Find out an item is clicked in listView in android

Question

I have approx 150 items in my custom listview. I am trying to implement the following:

list.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {

1. I get position of the item

2. Get the data from an ArrayList

3. Add the data to database.

This part is working fine.

But if I want to remove a particular item from the database by clicking on the item I am not able to achieve this part?

Reason because I am not sure if the item is clicked or not? I have this problem mainly when I want to implement search in the listView and add the selected item to database and remove selected item from database.

    // Click event for single list row
    list.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener()
    {
        @Override
        public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
                int position, long id) 
        {

            if (notfromsearch == true)
            {
                String profile_ID = profileList.get(position).get(KEY_ID);
                String profile_DISPLAY_NAME = profileList.get(position).get(KEY_DISPLAY_NAME);
              //add to database now

            }
            elseif (notfromsearch == false)
            {
                String SearchResult_profile_ID = searchProfileResults.get(position).get(KEY_ID);
                String SearchRResult_profile_DISPLAY_NAME = searchProfileResults.get(position).get(KEY_DISPLAY_NAME);
                //add to database now
            }
        }
    });

But how to implement remove from database? I am not able to differentiate if the item is clicked before or not to remove from database.

Can somebody help me out with this?

Thanks!

Your ArrayList contains **Strings** or **CustomObjects** ?? – Jagadesh Seeram Aug 18 '14 at 10:53 — Jagadesh Seeram, Aug 18 '14 at 10:53
Arraylist contains ArrayList> profileList;. – TheDevMan Aug 18 '14 at 10:55 — TheDevMan, Aug 18 '14 at 10:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 18 '14 at 10:49

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On your list view, use

setOnItemClickListener

and you can do what you want next .

answered Aug 18 '14 at 10:49

Kiloreux

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I have setOnitemClick things are working fine if I select the item but I am not sure how to unselect the item if I want to remove the data from database? – TheDevMan Aug 18 '14 at 10:51
You question is not clear enough sir , maybe you need to take a look at this question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18103721/unselect-the-listview-item-onclick-in-android – Kiloreux Aug 18 '14 at 10:54
Please read my question again Sir you will understand. I have list of items shown in custom listview. when i select it I would like to add corresponding data to database. (This part is working fine) but if I want unselect the item (remove data from database) how do i implement this part on the same setOnItemclickListener – TheDevMan Aug 18 '14 at 10:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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use context menu for deleting items from the database

on long press display delete/edit option and perform further operation as needed.

check here for context menu sample

EDIT

You can also put button/image in the listview to delete item and then implement your delete operation in the click method.

For Checkbox selection

model class

class CustomClass
{
     boolean checked;
     //other fields
}

in your custom adapter class

ArrayList<CustomClass> data = new ArrayList<CustomClass>();

and in getView() method

checkboxItem.setChecked(data.get(position).getChecked());

and don't forget to change the checked boolean value on checkbox change listener..

edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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answered Aug 18 '14 at 11:06

Michael Shrestha

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I don't want to implement long press part. – TheDevMan Aug 18 '14 at 11:08
hey! Is this the only way to differentiate the add and delete? – TheDevMan Aug 18 '14 at 11:10
I did try that out, but I had a strange issue: I added checked box to the custom ListView. The data was showing fine, but the strange issue is that when I check the first row in my list and scroll down I can see another item checked. This is happening everything 7th item on my list. The item is checked automatically. I couldn't solve that issue hence was looking for different solution – TheDevMan Aug 18 '14 at 11:15
i did have the same kind of issue and i think i solved that using custom model class with additional boolean field checked which was used for checking/unchecking the checkbox. – Michael Shrestha Aug 18 '14 at 11:17
can you help me with a sample project on this? – TheDevMan Aug 18 '14 at 11:21
Oh Sorry I don't have sample project at this moment.. i will post if i find free time... – Michael Shrestha Aug 18 '14 at 11:27

Find out an item is clicked in listView in android

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