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Trying to set OnTouchListener to multiple ImageViews using ArrayLists

I'm trying for quite a long time to set OnTouchListener to multiple ImageViews using ArrayLists but my Application keeps on crushing down. This is my code:
MainActivity:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private DragAndDrop dragAndDrop;
private InstantiateImages instantiateImages;
private ArrayList<ImageView> faces = new ArrayList<ImageView>();
private int i;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
dragAndDrop = new DragAndDrop();
InstantiateImages instantiateImages = new InstantiateImages(this);
//Add elements to ArrayLists:
instantiateImages.Add();
//Get elements into ArrayLists:
faces = instantiateImages.getFaces();
for (i = 0; i< faces.size(); i++) {
faces.get(i).setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
//Follow the touch on the ImageView and move the
//ImageView accordingly:
dragAndDrop.action(v, event, faces.get(i));
return true;
}
});
}
}
}
InstantiateImages Class:
public class InstantiateImages {
this.activity = activity;
private ArrayList<ImageView> faces = new ArrayList<ImageView>();
//Faces declarations:
private ImageView FacesNoFace;
InstantiateEmojis() {
//Faces instantiations:
FacesNoFace = (ImageView)this.activity.findViewById(R.id.faces_no_face);
}
public void Add() {
//Add faces to ArrayList faces:
faces.add(FacesNoFace);
}
//Getters:
//Get Faces:
public ArrayList<ImageView> getFaces() {
return faces;
}
}
XML of layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="myproject.myproject.MainActivity"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="81dp"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="0dp"
tools:background="#ffffff">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/faces_no_face"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
android:contentDescription=""
app:srcCompat="#drawable/faces_no_face"
tools:ignore="ContentDescription"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="16dp"
tools:layout_editor_absoluteY="16dp" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
The DragAndDrop Class is a class that only has a method which follows the ImageView drag and drop (the inside/heart of the OnTouchListener) and before I tried to put the ImageView inside of the ArrayList "faces" which I created in the "InstantiateImages" Class I instentiate the OnTouchListener only on one ImageView (the one I added to the ArrayList now) and it worked totaly fine (I could drag and drop the ImageView arround the app screen). Now the Application is crushing after I Run it and it says: "MyProject keep stopping close app" or "MyProject Has stoped reopen app".
Any Help would be appreciated!!

I think you are overcomplicating parts of this. I think this will do what you're trying to do.
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private DragAndDrop dragAndDrop;
private final ArrayList<ImageView> faces = new ArrayList<>();
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
dragAndDrop = new DragAndDrop();
faces.add((ImageView) findViewById(R.id.faces_no_face));
for (ImageView face : faces) {
face.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
//Follow the touch on the ImageView and move the
//ImageView accordingly:
dragAndDrop.action(v, event, (ImageView) v);
return false;
}
});
}
}
}
If you are planning on having a variable number of ImageViews that you want to listen to clicks on, you might want to look into RecyclerView and Lists.

Android - implement pull to refresh like Chrome

I was able to find many implementations of pull to refresh for android apps. However, I can't find the one specific that I want. It's already used in Google Chrome for Android, but also other apps use the same way (NovaLauncher, AliExpress and many others).
This is how does it look like:
When you pull down, there is small circle arrow shown. How can I implement the same in my app?

Try this.
Layout XML:
<android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/swipe_container"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<ScrollView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:text="#string/hello_world"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:gravity="center"/>
</ScrollView>
</android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout>
MainActivity (which implements SwipeRefreshLayout):
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
swipeLayout = (SwipeRefreshLayout) findViewById(R.id.swipe_container);
swipeLayout.setOnRefreshListener(this);
swipeLayout.setColorScheme(android.R.color.holo_blue_bright,
android.R.color.holo_green_light,
android.R.color.holo_orange_light,
android.R.color.holo_red_light);
}
#Override public void onRefresh() {
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
#Override public void run() {
swipeLayout.setRefreshing(false);
}
}, 5000);
}
For more, check this link:
http://www.androidhive.info/2015/05/android-swipe-down-to-refresh-listview-tutorial/

There is a nice tutorial about it.
Basically you need to put something you want to refresh inside SwipeRefreshLayout
<android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout
android:id="#+id/activity_main_swipe_refresh_layout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
<ListView
android:id="#+id/activity_main_listview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
>
</ListView>
</android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout>
Set adapter
class MainActivity extends Activity {
ListView mListView;
SwipeRefreshLayout mSwipeRefreshLayout;
Adapter mAdapter;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.acivity_main);
SwipeRefreshLayout mSwipeRefreshLayout = (SwipeRefreshLayout) findViewById(R.id.activity_main_swipe_refresh_layout);
mListView = findViewById(R.id.activity_main_list_view);
mListView.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(){
String[] fakeTweets = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.fake_tweets);
mAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, fakeTweets)
listView.setAdapter(mAdapter);
});
}
}
And attach setOnRefreshListener
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
...
listView.setAdapter();
mSwipeRefreshLayout.setOnRefreshListener(new SwipeRefreshLayout.OnRefreshListener() {
#Override
public void onRefresh() {
doSomething();
}

I implemented this in my xhtml page. Works great.
<script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[
window.addEventListener('load', function() {
var maybePreventPullToRefresh = false;
var lastTouchY = 0;
var touchstartHandler = function(e) {
if (e.touches.length != 1) return;
lastTouchY = e.touches[0].clientY;
// Pull-to-refresh will only trigger if the scroll begins when the
// document's Y offset is zero.
maybePreventPullToRefresh =
window.pageYOffset == 0;
}
var touchmoveHandler = function(e) {
var touchY = e.touches[0].clientY;
var touchYDelta = touchY - lastTouchY;
lastTouchY = touchY;
if (maybePreventPullToRefresh) {
// To suppress pull-to-refresh it is sufficient to preventDefault the
// first overscrolling touchmove.
maybePreventPullToRefresh = false;
if (touchYDelta > 0) {
e.preventDefault();
return;
}
}
}
document.addEventListener('touchstart', touchstartHandler, false);
document.addEventListener('touchmove', touchmoveHandler, false); });
//]]> </script>

ListView row buttons: How do I create a custom Adapter that connects a View.OnClickListener to a button on each row of a ListView?

I want my ListView to contain buttons, but setting the button's xml property, onClick="myFunction" and then placing a public void myFunction(android.view.View view) method in the activity causes an NoSuchMethodException (the stack trace is null) to be thrown, as although the onclick listener is there, it doesn't fire myFunction(...) and cause the activity to close.
How do I create a custom Adapter that connects a View.OnClickListener to a button on each row of a ListView?
My ListView is created as follows...
[activity.java content..]
public void myFunction(android.view.View view)
{
//Do stuff
}
[activity.xml content..]
<LinearLayout xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:orientation="vertical" tools:context=".FrmCustomerDetails" >
<ListView android:id="#+id/LstCustomerDetailsList" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="0dip" android:layout_weight="1" android:clickable="true" android:clipChildren="true" android:divider="#null" android:dividerHeight="0dp" android:fastScrollEnabled="true" android:footerDividersEnabled="false" android:headerDividersEnabled="false" android:requiresFadingEdge="vertical" android:smoothScrollbar="true" />
</LinearLayout>
[activity_row_item.xml content..]
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:id="#+id/Llt" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<Button android:id="#+id/Btn" android:text="Click me" android:onClick="myFunction" />
</LinearLayout>

Here is how to create the custom Adapter, connecting View.OnClickListener to a ListView with a button per row...
1. Create a layout for a typical row
In this case, the row is composed of three view components:
name (EditText)
value (EditText:inputType="numberDecimal")
delete (Button)
Xml
pay_list_item.xml layout is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
<EditText
android:id="#+id/pay_name"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="2"
android:hint="Name" />
<EditText
android:id="#+id/pay_value"
android:layout_width="0dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:inputType="numberDecimal"
android:text="0.0" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/pay_removePay"
android:layout_width="100dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:text="Remove Pay"
android:onClick="removePayOnClickHandler" />
</LinearLayout>
Note: the button has onClick handler defined in xml layout file, because we want to refer its action to a specific list item.
Doing this means that the handler will be implemented in Activity file and each button will know which list item it belongs to.
2. Create list item adapter
This is the java class that is the controller for pay_list_item.xml.
It keeps references for all of its views, and it also puts these references in tags, extending the ArrayAdapter interface.
The Adapter:
public class PayListAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Payment> {
private List<Payment> items;
private int layoutResourceId;
private Context context;
public PayListAdapter(Context context, int layoutResourceId, List<Payment> items) {
super(context, layoutResourceId, items);
this.layoutResourceId = layoutResourceId;
this.context = context;
this.items = items;
}
#Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
View row = convertView;
PaymentHolder holder = null;
LayoutInflater inflater = ((Activity) context).getLayoutInflater();
row = inflater.inflate(layoutResourceId, parent, false);
holder = new PaymentHolder();
holder.Payment = items.get(position);
holder.removePaymentButton = (ImageButton)row.findViewById(R.id.pay_removePay);
holder.removePaymentButton.setTag(holder.Payment);
holder.name = (TextView)row.findViewById(R.id.pay_name);
holder.value = (TextView)row.findViewById(R.id.pay_value);
row.setTag(holder);
setupItem(holder);
return row;
}
private void setupItem(PaymentHolder holder) {
holder.name.setText(holder.Payment.getName());
holder.value.setText(String.valueOf(holder.Payment.getValue()));
}
public static class PaymentHolder {
Payment Payment;
TextView name;
TextView value;
ImageButton removePaymentButton;
}
}
Here we list the Payment class items.
There are three most important elements here:
PayListAdapter constructor: sets some private fields and calls superclass constructor. It also gets the List of Payment objects. Its implementation is obligatory.
PaymentHolder: static class that holds references to all views that I have to set in this list item. I also keep the Payment object that references to this particular item in list. I set it as tag for ImageButton, that will help me to find the Payment item on list, that user wanted to remove
Overriden getView method: called by superclass. Its goal is to return the single List row. We create its fields and setup their values and store them in static holder. Holder then is put in row’s tag element. Note that there is a performance issue, as the row is being recreated each time it is displayed. I used to add some flag in holder like isCreated, and set it to true after row was already created. then you can add if statement and read tag’s holder instead of creating it from scratch.
Payment.java is quite simple as for now and it looks a bit like BasicNameValuePair:
public class Payment implements Serializable {
private String name = "";
private double value = 0;
public Payment(String name, double value) {
this.setName(name);
this.setValue(value);
}
...
}
There are additional gets and sets for each private field not shown.
3. Add ListView to the activity layout xml file
In its simpliest form, it will be enough to add this view to activity layout:
<ListView
android:id="#+id/EnterPays_PaysList"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
</ListView>
4. Set up adapter to this list view in Activity Java code
In order to display items in ListView you need to set up its adapter and map it to some other ArrayList of Payment objects (as I am extending an Array adapter here). Here is code that is responsible for binding adapter to editPersonData.getPayments() ArrayList:
PayListAdapter adapter = new PayListAdapter(AddNewPerson.this, R.layout.pay_list_item, editPersonData.getPayments());
ListView PaysListView = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.EnterPays_PaysList);
PaysListView.setAdapter(adapter);
5. Adding / removing items to ListView (and its adapter)
Adapter is handled just like any other ArrayList, so adding new element to it is as simple as:
Payment testPayment = new Payment("Test", 13);
adapter.add(testPayment);
adapter.remove(testPayment);
6. Handle Remove Payment button click event
In an activity’s code, where ListView is displayed, add public method that will handle remove button click action. The method name has to be exactly the same as it was in pay_list_item.xml:
android:onClick="removePayOnClickHandler"
The method body is as follows:
public void removePayOnClickHandler(View v) {
Payment itemToRemove = (Payment)v.getTag();
adapter.remove(itemToRemove);
}
The Payment object was stored in ImageButton’s Tag element. Now it is enough to read it from Tag, and remove this item from the adapter.
7. Incorporate remove confirmation dialog window
Probably you need also make sure that user intentionally pressed the remove button by asking him additional question in confirmation dialog.
Dialogue
a) Create dialog’s id constant
This is simply dialog’s ID. it should be unique among any other dialog window that is handled by current activity. I set it like that:
protected static final int DIALOG_REMOVE_CALC = 1;
protected static final int DIALOG_REMOVE_PERSON = 2;
b) Build dialog
I use this method to build dialog window:
private Dialog createDialogRemoveConfirm(final int dialogRemove) {
return new AlertDialog.Builder(getApplicationContext())
.setIcon(R.drawable.trashbin_icon)
.setTitle(R.string.calculation_dialog_remove_text)
.setPositiveButton(R.string.calculation_dialog_button_ok, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int whichButton) {
handleRemoveConfirm(dialogRemove);
}
})
.setNegativeButton(R.string.calculation_dialog_button_cancel, null)
.create();
}
AlertDialog builder pattern is utilized here. I do not handle NegativeButton click action – by default the dialog is just being hidden. If dialog’s confirm button is clicked, my handleRemoveConfirm callback is called and action is performed based on dialog’s ID:
protected void handleRemoveConfirm(int dialogType) {
if(dialogType == DIALOG_REMOVE_PERSON){
calc.removePerson();
}else if(dialogType == DIALOG_REMOVE_CALC){
removeCalc();
}
}
c) Show Dialog
I show dialog after my remove button click. The showDialog(int) is Android’s Activity’s method:
OnClickListener removeCalcButtonClickListener = new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
showDialog(DIALOG_REMOVE_CALC);
}
};
the showDialog(int) method calls onCreateDialog (also defined in Activity’s class). Override it and tell your app what to do if the showDialog was requested:
#Override
protected Dialog onCreateDialog(int id) {
switch (id) {
case DIALOG_REMOVE_CALC:
return createDialogRemoveConfirm(DIALOG_REMOVE_CALC);
case DIALOG_REMOVE_PERSON:
return createDialogRemoveConfirm(DIALOG_REMOVE_PERSON);
}
}

Take a look at this blog post I wrote on exactly this matter:
Create custom ArrayAdapter
There are comments that explain every action I make in the adapter.
Here is the explanation in short:
So lets for example take a row where you want to place a CheckBox, ImageView
and a TextView while all of them are clickable. Meaning that you can click the
row it self for going to another Actvity for more details on the row, check its
CheckBox or press the ImageView to perform another operation.
So what you should do is:
1. First create an XML layout file for your ListView row:
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:orientation="horizontal" >
<CheckBox
android:id="#+id/cbCheckListItem"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="10dp" />
<TextView
android:id="#+id/tvItemTitle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="item string" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/iStatus"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:clickable="true"
android:contentDescription="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:src="#drawable/ic_launcher" />
</LinearLayout>
2. Second in your java code define a ViewHolder, a ViewHolder
is designed to hold the row views and that way operating more quickly:
static class ViewHolder
{
TextView title;
CheckBox checked;
ImageView changeRowStatus;
}
3. Now we have to define CustomArrayAdapter, using the array adapter
we can define precisely what is the desired output for each row based on the content of this
row or it’s position. We can do so by overriding the getView method:
private class CustomArrayAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<RowData>
{
private ArrayList<RowData> list;
//this custom adapter receives an ArrayList of RowData objects.
//RowData is my class that represents the data for a single row and could be anything.
public CustomArrayAdapter(Context context, int textViewResourceId, ArrayList<RowData> rowDataList)
{
//populate the local list with data.
super(context, textViewResourceId, rowDataList);
this.list = new ArrayList<RowData>();
this.list.addAll(rowDataList);
}
public View getView(final int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
{
//creating the ViewHolder we defined earlier.
ViewHolder holder = new ViewHolder();)
//creating LayoutInflator for inflating the row layout.
LayoutInflater inflator = (LayoutInflater)getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
//inflating the row layout we defined earlier.
convertView = inflator.inflate(R.layout.row_item_layout, null);
//setting the views into the ViewHolder.
holder.title = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.tvItemTitle);
holder.changeRowStatus = (ImageView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.iStatus);
holder.changeRowStatus.setTag(position);
//define an onClickListener for the ImageView.
holder.changeRowStatus.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
{
#Override
public void onClick(View v)
{
Toast.makeText(activity, "Image from row " + position + " was pressed", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
});
holder.checked = (CheckBox) convertView.findViewById(R.id.cbCheckListItem);
holder.checked.setTag(position);
//define an onClickListener for the CheckBox.
holder.checked.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
{
#Override
public void onClick(View v)
{
//assign check-box state to the corresponding object in list.
CheckBox checkbox = (CheckBox) v;
rowDataList.get(position).setChecked(checkbox.isChecked());
Toast.makeText(activity, "CheckBox from row " + position + " was checked", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
});
//setting data into the the ViewHolder.
holder.title.setText(RowData.getName());
holder.checked.setChecked(RowData.isChecked());
//return the row view.
return convertView;
}
}
4. Now you need to set this adapter, as the adapter of your ListView.
this ListView can be created in java or using an XML file, in this case I’m using a list that was
defined in the XML file using the “list” id:
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_layout);
ListView list = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.list);
CustomArrayAdapter dataAdapter = new CustomArrayAdapter(this, R.id.tvItemTitle, rowDataList);
list.setAdapter(dataAdapter);
}
5. Finally if we want to be able to press the row it self and not only a certain view in it
we should assign an onItemClickListener to the ListView:
list.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener()
{
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,int position, long id)
{
Toast.makeText(activity, "row " + position + " was pressed", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
});

First, the way of adding listeners in xml using onClick="function" is deprecated. You need a ViewHolder class to link the button in the xml to your java code. Then you can implement onClickListener for that.

Inside your getView() implementation of CustomAdapter, you can try like below.
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
ViewHolder holder;
if (convertView == null) {
convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.xxxxx, null);
holder = new ViewHolder();
holder.invite = (Button) convertView.findViewById(R.id.button);
} else {
holder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
}
final int pos = position;
holder.button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
handleClick(pos);
}
});
}
class ViewHolder {
Button button;
}

How to update the content of a string list, thank's to a List View of EditText

I am trying to display a modifiable List of string thank's to a ListView of EditText.
public class XXX extends Activity {
ArrayAdapter<String> m_adapter;
ArrayList<String> m_listItems = new ArrayList<String>();
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
Button btnAdd = (Button)findViewById(R.id.Add);
btnAdd.setOnClickListener(AddClickListener);
ListView lv = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.listView1);
m_adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.list_ofPeoples, m_listItems);
lv.setAdapter(m_adapter);
}
private OnClickListener AddClickListener = new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
m_listItems.add(new String("toto"));
m_adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
};
}
The layout "ListOfPeople" is simply an Edit Text :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<EditText xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/editText1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="#string/people">
</EditText>
With this code, when I click on the button, a new EditText is added with the string "Toto".
My m_listItems is well bounded with the listView thank's to the m_adapter !
But how to do the reverse bind (or link) ? When I modify the content of the first EditText, I would like that the content of the first string of m_listItems be modified acordingly to the EditText...
Any help will be apreciated,
Cheers !

Try placing your notifyDataSetChanged() immediately after setAdapter() like this..
ListView lv = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.listView1);
m_adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.list_ofPeoples, m_listItems);
lv.setAdapter(m_adapter);
m_adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();

Custom ListView click issue on items in Android

So I have a custom ListView object. The list items have two textviews stacked on top of each other, plus a horizontal progress bar that I want to remain hidden until I actually do something. To the far right is a checkbox that I only want to display when the user needs to download updates to their database(s). When I disable the checkbox by setting the visibility to Visibility.GONE, I am able to click on the list items. When the checkbox is visible, I am unable to click on anything in the list except the checkboxes. I've done some searching but haven't found anything relevant to my current situation. I found this question but I'm using an overridden ArrayAdapter since I'm using ArrayLists to contain the list of databases internally. Do I just need to get the LinearLayout view and add an onClickListener like Tom did? I'm not sure.
Here's the listview row layout XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeight"
android:padding="6dip">
<LinearLayout
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="0dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TextView
android:id="#+id/UpdateNameText"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="0dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:textSize="18sp"
android:gravity="center_vertical"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="0dip"
android:layout_weight="1"
android:id="#+id/UpdateStatusText"
android:singleLine="true"
android:ellipsize="marquee"
/>
<ProgressBar android:id="#+id/UpdateProgress"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:indeterminateOnly="false"
android:progressDrawable="#android:drawable/progress_horizontal"
android:indeterminateDrawable="#android:drawable/progress_indeterminate_horizontal"
android:minHeight="10dip"
android:maxHeight="10dip"
/>
</LinearLayout>
<CheckBox android:text=""
android:id="#+id/UpdateCheckBox"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>
</LinearLayout>
And here's the class that extends the ListActivity. Obviously it's still in development so forgive the things that are missing or might be left laying around:
public class UpdateActivity extends ListActivity {
AccountManager lookupDb;
boolean allSelected;
UpdateListAdapter list;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
lookupDb = new AccountManager(this);
lookupDb.loadUpdates();
setContentView(R.layout.update);
allSelected = false;
list = new UpdateListAdapter(this, R.layout.update_row, lookupDb.getUpdateItems());
setListAdapter(list);
Button btnEnterRegCode = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnUpdateRegister);
btnEnterRegCode.setVisibility(View.GONE);
Button btnSelectAll = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnSelectAll);
btnSelectAll.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
allSelected = !allSelected;
for(int i=0; i < lookupDb.getUpdateItems().size(); i++) {
lookupDb.getUpdateItem(i).setSelected(!lookupDb.getUpdateItem(i).isSelected());
}
list.notifyDataSetChanged();
// loop through each UpdateItem and set the selected attribute to the inverse
} // end onClick
}); // end setOnClickListener
Button btnUpdate = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btnUpdate);
btnUpdate.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
} // end onClick
}); // end setOnClickListener
lookupDb.close();
} // end onCreate
#Override
protected void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
for (UpdateItem item : lookupDb.getUpdateItems()) {
item.getDatabase().close();
}
}
#Override
protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);
UpdateItem item = lookupDb.getUpdateItem(position);
if (item != null) {
item.setSelected(!item.isSelected());
list.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
}
private class UpdateListAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<UpdateItem> {
private List<UpdateItem> items;
public UpdateListAdapter(Context context, int textViewResourceId, List<UpdateItem> items) {
super(context, textViewResourceId, items);
this.items = items;
}
#Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
View row = null;
if (convertView == null) {
LayoutInflater li = (LayoutInflater)getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
row = li.inflate(R.layout.update_row, null);
} else {
row = convertView;
}
UpdateItem item = items.get(position);
if (item != null) {
TextView upper = (TextView)row.findViewById(R.id.UpdateNameText);
TextView lower = (TextView)row.findViewById(R.id.UpdateStatusText);
CheckBox cb = (CheckBox)row.findViewById(R.id.UpdateCheckBox);
upper.setText(item.getName());
lower.setText(item.getStatusText());
if (item.getStatusCode() == UpdateItem.UP_TO_DATE) {
cb.setVisibility(View.GONE);
} else {
cb.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
cb.setChecked(item.isSelected());
}
ProgressBar pb = (ProgressBar)row.findViewById(R.id.UpdateProgress);
pb.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
return row;
}
} // end inner class UpdateListAdapter
}
edit: I'm still having this problem. I'm cheating and adding onClick handlers to the textviews but it seems extremely stupid that my onListItemClick() function is not being called at all when I am not clicking on my checkbox.

The issue is that Android doesn't allow you to select list items that have elements on them that are focusable. I modified the checkbox on the list item to have an attribute like so:
android:focusable="false"
Now my list items that contain checkboxes (works for buttons too) are "selectable" in the traditional sense (they light up, you can click anywhere in the list item and the "onListItemClick" handler will fire, etc).
EDIT: As an update, a commenter mentioned "Just a note, after changing the visibility of the button I had to programmatically disable the focus again."

In case you have ImageButton inside the list item you should set the descendantFocusability value to 'blocksDescendants' in the root list item element.
android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"
And the focusableInTouchMode flag to true in the ImageButton view.
android:focusableInTouchMode="true"

I've had a similar issue occur and found that the CheckBox is rather finicky in a ListView. What happens is it imposes it's will on the entire ListItem, and sort of overrides the onListItemClick. You may want to implement a click handler for that, and set the text property for the CheckBox as well, instead of using the TextViews.
I'd say look into this View object as well, it may work better than the CheckBox
Checked Text View

use this line in the root view of the list item
android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"