Within a ListView, why do I keep getting the value of the first row instead of the selected row?

Question

In my android app I have the following code:

public void goToCaptureBonus (View View) {
        String tappedBonus = ((TextView) findViewById(R.id.bonusListCode)         


        

Answer 1

In case of ListView you should use OnItemClickListener. Here is an example how to do this.

listView.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onItemClick(AdapterView parent, View view, int position, long id) {
        //use the position variable to get the list item from the list
        String selection = itemsArray[position]; // this will give the selected item 
    }
});

Now whenever an item on your ListView is tapped, the method onItemClick() is called. And here you can get the selection.