Question

I got runtime error exception:

java.lang.ClassCastException: android.widget.TwoLineListItem cannot be cast to android.widget.TextView

My Activity extends Activity NOT ListActivity and here is my layout construction:

<LinearLayout ...> <ListView ...></ListView> </LinearLayout>

Java:

   ListView lv1 = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listViewXMLdata);
    ArrayAdapter<String> arrAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_2,
        android.R.id.text2, getResources().getStringArray(R.array.countries));

    lv1.setAdapter(arrAdapter);

    lv1.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {          
        public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {              
            lView.getItemAtPosition(position);

            String itemSelected = ((TextView) view).getText().toString();
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Clicked Position Number " + position + ": " + itemSelected ,
                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
                    .show();


        }
    });

My only main concern is just to get the string (item selected) on my list.

NOTE 1: I am not working on any database.

NOTE 2: I already tried casting it to CharSequence itemSelected = ((TextView) view).getText().toString() but still got runtime error.

The runtime error occurs only when I started to select item on the list.

Answer 1

The android.R.layout.simple_list_item_2 has as its root a TwoLineListItem widget with two children(two TextViews), the two rows of text. Casting this widget to a TextView will fail with the exception you see in the logcat. Search for the desired TextView with findViewById:

String itemSelected = ((TextView) view.findViewById(android.R.id.text2)).getText().toString();