android - Displaying custom objects in ArrayAdapter - the easy way? -

i trying display list of bluetooth devices in arrayadapter, , want override default functionality of adapter show objects tostring(). know there solutions extend getview(...) method, feel over-complicating things. want override how string display built. bluetooth devices using getname() instead of tostring().

so i've created custom arrayadapter below, , ideally have method getdisplaystring(t value)

public class myarrayadapter extends arrayadapter<bluetoothdevice> {     ...     @override //i wish existed     protected string getdisplaystring(bluetoothdevice b) {         return b.getname();     }     ... } 

altering behavior of getview doesn't have complicated.

madapter = new arrayadapter<mytype>(this, r.layout.listitem, new arraylist<mytype>()) {     @override     public view getview(int position, view convertview, viewgroup parent) {         textview view = (textview) super.getview(position, convertview, parent);         // replace text own         view.settext(getitem(position).getname());         return view;     } }; 

this has disadvantage of setting view's text twice (once in super.getview , once in override) above, doesn't cost much. alternative create view using inflater if convertview isn't there.