How to use TextView to display GridView item text in Android Studio

How to use TextView to display GridView item text in Android Studio

activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/rl"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:padding="10dp"
    tools:context=".MainActivity"
    android:background="#498a48"
    >
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tv_message"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="#d8ecd8"
        android:layout_marginBottom="15dp"
        android:padding="10dp"
        />
    <GridView
        android:id="@+id/gv"
        android:layout_width="650dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:padding="2dp"
        android:numColumns="3"
        android:background="#63b162"
        android:verticalSpacing="2dp"
        android:horizontalSpacing="2dp"
        android:stretchMode="columnWidth"
        android:gravity="left"
        android:layout_below="@id/tv_message"
        >
    </GridView>
</RelativeLayout>

MainActivity.java

package com.cfsuman.me.androidcodesnippets;

import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.util.TypedValue;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.GridView;
import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.RelativeLayout.LayoutParams;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

import android.content.res.Resources;


public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        // Get the widgets reference from XML layout
        GridView gv = (GridView) findViewById(R.id.gv);
        final TextView tv_message = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_message);

        // Initializing a new String Array
        String[] plants = new String[]{
                "Catalina ironwood",
                "Cabinet cherry",
                "Pale corydalis",
                "Pink corydalis",
                "Belle Isle cress",
                "Land cress",
                "Orange coneflower",
                "Coast polypody",
                "Water fern"
        };

        // Populate a List from Array elements
        final List<String> plantsList = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(plants));

        // Data bind GridView with ArrayAdapter (String Array elements)
        gv.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(
                this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, plantsList){
            public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {

                // Return the GridView current item as a View
                View view = super.getView(position,convertView,parent);

                // Convert the view as a TextView widget
                TextView tv = (TextView) view;

                //tv.setTextColor(Color.DKGRAY);

                // Set the layout parameters for TextView widget
                RelativeLayout.LayoutParams lp =  new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
                        LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT
                );
                tv.setLayoutParams(lp);

                // Get the TextView LayoutParams
                RelativeLayout.LayoutParams params = (RelativeLayout.LayoutParams)tv.getLayoutParams();

                // Set the width of TextView widget (item of GridView)
                params.width = getPixelsFromDPs(MainActivity.this,168);

                // Set the TextView layout parameters
                tv.setLayoutParams(params);

                // Display TextView text in center position
                tv.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);

                // Set the TextView text font family and text size
                tv.setTypeface(Typeface.SANS_SERIF, Typeface.NORMAL);
                tv.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, 12);

                // Set the TextView text (GridView item text)
                tv.setText(plantsList.get(position));

                // Set the TextView background color
                tv.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#FF82DE81"));

                // Return the TextView widget as GridView item
                return tv;
            }
        });

        gv.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
                String selectedItem = parent.getItemAtPosition(position).toString();
                tv_message.setText("Selected Item : " + selectedItem);
            }
        });
 }

    // Method for converting DP value to pixels
    public static int getPixelsFromDPs(Activity activity, int dps){
        Resources r = activity.getResources();
        int  px = (int) (TypedValue.applyDimension(
                TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, dps, r.getDisplayMetrics()));
        return px;
    }
}