Check Which Items Are Selected in ListView
Description
The following code shows how to Check Which Items Are Selected in ListView.
Example
Layout file
<?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"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Show selected items"
android:onClick="onClick"/>
<ListView
android:id="@+id/list"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</LinearLayout>
string resource file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string name="hello">Hello World, BasicViews5Activity!</string>
<string name="app_name">BasicViews5</string>
<string-array name="presidents_array">
<item>Dwight D. Eisenhower</item>
<item>John F. Kennedy</item>
<item>Lyndon B. Johnson</item>
<item>Richard Nixon</item>
<item>Gerald Ford</item>
<item>Jimmy Carter</item>
<item>Ronald Reagan</item>
<item>George H. W. Bush</item>
<item>Bill Clinton</item>
<item>George W. Bush</item>
<item>Barack Obama</item>
</string-array>
</resources>
Java code
package com.java2s.myapplication3.app;
//w w w .j ava2 s . c o m
import android.app.ListActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends ListActivity {
String[] presidents;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
ListView lstView = getListView();
lstView.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);
lstView.setTextFilterEnabled(true);
presidents =getResources().getStringArray(R.array.presidents_array);
setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
android.R.layout.simple_list_item_checked, presidents));
}
public void onListItemClick(
ListView parent, View v, int position, long id)
{
Toast.makeText (this,
"You have selected " + presidents [position],
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
public void onClick(View view) {
ListView lstView = getListView();
String itemsSelected = "Selected items: \n";
for (int i=0; i<lstView.getCount(); i++) {
if (lstView.isItemChecked(i)) {
itemsSelected += lstView.getItemAtPosition(i) + "\n";
}
}
Toast.makeText (this, itemsSelected, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}