I have a custom ListView with two TextViews both containing different values. What I want to be able to do it get the contents from one of these TextViews when an item is clicked.
This is the code I have so far:
listView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
String value;
// value = (get value of TextView here)
}
});
I want to be able to assign value to the text of one of the TextView's.
Although #Sam's suggestions will work fine in most scenarios, I actually prefer using the supplied AdapterView in onItemClick(...) for this:
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
Person person = (Person) parent.getItemAtPosition(position);
// ...
}
I consider this to be a slightly more fool-proof approach, as the AdapterView will take into account any header views that may potentially be added using ListView.addHeaderView(...).
For example, if your ListView contains one header, tapping on the first item supplied by the adapter will result in the position variable having a value of 1 (rather than 0, which is the default case for no headers), since the header occupies position 0. Hence, it's very easy to mistakenly retrieve the wrong data for a position and introduce an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException for the last list item. By retrieving the item from the AdapterView, the position is automatically correctly offset. You can of course manually correct it too, but why not use the tools provided? :)
Just FYI and FWIW.
You have a few options. I reference the code from your previous question.
You can access this data from the row's layout view:
ViewHolder holder = (ViewHolder) view.getTag();
// Now use holder.name.getText().toString() and holder.description as you please
You can access the Adapter with position:
Person person = mAdapter.getItem(position);
// Now use person.name and person.description as you please
(By the way in your Person class, name and description are public so you don't need the get methods.)
Override following method in adaterclass.
public String[] getText() {
return text;
}
Related
I have a listview itemClickListener that should get the model instance associated with the row clicked.
I read about tags in http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#setTag(int, java.lang.Object)
I know that listview recycles rows, so it would not be a good idea to use v.setTag(currentItem), because that would result in an earlier row being associated with a later item.
So to solve my original problem, it looks like I need to use setTag(int, object) where the body of my click handler needs to know the unique key. The documentation states to use a resource id value, but that is not unique amongst multiple rows. How do I get the model instance for the row I clicked on?
You should just be able to grab the item out of your adapter like this:
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id)
{
ListAdapter a = (ListAdapter)parent.getAdapter();
Object itemAtPosition = a.getItem(position);
}
As the question suggests, is it possible to identify the elements of a listView using string ids or something similar to id? I know the typical signature is
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
int position, long id) {...}
But I need to have string ids or such. How would I do that?
Elaboration (sorry if still unclear)
The problem is my underlying list is a rotating list (i.e. circular list)
myList.addFirst(myList.deleteLast());
So the id/index of an item keeps actually floating around. But I need an id that is essentially a part of the element so that no matter the rotation, I can always retrieve the exactly element I mean to.
Create an Array List of strings. Add the strings id for listview in it.
Add a hidden textview in your listitems.
Add all the string id from Array List to your listview hidden textview.
Access the string id as below :
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,int position, long id) {
TextView anyId = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.anyID);
String val_Id = anyId.getText().toString();
Using ArrayList allows to handle dynamic listview.
You can create an array of string ids for your listview. In onItemClick, you can use the position to assess your string array. As the list items and your string will be of same size, it should have one to one mapping.
I hope you understand what I mean..
If you want to have a String row ID kindly get the position then convert it into string.
getItemIdAtPosition() is a function in android used to get the id of an item in a list view given its position
is there any way of doing the reverse, i.e. getting the position of an item is a list view given its id?
No. You have to do it manually. Create a public method inside the adapter you are using; in that method, loop on the adapter items and check each item id. If it is == to the method param, then return the index.
public int getItemPosition(long id)
{
for (int position=0; position<mList.size(); position++)
if (mList.get(position).getId() == id)
return position;
return 0;
}
Update: You might as well save a HashMap for position/id in your adapter, if lookup performance represents a problem for your use case.
Update: If you want to use this method outside the adapter, then use below:
private int getAdapterItemPosition(long id)
{
for (int position=0; position<mListAdapter.getCount(); position++)
if (mListAdapter.get(position).getId() == id)
return position;
return 0;
}
Not sure if the question is still open. Nevertheless, thought I will share how I did it so that it may help someone who is looking to do the same thing.
You can use the tag feature of a view to store the mapping between that view's id and its position in the list.
The documentation for tags on the android developer site explains it well:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#Tags
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#setTag(int, java.lang.Object)
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#getTag(int)
Example:
In the getView method of your list adapter, you can set the mapping for that view's id and its position in the list, something like:
public View getView (int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
{
if(convertView == null)
{
// create your view by inflating a xml layout resource or instantiating a
// custom view class
}
else
{
// Do whatever you want with the convertView object like
// finding a child view that you want to set some property of,etc.
}
// Here you set the position of the view in the list as its tag
convertView.setTag(convertView.getId(),position);
return convertView;
}
To retrieve the position of the view, you would do something like:
int getItemPosition(View view)
{
return view.getTag(view.getId());
}
A point to be noted is that you do need to have a reference to the View whose position you want to retrieve. How you get hold of the View's reference is dependent on your specific case.
No. Depending on what adapter you're using to back your ListView the id and position may be the same (I haven't looked at all BaseAdapter subclasses so I cannot say for sure). If you look at the source code for ArrayAdapter you will see that getItemId actually returns the position of the object in the adapter. If the position and id are the same, there is no need to use one to get the other. Otherwise you just need to search the adapter for the object your looking for - using either position or id - and you can find the other value.
If what you're talking about is getting objects using some unique key - i.e. one that you define - that can be done. What you need to do is set up your adapter to take a HashMap instead of an ArrayList or regular List of objects. Then you can create your own method to find by key by simply pulling that value from the HashMap.
it's too late to answer but for benefit...
for example if you have listview and you want to get id with click listener you can get it by >>
cListview.setOnItemLongClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemLongClickListener() {
#Override
public boolean onItemLongClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
// for id or any informations
itemID = String.valueOf(catList.get(position).getItemID());
// for name or any informations
itemName = String.valueOf(catList.get(position).getItemName());
I have a list view that uses different layout sheets for different rows. Each sheet has different variables on them. So, when I want to implement the click listener for my list I need to know which type of row I am clicking on so that I can try to access to the correct values. For example:
list.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
int position, long id) {
//do this for layout A
//......
// do that for layout B
//......
}
});
How can I access to the layout information and the corresponding values ?
Make sure that you have a variable in your activity where you've kept the data with which you've populated the adapter.
Then, based on the position variable, you'll be able to get the exact row which was clicked. Then based on the row, you'll be able to figure out what type of row it is, right? :)
you can use the method:
public abstract int getItemViewType (int position) of your custom adapter.
I have a list of players whos name are displayed listview. and each row of listview contains button, textview and imageview. How can I get the value of textview?
If you are using Custom Adapter class to populate the listview,then in your adapter,you can use HashMap for saving key-value pair,saving position of listitem with the data into that textview.and then you can easily retrieve it on OnItemClickListener of listview.
Depending on the specifics of your implementation, I would go with one of the following approaches.
Option A.
Use setOnItemClickListener to register a click listener with the list (or if you're using a ListActivity or ListFragment simply use [onListItemClick](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ListActivity.html#onListItemClick%28android.widget.ListView, android.view.View, int, long%29)). onItemClick gets passed in the View that was clicked and can be used to retrieve nested views, e.g. the TextView you're looking for.
list.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
TextView tv = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.textview);
String tvText = tv.getText();
}
}
Option B
Assuming you fill your list from some sort of data collection, you may be able to do something similar to above, but use the passed position parameter as an index to directly get the text from the objects in your collection; i.e.:
list.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
SomeObject so = myCollection.get(position);
String tvText = so.getTextViewText();
}
}
There are lots of more options though. I kind of like creating my own extension of ArrayAdapter to hold the models for the views of the items in the list. That way you could also call getItemAtPosition(int position) or getItem(int position) and cast the returned object to your data type.
Is it a static list or a dynamically generated one? If its a static one you can assign a different id to each textview in the xml itself, and then use FindViewById to access it. If it's not this is what you've got to do: you will obviously have one row and display it many times. So multiple textviews will have same ID. Use a for loop, inside which use FindViewById(Remember FindViewByID will only access the first element with mentioned Id, set its Id to something else, in the next iteration the next textview is selected, set its Id to something) then use these new ids to access them, thus you can access each textview