# SimpleCursorAdapter.ViewBinder

Artifact: [androidx.cursoradapter:cursoradapter](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/cursoradapter) [View Source](https://cs.android.com/search?q=file:androidx/cursoradapter/widget/SimpleCursorAdapter.java+class:androidx.cursoradapter.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter.ViewBinder) Added in [1.0.0](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/cursoradapter#1.0.0)

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```
public interface 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/androidx/cursoradapter/widget/SimpleCursorAdapter#bindView(android.view.View,android.content.Context,android.database.Cursor)` |   |
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/cursoradapter/widget/SimpleCursorAdapter#setViewImage(android.widget.ImageView,java.lang.String)` |   |
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/cursoradapter/widget/SimpleCursorAdapter#setViewText(android.widget.TextView,java.lang.String)` |   |

## Summary

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

## Public methods

### setViewValue

Added in [1.0.0](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/cursoradapter#1.0.0)

```
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.

| Parameters |
|---|---|
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html view` | the view to bind the data to |
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/android/database/Cursor.html cursor` | the cursor to get the data from |
| `int columnIndex` | the column at which the data can be found in the cursor |

| Returns |
|---|---|
| `boolean` | true if the data was bound to the view, false otherwise |