How to handle ListView click in Android

Question

How do I listen to click event on a ListView?

This is what I have now

ListView list = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.ListView01);  
...  
list.setAdapter(adapter);

When I do the following

list.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {  
   public void onItemSelected(AdapterView parentView, View childView, 
                                                         int position, long id) 
   {  
       setDetail(position);  
   }

   public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView parentView) {  

   }  
});

That doesn't seem to do anything on click.
And all those code live within a class that extends Activity.

David Hedlund · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-18 07:23:53Z

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On your list view, use setOnItemClickListener

answered Mar 18, 2010 at 7:23

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Sauron Over a year ago

How do you then send data to that detailed view? (Like youtube clicking through to a video)

bourax webmaster Over a year ago

First, the class must implements the click listenener : implements OnItemClickListener Then set a listener to the ListView yourList.setOnItemclickListener(this); And finally, create the clic method: @Override public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) { Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "You Clicked at " +countries[+ position], Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); }

user229044 · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-22 15:38:53Z

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Suppose ListView object is lv, do the following-

lv.setClickable(true);
lv.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {

  @Override
  public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int position, long arg3) {

    Object o = lv.getItemAtPosition(position);
    /* write you handling code like...
    String st = "sdcard/";
    File f = new File(st+o.toString());
    // do whatever u want to do with 'f' File object
    */  
  }
});

edited Dec 22, 2010 at 15:38

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answered Dec 22, 2010 at 13:01

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shinjin Over a year ago

lv is not accessible inside onItemClick. What's a nice way to get around that?

Lekensteyn Over a year ago

@shinjin Make it final. final ListView lv = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.your_list_view);

JimmyB Over a year ago

Clean way: Object o = ((ListView)arg0).getItemAtPosition(position);

trinity420 Over a year ago

Here is the link to the documentation: developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/…

Vijay C · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-11 06:40:18Z

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You need to set the inflated view "Clickable" and "able to listen to click events" in your adapter class getView() method.

convertView = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.list_item_text, null);
convertView.setClickable(true);
convertView.setOnClickListener(myClickListener);

and declare the click listener in your ListActivity as follows,

public OnClickListener myClickListener = new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
                 //code to be written to handle the click event
    }
};

This holds true only when you are customizing the Adapter by extending BaseAdapter.

Refer the ANDROID_SDK/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/view/List14.java for more details

edited Jul 11, 2012 at 6:40

answered Mar 18, 2010 at 7:35

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farm ostrich Over a year ago

But this doesn't determine what item is being clicked, which makes it more-or-less useless for a list? Correct?

Vijay C Over a year ago

you can set tag to convertView and check the same in onClick.. using tag which item is clicked can be identified...

jocelyn Over a year ago

I have found a more elegant solution than a tag in your adapter store a setOnClickListener reference and call it on the onClick(View v) method. then the activity can recieve the event with the position.

IgorGanapolsky Over a year ago

Your onClick method is wrong. It should be onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id)

Vijay C Over a year ago

@IgorGanapolsky Its not wrong..!! it was another way to handle click event. though now its not recommended. [Android Docs] (developer.android.com/reference/android/view/…). And what you are saying is already there in Aditya Mehta's answer.

Dimitar Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-18 08:19:24Z

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The two answers before mine are correct - you can use OnItemClickListener.

It's good to note that the difference between OnItemClickListener and OnItemSelectedListener, while sounding subtle, is in fact significant, as item selection and focus are related with the touch mode of your AdapterView.

By default, in touch mode, there is no selection and focus. You can take a look here for further info on the subject.

answered Mar 18, 2010 at 8:19

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Amio.io · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-08 12:15:38Z

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This solution is really minimalistic and doesn't mess up your code.

In your list_item.xml (NOT listView!) assign the attribute android:onClick like this:

<RelativeLayout android:onClick="onClickDoSomething">

and then in your activity call this method:

public void onClickDoSomething(View view) {
   // the view is the line you have clicked on
}

edited Oct 8, 2015 at 12:15

answered Aug 2, 2014 at 6:16

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Bilal Şimşek Over a year ago

good solution but, there is no way to get position of item clicked

Amio.io Over a year ago

@BilalŞimşek For a long time I've been out of Android but if the view can have some metadata, it could be the way how to get the position.

António Almeida · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-27 09:10:11Z

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You have to use setOnItemClickListener someone said.
The code should be like this:

listView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
    public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
        // When clicked, show a toast with the TextView text or do whatever you need.
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), ((TextView) view).getText(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
});

edited Mar 27, 2014 at 9:10

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answered May 23, 2013 at 13:09

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bourax webmaster · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-05 09:52:29Z

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First, the class must implements the click listenener :

implements OnItemClickListener

Then set a listener to the ListView

yourList.setOnItemclickListener(this);

And finally, create the clic method:

@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position,
long id) {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "You Clicked at " +countries[+ position], Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}

you can take a look and download code here

answered Apr 5, 2014 at 9:52

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Amey Haldankar · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-20 12:31:37Z

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Use setOnItemClickListener() api in your activity. Following is the sample.

listView.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener(){

@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<> parent, View view, int position, long id)
{
     // your code here.
}

});

answered Jan 20, 2015 at 12:31

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Allen · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-12 13:41:10Z

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In Kotlin, add a listener to your listView as simple as java

your_listview.setOnItemClickListener { parent, view, position, id ->   

    Toast.makeText(this, position, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()

 }

answered Apr 12, 2019 at 13:41

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