Android: get position of item in a listview given its id:

Question

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.

Answer 1

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

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