Multiple choice list with custom view?

Question

I\'ve seen example com.example.android.apis.view.List11 from ApiDemos. In that example, each row takes the view android.R.simple_list_item_multiple_

Answer 1

Simple example how to get a custom layout to work as custom checkbox:

private class FriendsAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<WordsterUser> {
    private Context context;

    public FriendsAdapter(Context context) {
        super(context, R.layout.listitem_oneline);

        this.context = context;
    }

    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        final int pos = position;

        LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) context.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);

        View rv = inflater.inflate(R.layout.listitem_oneline, parent, false);
        rv.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                boolean checked = friendsListView.isItemChecked(pos); 
                friendsListView.setItemChecked(pos, !checked);
            }
        });

        WordsterUser u = getItem(position);

        TextView itw = (TextView) rv.findViewById(R.id.ItemTextView);
        itw.setText(u.userName + " (" + u.loginName + ")");

        ImageView iv = (ImageView) rv.findViewById(R.id.SelectButton);

        if (friendsListView.isItemChecked(position)) {
            iv.setImageResource(R.drawable.downbutton);
        } else {
            iv.setImageResource(R.drawable.upbutton);
        }

        return rv;
    }
}

Answer 2

I want to confirm that the Pritam's answer is correct. You need an onClickListener on each list's item (define it in the adapter's getView()).

You can create a new onClickListener() for each item, or have the adapter implement onClickListener() - in this case the items must be tagged for the listener to know, which item it is operating on.

Relying on the list onItemClickListener() - as someone advised in another thread - will not work as the CheckBox will intercept the click event so the list will not get it.

And finally @Rahul and JVitella:

The situation is that the CheckBox on a list item must be clickable and checkable independently from the list item itself. Therefore the solution is as I just described above.

Answer 3

Each such view has a TextView and a CheckBox.

No, it doesn't. It has a CheckedTextView.

So what do I need to do to make a multiple choice list with my custom view for each row?

Try making the CheckBox android:id value be "@android:id/text1" and see if that helps. That is the ID used by Android for the CheckedTextView in simple_list_item_multiple_choice.