changed dates in lists to relative timespans (e.g. "3 days ago")

res/values-de/strings.xml

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   <!--Playback history-->
   <string name="clear_history_label">Chronik löschen</string>
   <!--Other-->
+  <string name="a_moment_ago">Vor Kurzem</string>
   <string name="confirm_label">Bestätigen</string>
   <string name="cancel_label">Abbrechen</string>
   <string name="author_label">Autor</string>

res/values/strings.xml

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     <string name="processing_label">Processing</string>
     <string name="loading_label">Loading...</string>
     <string name="image_of_prefix">Image of:\u0020</string>
+    <string name="a_moment_ago">a moment ago</string>
 
     <!-- 'Add Feed' Activity labels -->
     <string name="feedurl_label">Feed URL</string>

src/de/danoeh/antennapod/adapter/DefaultFeedItemlistAdapter.java

@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 package de.danoeh.antennapod.adapter;
 
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.TypedArray;
-import android.text.format.DateUtils;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
@@ -75,10 +72,8 @@ public class DefaultFeedItemlistAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
 			holder.title.setText(item.getTitle());
 			holder.published.setText(convertView.getResources().getString(
 					R.string.published_prefix)
-					+ DateUtils.formatSameDayTime(item.getPubDate().getTime(),
-							System.currentTimeMillis(), DateFormat.MEDIUM,
-							DateFormat.SHORT));
-
+					+ Converter.getRelativeTimeSpanString(context,
+							item.getPubDate().getTime()));
 			if (item.getMedia() == null) {
 				holder.type.setVisibility(View.GONE);
 				holder.lenSize.setVisibility(View.GONE);

src/de/danoeh/antennapod/adapter/DownloadLogAdapter.java

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package de.danoeh.antennapod.adapter;
 
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-
 import android.content.Context;
-import android.text.format.DateUtils;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
@@ -15,6 +12,7 @@ import de.danoeh.antennapod.feed.Feed;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.feed.FeedImage;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.feed.FeedManager;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.feed.FeedMedia;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.util.Converter;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.util.DownloadError;
 
 /** Displays a list of DownloadStatus entries. */
@@ -60,9 +58,8 @@ public class DownloadLogAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
 		} else {
 			holder.title.setText(R.string.download_log_title_unknown);
 		}
-		holder.date.setText(DateUtils.formatSameDayTime(status
-				.getCompletionDate().getTime(), System.currentTimeMillis(),
-				DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.SHORT));
+		holder.date.setText(Converter.getRelativeTimeSpanString(context,
+				status.getCompletionDate().getTime()));
 		if (status.isSuccessful()) {
 			holder.successful.setTextColor(convertView.getResources().getColor(
 					R.color.download_success_green));

src/de/danoeh/antennapod/adapter/FeedlistAdapter.java

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package de.danoeh.antennapod.adapter;
 
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-
 import android.content.Context;
-import android.text.format.DateUtils;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
@@ -15,6 +12,7 @@ import de.danoeh.antennapod.asynctask.ImageLoader;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.feed.Feed;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.feed.FeedManager;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.storage.DownloadRequester;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.util.Converter;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.util.ThemeUtils;
 
 public class FeedlistAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
@@ -82,9 +80,8 @@ public class FeedlistAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
 		} else {
 			holder.lastUpdate.setText(convertView.getResources().getString(
 					R.string.last_update_prefix)
-					+ DateUtils.formatSameDayTime(feed.getLastUpdate()
-							.getTime(), System.currentTimeMillis(),
-							DateFormat.MEDIUM, DateFormat.SHORT));
+					+ Converter.getRelativeTimeSpanString(context,
+							feed.getLastUpdate().getTime()));
 		}
 		holder.numberOfEpisodes.setText(feed.getNumOfItems(true)
 				+ convertView.getResources()

src/de/danoeh/antennapod/adapter/InternalFeedItemlistAdapter.java

@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 package de.danoeh.antennapod.adapter;
 
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.res.TypedArray;
-import android.text.format.DateUtils;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
@@ -122,9 +119,8 @@ public class InternalFeedItemlistAdapter extends DefaultFeedItemlistAdapter {
 
 			holder.published.setText(convertView.getResources().getString(
 					R.string.published_prefix)
-					+ DateUtils.formatSameDayTime(item.getPubDate().getTime(),
-							System.currentTimeMillis(), DateFormat.MEDIUM,
-							DateFormat.SHORT));
+					+ Converter.getRelativeTimeSpanString(getContext(),
+							item.getPubDate().getTime()));
 
 			FeedMedia media = item.getMedia();
 			if (media == null) {

src/de/danoeh/antennapod/adapter/MiroGuideItemlistAdapter.java

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 package de.danoeh.antennapod.adapter;
 
-import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import android.content.Context;
-import android.text.format.DateUtils;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
@@ -12,6 +10,7 @@ import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.R;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.miroguide.model.MiroGuideItem;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.util.Converter;
 
 public class MiroGuideItemlistAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<MiroGuideItem> {
 
@@ -42,9 +41,8 @@ public class MiroGuideItemlistAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<MiroGuideItem> {
 
 		holder.title.setText(item.getName());
 		if (item.getDate() != null) {
-			holder.date.setText(DateUtils.formatSameDayTime(item.getDate()
-					.getTime(), System.currentTimeMillis(), DateFormat.SHORT,
-					DateFormat.SHORT));
+			holder.date.setText(Converter.getRelativeTimeSpanString(getContext(),
+					item.getDate().getTime()));
 			holder.date.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
 		} else {
 			holder.date.setVisibility(View.GONE);

src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/Converter.java

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package de.danoeh.antennapod.util;
 
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.text.format.DateUtils;
 import android.util.Log;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.R;
 
 /** Provides methods for converting various units. */
 public final class Converter {
@@ -78,4 +81,16 @@ public final class Converter {
     	
     	return String.format("%02d:%02d", h, m);
     }
+    
+    /** Converts milliseconds to a relative time span,
+     * will return "a moment ago" if it's less than a minute ago */
+    public static String getRelativeTimeSpanString(Context context, long millis) {
+    	long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    	if (now - millis <= 60 * 1000) {
+    		return context.getString(R.string.a_moment_ago);
+    	} else {
+    		return DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString(
+    				millis, now, 0, 0).toString();
+    	}
+    }
 }