers GUI builder list renderers. We simplified this further with the MultiList component which has a default renderer that's pretty powerful to begin with.read more...
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