How to disable an autocomplete item?

Question

I want all the 'not available' item to be disabled i.e. the dropdown should stay intact when I click them.

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I tried setting the convertView clickable false, but that didn't help.

I assume you have defined an Adapter for the dropdown. Inside the Adapter, customize your behavior in the getView & getDropdownView. — DroidBender, Mar 03 '14 at 09:14
Yes i have a custom adapter, that why i have different views for unavailable items, but the onClick behavior is common for all the items. — luckyNinja, Mar 03 '14 at 09:18

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited May 19 '21 at 18:38

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in your adapter's `getView()' method check

if (text.equals("not available")) {
    convertView.setEnabled(false);
} else {
    convertView.setEnabled(true);
}

override in your adapter

public boolean areAllItemsEnabled() {
    return false;
}

public boolean isEnabled(int position) {
    // return false if position == position you want to disable
}

check it here Android ListView child View setEnabled() and setClickable() do nothing

edited May 19 '21 at 18:38

Shubham Suryavanshi

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answered Mar 03 '14 at 09:24

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setEnabled() does not enable or disable list items when called on the list item's view. – Mark Buikema Mar 03 '14 at 09:31
I've tries the first block of code, then second block of code, but it didn't appear to me that they should work if put together. Thanks! – RexSplode Feb 07 '17 at 12:56

How to disable an autocomplete item?

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