Reading value from String Array populated using ListView

Question

I've got a ListView which populates a list of quotes from a String Array, however onClick I require the selected <item> to be read to a String. This is the code I use:

 ListView sample = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.Samplelist);

    String[] backup = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.months);

    ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
            android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, backup);

    sample.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener(){
        @Override
        public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, final View view,
                                int position, long id) {
            final String item = (String) parent.getItemAtPosition(position);
            view.animate().setDuration(2000).alpha(0)
                    .withEndAction(new Runnable() {
                        @Override
                        public final void run()
                        {

                            String readItem;
                            finish();

                        }
                    });
        }


    sample.setAdapter(adapter);


}

And here sample.setAdapter(adapter) seems to be an error and is underlined with red.

Is there a way to get this done correct? Any help will be appreciated

another error ? can you post logcat of error message

Sagar Devkota
– Sagar Devkota

2015-08-24 06:02:12 +00:00
Commented Aug 24, 2015 at 6:02 — Sagar Devkota
– Sagar Devkota, Commented Aug 24, 2015 at 6:02
show onClick method code

ρяσѕρєя K
– ρяσѕρєя K

2015-08-24 06:04:08 +00:00
Commented Aug 24, 2015 at 6:04 — ρяσѕρєя K
– ρяσѕρєя K, Commented Aug 24, 2015 at 6:04
can you please post the error?

Malwinder Singh
– Malwinder Singh

2015-08-24 06:19:50 +00:00
Commented Aug 24, 2015 at 6:19 — Malwinder Singh
– Malwinder Singh, Commented Aug 24, 2015 at 6:19

Rajesh Jadav · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-24 06:14:08Z

2

If you look at layout of simple_list_item_1 then you can find id of textview is text1.

You can define OnItemClickListener to your listview like this:

   listView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
                String selectedItem = ((TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.text1)).getText().toString();
            }
        });

EDIT:

You can also try

String selectedItem = (String)parent.getItemAtPosition(position);

instead of

String selectedItem = ((TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.text1)).getText().toString();

Hope it helps!

edited Aug 24, 2015 at 6:14

answered Aug 24, 2015 at 6:04

Rajesh Jadav

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OBX Over a year ago

Thanks, but actually what is text1 and I am not using a TextView in my XML

Rajesh Jadav Over a year ago

text1 is id of your textview defined in simple_list_item_1 xml file provided by android sdk

OBX Over a year ago

It works, thanks, but again what exactly is simple_list_item_1

Rajesh Jadav Over a year ago

simple_list_item_1 is default list item layout provided by android sdk. you can also design your custom layout

A.R. · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-24 06:13:22Z

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You can try this approach:

yourListView.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() 
        {
            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,int position, long id) 
            {

                String data=(String)parent.getItemAtPosition(position);
            }
        });

answered Aug 24, 2015 at 6:13

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Malwinder Singh · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-24 06:16:03Z

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You may need to parse the text from View in OnItemClickListener

listView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
            String selectedItemText = ((TextView)view).getText().toString();
        }
    });

answered Aug 24, 2015 at 6:16

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