SimpleCursorAdapter and ViewBinder - Binding data to ListView items to be retrieved on click

Question

So I\'ve got a ListView (using a ListActivity) that I\'m populating from a SQLiteDatabase. I\'m trying to attach the ID (PK) of the row t

Answer 1

This depends on your implementation of R.layout.favorite. If you have this layout contains a parent view with child TextViews for e.g. the tag you set is for the TextViews while the View v received from the onListItemClick() is the parent View. You need to make sure that you receive the tag for the same view you set by using:

    @Override      
    protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
    Object wordID = v.getChild(0).getTag();          
    Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "ID=" + wordID, 1).show();      
    }    

Answer 2

You probably should get the cursor from the adapter. This way if your cursor gets replaced you are still are still getting a valid cursor.

@Override
    protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
       Cursor cursor =  adapter.getCursor();
       cursor.moveToPosition(position);
       String id = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("primary key field name in database");
       Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "ID=" + id, 1).show();
    } 

NOTE : your adapter must be declared as a SimpleCursorAdapter other wise you should downcast it.