Android save Checkbox State in ListView with Cursor Adapter

Question

I cant find a way to save the checkbox state when using a Cursor adapter. Everything else works fine but if i click on a checkbox it is repeated when it is recycled. Ive see

Answer 1

2. CheckBox Open “res/layout/main.xml” file, add 3 “CheckBox” and a button, inside the LinearLayout.

File : res/layout/main.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="vertical" >

    <CheckBox
        android:id="@+id/chkIos"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/chk_ios" />

    <CheckBox
        android:id="@+id/chkAndroid"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/chk_android"
        android:checked="true" />

    <CheckBox
        android:id="@+id/chkWindows"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/chk_windows" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btnDisplay"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/btn_display" />

</LinearLayout>

Answer 2

I would recommend you use Android's built-in support for multiple-choice lists (CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE).

The List11.java SDK sample demonstrates this. You can also find a project from one of my tutorials that uses it here.

You can still use this technique with your own layout, so long as you include a CheckedTextView with android:id="@android:id/text1" as shown in the android.R.layout.simple_list_item_multiple_choice resource, a copy of which ships with your SDK.

Also, see this question and this question and this question and this question.

Answer 3

I had the same issue myself: how to toggle multiple select CheckedTextView in a custom layout (i.e not using android.R.layout.simple_list_item_multiple_choice)

The following worked for me. The example I have is a custom view that is provided an adaptor extended from SimpleCursorAdapter.

My custom view (row_contact.xml):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent">

  <CheckedTextView
    android:id="@android:id/text1"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeight"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:paddingLeft="6dip"
    android:paddingRight="6dip" 
    android:checkMark="?android:attr/listChoiceIndicatorMultiple"
    />

  <TextView
    android:text="@+id/TextView01"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:id="@+id/tvNumber"
    android:layout_gravity="bottom" 
    android:paddingLeft="6dip"
    android:paddingRight="6dip" 
    />

</FrameLayout>

The adaptor is created in ListActivity.OnCreate, which calls setupViews():

  private void setupViews() {
    bOk       = (Button) findViewById(R.id.ButtonOK);
    bCancel   = (Button) findViewById(R.id.ButtonCancel);
    FListView = getListView(); 
    //
    bOk.setText("Select");
    //
    FListView.setItemsCanFocus(false);
    FListView.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);
    //
    bOk.setOnClickListener(this);
    bCancel.setOnClickListener(this);
    //
    ContentResolver content = getContentResolver();
    Cursor cursor = ApplicationHelper.MobilePhoneContacts(content);
    startManagingCursor(cursor);

    ListAdapter adapter = new CheckedCursorAdapter( SelectContacts.this, R.layout.row_contact, cursor,                
        new String[] {People.NAME, People.NUMBER},               
        new int[] {android.R.id.text1, R.id.tvNumber});          
    setListAdapter(adapter);
  }

The Custom adaptor:

  public class CheckedCursorAdapter extends SimpleCursorAdapter {

    Activity context;
    Cursor c;

    public CheckedCursorAdapter(Activity context, int rowContact, Cursor cursor, String[] strings, int[] is) {
      super(context, rowContact, cursor, strings, is);
      this.context = context;
      this.c = cursor;

    }

    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
      View row = convertView;
      ContactRowWrapper wrapper;

      if (row == null) {
        LayoutInflater inflater=context.getLayoutInflater();
        row = inflater.inflate(R.layout.row_contact, null);
        //
        wrapper = new ContactRowWrapper(row);
        row.setTag(wrapper);
      } else {
        wrapper = (ContactRowWrapper)row.getTag();
      }
      c.moveToPosition(position);
      wrapper.getTextView().setText( c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(Contacts.People.NUMBER)) );
      wrapper.getcheckBox().setText( c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(Contacts.People.NAME)) );
      wrapper.getcheckBox().setChecked(getListView().isItemChecked(position));
      //
      return row;
    }

  }

The crucial bit of code for for me was to get check boxes working was:

wrapper.getcheckBox().setChecked(getListView().isItemChecked(position));

Hope this helps you or anyone else who stumbles onto this question.

Also, pardon my Java noobness... I've only started Java a few weeks ago.

Answer 4

3. Code Code
Attach listeners inside your activity “onCreate()” method, to monitor following events :

If checkbox id : “chkIos” is checked, display a floating box with message “Bro, try Android”.
If button is is clicked, display a floating box and display the checkbox states.
File : MyAndroidAppActivity.java

package com.mkyong.android;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.CheckBox;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MyAndroidAppActivity extends Activity {

  private CheckBox chkIos, chkAndroid, chkWindows;
  private Button btnDisplay;

  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.main);

    addListenerOnChkIos();
    addListenerOnButton();
  }

  public void addListenerOnChkIos() {

    chkIos = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.chkIos);

    chkIos.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

      @Override
      public void onClick(View v) {
                //is chkIos checked?
        if (((CheckBox) v).isChecked()) {
            Toast.makeText(MyAndroidAppActivity.this,
               "Bro, try Android :)", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }

      }
    });

  }

  public void addListenerOnButton() {

    chkIos = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.chkIos);
    chkAndroid = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.chkAndroid);
    chkWindows = (CheckBox) findViewById(R.id.chkWindows);
    btnDisplay = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnDisplay);

    btnDisplay.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

          //Run when button is clicked
      @Override
      public void onClick(View v) {

        StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
        result.append("IPhone check : ").append(chkIos.isChecked());
        result.append("\nAndroid check : ").append(chkAndroid.isChecked());
        result.append("\nWindows Mobile check :").append(chkWindows.isChecked());

        Toast.makeText(MyAndroidAppActivity.this, result.toString(),
                Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

      }
    });

  }
}

Answer 5

Declare the CheckBox on getView Method and use this code

CheckBox  checkBtn =(CheckBox) convertView.findViewById(R.id.phCheckBox);
                 checkBtn.setChecked(Boolean.parseBoolean((vList.get(position).getCheckBtnStatus())));

             checkBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() 
              {

                  public void onClick(View arg0) 
                  {

                      if(checkBtn.isChecked()==true)
                          {
                          vList.get(position).setCheckBtnStatus("true");

                        System.out.println("vList.get(position)---"+vList.get(position).getCheckBtnStatus()+" -"+position);
                          }
                      else
                      {
                          vList.get(position).setCheckBtnStatus("false");
                        System.out.println("else vList.get(position)---"+vList.get(position).getCheckBtnStatus()+"-"+position);
                      }

                  }
              });

After that on the main Activity u have to check which position of checkbox is true

save.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(View v) {


            for (int i = 0; i < newList.size(); i++) {
                UserData v1 = newList.get(i);
                status = Boolean.parseBoolean(v1.getCheckBtnStatus());

                if (status == true) {

                            //write ur code here 
                }

            }});