Question

How can I set a long-clicked item as selected?
This does not work (item does not maintain selected when clicked):

listView.setOnItemLongClickListener(new OnItemLongClickListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onItemLongClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
                  int position, long id) {
                listView.setSelection(position);
                return true;
            }
        });

Answer 1

If you’re trying to use a multi-select list, make sure you flag it as such:

listView.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);

If it’s a single-select list, you still need to flag it as a “choice mode” list, as opposed to one where clicking just performs an action, not selects the item.

listView.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_SINGLE);

And since you’ve got the view you want to select being passed in as a parameter, you don’t need to set by position, you can set by the view instead, like so:

view.setSelected(true);