Added in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)

# SimpleCursorAdapter.ViewBinder

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This class can be used by external clients of SimpleCursorAdapter
to bind values fom the Cursor to views.

You should use this class to bind values from the Cursor to views
that are not directly supported by SimpleCursorAdapter or to
change the way binding occurs for views supported by
SimpleCursorAdapter.
**See also:**

- `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/SimpleCursorAdapter#bindView(android.view.View,%20android.content.Context,%20android.database.Cursor)`
- `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/SimpleCursorAdapter#setViewImage(android.widget.ImageView,%20java.lang.String)`
- `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/SimpleCursorAdapter#setViewText(android.widget.TextView,%20java.lang.String)`

## Summary

| ### Public methods ||
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| ` abstract boolean` | ` https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/SimpleCursorAdapter.ViewBinder#setViewValue(android.view.View,%20android.database.Cursor,%20int)(https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View view, https://developer.android.com/reference/android/database/Cursor cursor, int columnIndex) ` Binds the Cursor column defined by the specified index to the specified view. |

## Public methods

### setViewValue

Added in [API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)

```
public abstract boolean setViewValue (View view, 
                Cursor cursor, 
                int columnIndex)
```

Binds the Cursor column defined by the specified index to the specified view.

When binding is handled by this ViewBinder, this method must return true.
If this method returns false, SimpleCursorAdapter will attempts to handle
the binding on its own.

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| Parameters ||
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| `view` | `View`: the view to bind the data to <br /> |
| `cursor` | `Cursor`: the cursor to get the data from <br /> |
| `columnIndex` | `int`: the column at which the data can be found in the cursor <br /> |

| Returns ||
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| `boolean` | true if the data was bound to the view, false otherwise <br /> |