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ListView - onContextItemSelected manipulate the item instead of toString

As you can see in the code below, when I LongClick on an item in ListView, i get a popup menu with option to manipulate the item (delete, update, etc).
the problem is that I use my function on item.toString instead the item itself.
How can i get the item itself, and put it as an argument in my functions?
onCreateContextMenu:
public void onCreateContextMenu(final ContextMenu menu, final View v, final ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo);
if (v.getId() == R.id.db_list_view) {
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.menu_list, menu);
}
}
onContextItemSelected:
public boolean onContextItemSelected(android.view.MenuItem item) {
AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo) item.getMenuInfo();
Object obj = lv.getItemAtPosition(info.position);
String nameToString = obj.toString();
if (item.getTitle().equals("Delete")) {
deletePlayerFromLongClick(nameToString);
} else if (item.getTitle().equals("Update")) {
updatePlayerFromLongClick(nameToString);
} else if (item.getTitle().equals("Change Host/Guest")) {
changeMembership(nameToString);
}
return true;
}

do like:
yourAdapter.getItem(info.position);
or
((YourAdapter)lv.getAdapter()).getItem(position);
or even simpler,
listOfItem.get(info.position);

android: listview long click & context popup causing stackoverflowerror (possibly due to actionbarsherlock?) [duplicate]

I am developing an android application.I will have a listview and i have set a context menu to appear when a listview item is long-pressed.How do i get the item from the listview item selected(say text from a listview textview) after an action from the contextmenu is chosen so i can process it?
Here is some code:
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
-------
lv1 = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listings);
registerForContextMenu(lv1);
lv1.setOnItemClickListener(this);
}
And the onCreateContextMenu:
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v,
ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo);
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.context_menu, menu);
}
#Override
public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterContextMenuInfo) item
.getMenuInfo();
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.watch:
String name = "";
return true;
case R.id.buy:
return true;
default:
return super.onContextItemSelected(item);
}
}
I want to get text from a textview in a list item.How do i achieve that?

To get the item from the ListView item selected refer to ContextMenuInfo object (see last implemented method below). Full solution as follows:
1) register ListView for context menu in ListActivity class
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// ...
getListView().setAdapter(mAdapter);
registerForContextMenu(getListView());
}
1a) if you have complex View on your list you might need to enable long click on each list view in Adapter class
#Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
View view = convertView;
if (view == null) {
RelativeLayout layout = (RelativeLayout) LayoutInflater.from(mContext).inflate(R.layout.list_item, parent, false);
itemLayout = layout;
itemLayout.setLongClickable(true);
}
// ...
return view;
}
2) implement onCreateContextMenu() and onContextItemSelected() in ListActivity class
#Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo);
AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterContextMenuInfo) menuInfo;
String title = ((MyItem) mAdapter.getItem(info.position)).getTitle();
menu.setHeaderTitle(title);
menu.add(Menu.NONE, MENU_CONTEXT_DELETE_ID, Menu.NONE, DELETE_TEXT);
}
#Override
public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case MENU_CONTEXT_DELETE_ID:
AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterContextMenuInfo) item.getMenuInfo();
Log.d(TAG, "removing item pos=" + info.position);
mAdapter.remove(info.position);
return true;
default:
return super.onContextItemSelected(item);
}
}

The problem was the onItemLongClick() method, do not use it for context menu.
Instead, register the LISTVIEW for the context menu.
Here's the source.
for onCreate():
registerForContextMenu(lv);
And to access the selected item during long click:
#Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
if (v.getId() == R.id.lv) {
ListView lv = (ListView) v;
AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo acmi = (AdapterContextMenuInfo) menuInfo;
YourObject obj = (YourObject) lv.getItemAtPosition(acmi.position);
menu.add("One");
menu.add("Two");
menu.add("Three");
menu.add(obj.name);
}
}

1) First we use
#Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo);
menu.add("View Selected Text");
}
2)
list--is ref if ListView
registerForContextMenu(list);
3)
#Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo);
if(item.getTitle().equals("View Selected Text"))
{
AdapterContextMenuInfo menuInfo = (AdapterContextMenuInfo) item.getMenuInfo();
Contact c=array.get(menuInfo.position);
Toast.makeText(List.this, "Selected String is :-"+c.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}

first get list using id
Context context = getApplicationContext();
ComponentName component = new ComponentName(context.getPackageName(), TestReplaceHomeAppActivity.class.getName());
String packname = context.getPackageName();
Intent LaunchIntent = getActivity().getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageName);
if(LaunchIntent != null){
startActivity(LaunchIntent);
}
else {
Toast.makeText(getActivity().getBaseContext(),"APPLICATION IN NOT AVAILABEL", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}

Write this in your longPressListener with the listview you use:
ListView list = (ListView) findViewById(android.R.id.list);
registerForContextMenu(list);
And this are the methods:
#Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v,
ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo);
AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterContextMenuInfo) menuInfo;
Adapter adapter = getListAdapter();
Object item = adapter.getItem(info.position);
menu.setHeaderTitle("Choose");
menu.add(0, v.getId(), 0, "Delete");
}
#Override
public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
if (item.getTitle() == "Delete") {
deleteContact(item.getItemId());
} else if (...) {
// code
} else {
return false;
}
return true;
}
public void deleteContact(int id){
// your code what to do for the clicked item
}

use these methods, onCreateContextMenu and onContextItemSelected\
#Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v,
ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
if (v.getId() == R.id.listview) {
menu.setHeaderTitle("Delete");
menu.add(Menu.NONE, 0, 0, "Delete from list");
}
}
/**
* Responding to context menu selected option
* */
#Override
public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo) item
.getMenuInfo();
int menuItemIndex = item.getItemId();
// check for selected option
if (menuItemIndex == 0) {
// user selected delete
// delete the listrow
..(in your onitemclicklistener there is a parameter called as'postition' use this position and use some method to delete the data corresponding to the position value )
// reloading same activity again
Intent intent = getIntent();
finish();
startActivity(intent);
}
return true;
}

The above answers are very accurate and to the point for the case provided. That being said, I was brought here with using a convertView for my listview and am answering for those who are also brought here with this case.
If your LISTVIEW is using convertView and inflating a separate layout (say list_MyItem.xml), directly modify the list_MyItem.xml to have:
android:longClickable="true"
For example, if the listview is being populated with buttons modify the button as such:
<Button
android:id="#+id/myButton"
.
.
.
android:longClickable="true"
/>

Android ListView ContextMenu not appearing

I have a CustomListAdapter. I have overloaded my OnItemClickListener and added a registerForContextMenu line for the position that i have a context menu shown.
When i select the Item that should show the MenuItem, the menu is shown. When i press the back button on the phone the menu disappears. However now what happens that the same Item in my listview does not receive the OnItemClickListener anymore. Am i making sense ? I mean after the menu disappears, the same item does not receive the click listener. The items above and below receive the event as desired. I seems as if the Menu has disappeared but still is catching the click event ?

It's bad. You have to call registerForContextMenu in onCreate method.
So try it like this:
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.contacts);
registerForContextMenu(<yourListView>);
...
}
for create ContextMenu you have to override onCreateContextMenu method
#Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu cMenu, View parent, ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo info) {
this.contextMenu = cMenu;
new MenuInflater(Contacts.this).inflate(R.menu.conmenu, this.contextMenu);
}
and for select items override onContextItemSelected method:
#Override
public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo) item.getMenuInfo();
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.c_odobrat:
deleteContactDialog(info.id);
return true;
}
return false;
}
And it should works.

quickLinkListView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener()
{
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> a, View v, int position, long id)
{
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setClassName(Home.this, "com.myapp.toc" + Constants.ACT_NAMES[position]);
if (position < 4 && position > 1)
{
switch (position)
{
case 3:
registerForContextMenu(v);
ViewHolder.v=v;
openContextMenu(v);
break;
}
}
}
});
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenuInfo menuInfo)
{
super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo);
MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.context_home, menu);
menu.setHeaderTitle("Select Video Type");
}

How to change background color of each row in list view?

My app contains 1 list view, data source is 1 sqlite table, when i hold long click on any row in listview it will show me 1 menu option to change the color of that row, for this i have used onContextItemSelected function, on selecting menu option it will call 1 function change_color. What should i write in change_color function so that i can change row bg color.
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v,
ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo);
menu.add(0, PROCESSED_ID, 0, R.string.menu_processed);
}
public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case PROCESSED_ID:
AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterContextMenuInfo) item
.getMenuInfo();
change_color();
return true;
}
return super.onContextItemSelected(item);
}

Call your method as :
change_color(pass_your_list_view, pass_selected_position_of_list_view);
And define change_color() as:
private void change_color(ListView listView, int position) {
listView.getChildAt(position).setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK);
}
Hope this will help.
Edited
Define a variable a position
public static int position;
And replace your code as
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v,
ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo);
menu.add(0, PROCESSED_ID, 0, R.string.menu_processed);
// Get the info on which item was selected
AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterContextMenuInfo) menuInfo;
// Retrieve the position at where you long pressed
position = info.position;
}
public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case PROCESSED_ID:
AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterContextMenuInfo) item
.getMenuInfo();
change_color(getListView(), position);
return true;
}
return super.onContextItemSelected(item);
}

refer to this tutorial Colored Row in List View

Detecting which selected item (in a ListView) spawned the ContextMenu (Android)

I have a ListView that will allow the user to long-press an item to get a context menu. The problem I'm having is in determining which ListItem they long-pressed. I've tried doing this:
myListView.setOnCreateContextMenuListener(new OnCreateContextMenuListener() {
#Override public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, final View v, ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
menu.add("Make Toast")
.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new OnMenuItemClickListener() {
#Override public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem item) {
String toastText = "You clicked position " + ((ListView)v).getSelectedItemPosition();
Toast.makeText(DisplayScheduleActivity.this, toastText, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
return true;
}
});
}
});
but it just hangs until an ANR pops up. I suspect that after the menu is created the ListItem is no longer selected.
It looks like you could monitor for clicks or long-clicks then record the clicked item there:
mArrivalsList.setOnItemLongClickListener(new OnItemLongClickListener() {
#Override public boolean onItemLongClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View v, int position, long id) {
// record position/id/whatever here
return false;
}
});
but that feels majorly kludgey to me. Does anyone have any better solutions for this?

I do exactly this. In my onCreateContextMenu(...) method, I cast the ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo to AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo. From there, you can get the targetView, which you cast again to the widget. The complete code is available in HomeActivity.java, look for the onCreateContextMenu(...) method.
#Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu contextMenu,
View v,
ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo info =
(AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo) menuInfo;
selectedWord = ((TextView) info.targetView).getText().toString();
selectedWordId = info.id;
contextMenu.setHeaderTitle(selectedWord);
contextMenu.add(0, CONTEXT_MENU_EDIT_ITEM, 0, R.string.edit);
contextMenu.add(0, CONTEXT_MENU_DELETE_ITEM, 1, R.string.delete);
}
Note that I store the selected text as well as the select id in private fields. Since the UI is thread confined, I know the selectedWord and selectedWordId fields will be correct for later actions.

First of all, I'm wondering if you're making things a little overly complicated by using View.setOnCreateContextMenuListener(). Things get a lot easier if you use Activity.registerForContextMenu(), because then you can just use Activity.onCreateContextMenu() and Activity.onContextItemSelected() to handle all of your menu events. It basically means you don't have to define all these anonymous inner classes to handle every event; you just need to override a few Activity methods to handle these context menu events.
Second, there's definitely easier ways to retrieve the currently selected item. All you need to do is keep a reference either to the ListView or to the Adapter used to populate it. You can use the ContextMenuInfo as an AdapterContextMenuInfo to get the position of the item; and then you can either use ListView.getItemAtPosition() or Adapter.getItem() to retrieve the Object specifically linked to what was clicked. For example, supposing I'm using Activity.onCreateContextMenu(), I could do this:
#Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo);
// Get the info on which item was selected
AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterContextMenuInfo) menuInfo;
// Get the Adapter behind your ListView (this assumes you're using
// a ListActivity; if you're not, you'll have to store the Adapter yourself
// in some way that can be accessed here.)
Adapter adapter = getListAdapter();
// Retrieve the item that was clicked on
Object item = adapter.getItem(info.position);
}
#Override
public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Here's how you can get the correct item in onContextItemSelected()
AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterContextMenuInfo) item.getMenuInfo();
Object item = getListAdapter().getItem(info.position);
}

this is another way on how to create context menu n how to delete the item selected here is the whole code
public class SimpleJokeList extends Activity {
public static final int Upload = Menu.FIRST + 1;
public static final int Delete = Menu.FIRST + 2;
int position;
ListView lv;
EditText jokeBox;
Button addJoke;
MyAdapter adapter;
private ArrayAdapter<String> mAdapter;
private ArrayList<String> mStrings = new ArrayList<String>();
String jokesToBeAdded;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.simplejokeui);
lv=(ListView)findViewById(R.id.jokelist);
addJoke=(Button)findViewById(R.id.addjoke);
jokeBox=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.jokebox);
mAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, mStrings);
registerForContextMenu(lv);
listItemClicked();
addJokes();
private void addJokes() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
addJoke.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
jokesToBeAdded=jokeBox.getText().toString();
if(jokesToBeAdded.equals("")){
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "please enter some joke", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
else{
lv.setAdapter(mAdapter);
mAdapter.add(jokesToBeAdded);
jokeBox.setText(null);
}
}
});
}
private void listItemClicked() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
lv.setOnItemLongClickListener(new OnItemLongClickListener() {
#Override
public boolean onItemLongClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1,
int arg2, long arg3) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
position=arg2;
return false;
}
});
}
#Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v,
ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo);
populateMenu(menu);
menu.setHeaderTitle("Select what you wanna do");
}
private void populateMenu(ContextMenu menu) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
menu.add(Menu.NONE, Upload, Menu.NONE, "UPLOAD");
menu.add(Menu.NONE, Delete, Menu.NONE, "DELETE");
}
#Override
public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item)
{
return (applyMenuChoice(item) || super.onContextItemSelected(item));
}
private boolean applyMenuChoice(MenuItem item) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
switch (item.getItemId())
{
case Delete:
String s=mAdapter.getItem(position);
mAdapter.remove(s);
// position--;
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Congrats u HAve Deleted IT", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
return (true);
}
return false;
}

And don't forget to put this
registerForContextMenu(listview);
in your onCreate method to get your context Menu visible.

We have used with success:
#Override
public boolean onContextItemSelected
(
MenuItem item
)
{
if (!AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo.class.isInstance (item.getMenuInfo ()))
return false;
AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo cmi =
(AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo) item.getMenuInfo ();
Object o = getListView ().getItemAtPosition (cmi.position);
return true;
}

Isn't the view argument the actual selected row's view, or am I missing the question here?
ListView lv;
private OnItemLongClickListener onLongClick = new OnItemLongClickListener() {
public boolean onItemLongClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1,
int arg2, long arg3) {
lv.showContextMenuForChild(arg1);
lv.showContextMenu();
return false;
}
};

#Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo);
AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo) menuInfo;
View TargetV=(View) info.targetView;
text1 = (String) ((TextView) TargetV.findViewById(R.id.textView1)).getText();
text2 = (String) ((TextView) TargetV.findViewById(R.id.textView2)).getText();
if(List3Ok){
text3 = (String) ((TextView) TargetV.findViewById(R.id.textView3)).getText();
}
selectedWord = text1 + "\n" + text2 + "\n" + text3;
selectedWordId = info.id;
menu.setHeaderTitle(selectedWord);
MenuInflater inflater = this.getActivity().getMenuInflater();
inflater.inflate(R.menu.list_menu, menu);
}

I case you are using SimpleCursorAdapder you may do it like this
#Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
getActivity().getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.project_list_item_context, menu);
// Getting long-pressed item position
AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterContextMenuInfo) menuInfo;
int position = info.position;
// Get all records from adapter
Cursor c = ((SimpleCursorAdapter)getListAdapter()).getCursor();
// Go to required position
c.moveToPosition(position);
// Read database fields values associated with our long-pressed item
Log.d(TAG, "Long-pressed-item with position: " + c.getPosition());
Log.d(TAG, "Long-pressed-item _id: " + c.getString(0));
Log.d(TAG, "Long-pressed-item Name: " + c.getString(1));
Log.d(TAG, "Long-pressed-item Date: " + c.getString(2));
Log.d(TAG, "Long-pressed-item Path: " + c.getString(3));
// Do whatever you need here with received values
}