Type cast from Java.Lang.Object to native CLR type in MonoDroid

Question

How to cast Java.Lang.Object to some native type?

Example:

ListView adapter contains instances of native type Message. When i am trying to get SelectedItem from

Answer 1

All of the above answers are correct but I found the simplest way for my case was to make the object a subclass of Java.Lang.Object.

For example I'm writing a Android app in Monotouch, mimicking the concept of a UITableView in iOS using the ExpandableListAdapter, which requires the equivalent of UITableViewCells, so I subclassed cell objects from Java.Lang.Object allowing me to implement a subclass of ExpandableListAdapter such as

public override Java.Lang.Object GetChild(int position, int childPosition)

Etc.