Android ListView select items to delete with 3 column layout - android

I'd like to implement a Listview in android in which I have the possibility to enable a delete mode, in which the user can select the entries to delete. It should be similar to the message application in android.
I already have a ListActivity which has an icon on the left and text on the right side. I now like to add a CheckBox floating on the right side of the list entry. The ListActivity is listed in another question by a friend of mine: android listactivity background color .
The layout should be:
Left Picture
Center List item
Right Checkbox for delete selection
How can I achieve this? Is there a standard ListView item in the framework I could use?

I guess you want a CheckBox to appear(only) when is time to delete items from the ListView. Assuming you use the layout from the other question:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="horizontal"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="5dp"
android:background="#color/darkbluelogo" >
<ImageView android:id="#+id/list_image"
android:layout_width="48dip"
android:layout_height="48dip"
android:contentDescription="#id/list_image"
/>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:padding="5dp"
android:background="#color/darkbluelogo"
android:scrollingCache="false"
android:cacheColorHint="#00000000" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/title"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#+id/title" >
</TextView>
<TextView
android:id="#+id/datetime"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="#+id/datetime" >
</TextView>
</LinearLayout>
<CheckBox
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:visibility="gone" />
</LinearLayout>
When the ListView starts the CheckBox will not be present and the content TextViews will occupy all the space. Add a flag in the getView method of your adapter that will signal that the CheckBox must be shown(here you will set the CheckBox's visibility from the layout to visible). When its time to delete items modify the flag and then call notifyDataSetChanged() so the ListView redraws its children, this time with the CheckBox present.
Note:
You'll have to store the status of the CheckBoxes yourself.

First of all you need a custom layout for your list entries. A simple RelativeLayout including an ImageView , a TextView and a CheckBox should be enough.
Then you might want to build your own custom adapter which can extend BaseAdapter (or SimpleAdapter or CursorAdapter or ArrayAdapter or...). The adapter will bind the list's data to your custom layout. If for example your data is contained in a Cursor it will look like:
private class MyCustomAdapter extends CursorAdapter {
public MyCustomAdapter(Context context) {
super(context, null);
}
#Override
public View newView(Context context, Cursor cursor, ViewGroup parent) {
//Return a list item view
return getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.my_custom_list_item_layout, parent, false);
}
#Override
public void bindView(View view, Context context, Cursor cursor) {
//Get views from layout
final ImageView imageView = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.list_item_image);
final TextView textView = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.list_item_text);
final CheckBox checkBox = (CheckBox) view.findViewById(R.id.list_item_checkbox);
//Get data from cursor
final String text = cursor.getString(...);
//Add listener to the checkbox
checkBox.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {...});
//Bind data
textView.setText(text);
}
}

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ListView - differentiate between a checkbox selection and a text selection

Given the ListView below, I wanted to perform two different actions depending on whether the user selects the text (create a new activity) or clicks the associated checkbox (add it to a favorites list). Is this possible in with this setup or will I have to use a custom adapter or even a different layout?
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical">
<ListView
android:id="#android:id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</ListView>
</LinearLayout>
setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_multiple_choice, teams));
getListView().setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);
getListView().setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int i, long l) {
String team_name = adapterView.getItemAtPosition(i).toString().trim();
Intent intent = new Intent("blah.blah.blah");
intent.putExtra("team", team_name);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
A
If I am understanding you correctly, your ListView should contain TextBox and CheckBox and TextBox and CheckBox are clickable, not ListView itself.
For this you have to make custom adapter, where you will make listeners for both the TextBox and CheckBox.
public class CustomAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
#Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) context
.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
// your_costum_view should contain textbox and checkboc
view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.your_costum_view, null);
// Get your checkbox and textbox and add listeners
TextView textView = (TextView) view.findById(R.id.textView);
textView.setOnClickListener...
Checkbox checkbox=(CheckBox)view.findById(R.id.checkBox);
checkBox.setOnClickListener...
return view;
}
}
your_costum_view layout example
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/textView"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
<CheckBox
android:id="#+id/checkBox"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>
Using a custom adapter will help you keep trace of your views, it will be easier than use a default adapter that you can't control. For references: http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/AndroidListView/article.html#adapterown_custom
Using a custom adapter will definitely make your life easier. In the adapter you can make reference to both the checkbox and the textView and add an onClick Listener to each - from there you can also add code to handle each event. I would also suggest using a recyclerView instead of a ListView. It is the new thing in Android 5.0 and it really is easier to use then a regular ListView. Hope this helps:
RecyclerView Help
Set the CheckBox as focusable="false" in your XML layout.
android:focusable="false"
if don't run go to this link and see example because you need a create custom row in list view and set:
Checkbox checkbox=(CheckBox)view.findById(R.id.checkboxID);
checkbox.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new OnCheckedChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) {
//do stuff
}
});

Two clickable item in same row of listview

How can I place 2 items in the same row in listview?
e.g
item 1 | item 2
item 3 | item 4
item 5 | item 6
and so on.
I don't have a problem with drawing them and there are a lot of various ways to draw them.
My problem: I cannot find a propper way to listen when I clicked on item 1 or item 2.
Also, I am considering to simply make 2 listview, populate them independently and rotate simultaneously, but I hope there is better way.
You should use a custom adapter for your listView. In the adapter you inflate your own layout for each row and listen for events for each view. This is an example of a custom Adapter: Custom Adapter for List View
Hope it helps you!!
for each item add this to listview row layout:
android:focusable="false"
and then in getView find each item and then assign it the appropriate click listener.
Use CustomAdapter for listview and add items in collection for example an ArrayList.
CustomAdapter adapter=new CustomAdapter(getApplicationContext(),R.id.listview_id,itemlist);
list_item.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="horizontal"
>
<TextView android:id="#+id/item1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10dip"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textColor="#000000"
/>
<TextView android:id="#+id/item2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10dip"
android:textSize="16sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:textColor="#000000"
/>
</LinearLayout>
CustomAdapter.java
public class CustomAdapter extends CustomAdapter<String>{
//Declare variables variables here..
public CustomAdapter(Context context, int resource,
List<String> objects) {
//initialize and set constructor values here..
}
public static class ViewHolder {
TextView textitem1;
TextView textitem2
}
#Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
View row = convertView;
ViewHolder holder = null;
if(null == row) {
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater)getContext().getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
row = inflater.inflate(R.layout.list_item, parent, false);
holder = new ViewHolder();
holder.textitem1 = (TextView) row.findViewById(R.id.item1);
holder.textitem2 = (TextView) row.findViewById(R.id.item2);
row.setTag(holder);
}
return view;
}
}
You can add as many TextViews you want. Depending on requirement, you can alter their position/height/width etc.
For listening Click event,
For each text view add android:clickable="true"
Use a CustomAdapter and set ClickListeners for each TextView in getView method.
Hope This Helps!
And i found way wich is suitable for me for 100%
Idea is to use GridView~ instead ofListView`.
<GridView
android:id="#+id/gridview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:numColumns="2"
android:stretchMode="columnWidth" />
In fact I dont even need to change and single line in my original adapter. android:numColums set how much colums you want to display. You can place int there or auoto_fit.

Android: Checkbox absent if background present

I'm making an Activity with a ListView. Each row is made of two TextView and one CheckBox. The problem is that if I add the background attribute to the checkbox, it doesn't show in the row (not because it's transparent).
Does anybody have an explanation?
Actually it works fine either way on API 19, but the tests are made on the emulator with API 11 and I want to target API 8+.
Thank you in advance.
Image without the background attribute.
Image with the background attribute (You can see the strings going till the end of the frame):
[can't load images because of my reputation...]
The code is following.
Thank You in advance.
MainActivity:
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.lvListaMyLocationSalvate);
ArrayList<String[]> array = new ArrayList<String[]>();
array.add(new String[]{"asdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasd","asdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasd"});
array.add(new String[]{"asdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasd","asdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasd"});
Adapter arAdapter = new Adapter(this, array);
listView.setAdapter(arAdapter);
}
}
Adapter:
public class Adapter extends ArrayAdapter<String[]>{
Activity context;
ArrayList<String[]> array;
public Adapter(Activity activity, ArrayList<String[]> array) {
super(activity, R.layout.row, array);
this.context = activity;
this.array = array;
}
#Override
public View getView(final int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
View view = convertView;
if(view == null) {
view = context.getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.row, null);
}
TextView tv1 = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.tvRow1);
TextView tv2 = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.tvRow2);
CheckBox cb = (CheckBox) view.findViewById(R.id.cb);
tv1.setText(((String[])(array.get(position)))[0]);
tv2.setText(((String[])(array.get(position)))[1]);
cb.setChecked(false);
return view;
}
}
activity_main.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<ListView
android:id="#+id/lvListaMyLocationSalvate"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</ListView>
</RelativeLayout>
row.xml (CheckBox background attribute makes the difference)
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<CheckBox
android:id="#+id/cb"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:background="#000000"
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvRow1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#id/cb"
android:textStyle="bold" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvRow2"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:focusable="false"
android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
android:layout_below="#id/tvRow1"
android:layout_toLeftOf="#id/cb" />
</RelativeLayout>
The default background for the CheckBox is #android:drawable/btn_check_label_background. If you look at the drawable in your \platforms\android-11\data\res\drawable-hdpi folder, you'll find a nine-patch image that effectively defines the minimum height and width of your CheckBox and adds some left padding for the text such that the check box part of your CheckBox doesn't run into the text. By changing the background to a color (and not defining any text) there's no minimum height or width anymore, effectively hiding your CheckBox.
If you want a black background, you'll want to copy the btn_check_label_background image over to your res\drawable-hdpi folder, and modify it so that the bits you want black are black. See http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/graphics/2d-graphics.html#nine-patch for more details about how nine-patch drawables work.

Textview onClick is being called instead of the Listview onItemClick.

OK I've searched and seen similar issues, tried them and no avail. I have a listView with some elements and I want to click on one element and display a detail somewhere else.
This is my listView
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_pedidos);
ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.actualStoresList);
Model.initialize();
Vector<String> values = Model.stores;
listView.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
#Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> adapter, View view, int position,
long id) {
Object o = adapter.getItemAtPosition(position);
String str_text = o.toString();
Log.i("", "I have selected this: " + str_text);
}
});
CustomStringAdapter adapter = new CustomStringAdapter(this, R.layout.my_list_layout, R.id.list_content, values);
listView.setAdapter(adapter);
}
This is the my_list_layout.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/list_content"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_margin="4dip"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="20dp"/>
</LinearLayout>
The list gets displayed correctly. When I click on an element of the list (A textView) it "steals" the click event so nothing happens (the onItemClickListener is attached to the listView, not the TextView).
The textView has an small margin where, if careful, I can click just behind it, in fact, touching the listView. In this case, the event gets fired ok and I see the log.
I've tried to set the TextView android:focusable="false" but still, the TextView is "above" of the listView and always gets the click events.
How can I either make the TextView "transparent" so it actually clicks on the listView, or add a onclickListener to the TextView so I can handle its events?
Thanks!
Alejandro
Setting clickable property of TextView to false should solve this problem. Try this:
<TextView
android:id="#+id/list_content"
android:textColor="#000000"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_margin="4dip"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="20dp"
android:clickable="false" />
To make items not focusable, do this:
listView.setItemsCanFocus(false);
source
I think this will solve your issue.
Also make sure the
android:textIsSelectable
property is not set to true.

Android: ListView with expanding LinearLayouts as items causes duplicates

I'm trying to write a test application that consists of a few fragments.
One fragment should contain a listView of all music artists from the device.
Each item of this list is a linearlayout starting with a TextView with the artist name and an empty linearlayout under it as follows:
The list is of this layout:
<ListView
android:id="#+id/artistsLists"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_centerVertical="true" >
</ListView>
Each item is of the following layout:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="#+id/artistName"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textSize="24sp"
android:text="" />
<LinearLayout
android:id="#+id/artistsAlbums"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="vertical" >
</LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>
I'm populating the list using a SimpleCursorAdapter in the following way:
public class MusicTabFragment extends Fragment
{
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_music_tab,container,false);
Cursor artistsCursor = getActivity().getContentResolver().query(Audio.Artists.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, new String[]{Audio.Artists.ARTIST,Audio.Artists._ID}, null, null,Audio.Artists.ARTIST);
SimpleCursorAdapter adapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(view.getContext(), R.layout.music_artist_list_item_layout, artistsCursor, new String[]{Audio.Artists.ARTIST},new int[]{R.id.artistName},0 );
ListView lView = (ListView)view.findViewById(R.id.artistsLists);
lView.setAdapter(adapter);
lView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener()
{
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id)
{
((LinearLayout)view.findViewById(R.id.artistsAlbums)).removeAllViews();
Cursor albumsCursor = getActivity().getContentResolver().query(Audio.Artists.Albums.getContentUri("external", ((Cursor)parent.getItemAtPosition(position)).getLong(1)), new String[]{Audio.Albums.ALBUM, Audio.Albums._ID},null,null,null);
LinearLayout artistLayout = (LinearLayout)view.findViewById(R.id.artistsAlbums);
for(albumsCursor.moveToFirst();!albumsCursor.isAfterLast();albumsCursor.moveToNext())
{
View albumView = LayoutInflater.from(view.getContext()).inflate(android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,artistLayout,false);
((TextView)albumView.findViewById(android.R.id.text1)).setText(albumsCursor.getString(0));
artistLayout.addView(albumView);
}
Log.d("POPULATE","populated again!");
albumsCursor.close();
}
});
return view;
}
}
This works just fine. when i click an artist name, the linearlayout populates with all of this artist album names.
the problem is, that once a linearLayout scrolls out of view, it shows again from the other edge of the view (PacMan Style) as if another list item's linearLayout was populated.
It happens every time the expanded layout goes out of sight. the funny part is that some times when scrolling back up, the linearLayout shows under a different artist name.
example
I'll be glad to hear how should I implement this fragment. But i will also like to know why this behavior is caused.
Thanks,
Maor.
I have found the solution here at stackoverflow.com
It appears that the view shouldn't hold any data, since it is being used for different data when i scroll back and fourth.
I think holding an external data structure to save each virtual view state is not nice programming. is there a way to keep this data anyway? (for this i will be looking now)

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