Use choice mode on a list. This list is in CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE mode, which means the items behave like checkboxes.
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package com.example.android.apis.view;
import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
/**
* This example shows how to use choice mode on a list. This list is
* in CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE mode, which means the items behave like
* checkboxes.
*/
public class List11 extends ListActivity {
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_list_item_multiple_choice, GENRES));
final ListView listView = getListView();
listView.setItemsCanFocus(false);
listView.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);
}
private static final String[] GENRES = new String[] {
"Action", "Adventure", "Animation", "Children", "Comedy", "Documentary", "Drama",
"Foreign", "History", "Independent", "Romance", "Sci-Fi", "Television", "Thriller"
};
}
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