// this converts an Integer array to an ArrayList of Integers
Integer[] nums = { 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3 };
ArrayList<Integer> list = new ArrayList<Integer>(
	Arrays.asList(nums)
);

// this converts a String array to an ArrayList of Strings
String[] strs = { "Hello", "in", "there", "how", "are", "you", "feeling", "this", "morning" };
ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(
	Arrays.asList(strs)
);