Question

I have a listview with each item containing an image, a textview and a checkbox. I am trying to have it so wherever you click within the item it highlights the checkbox. As stated in this response I set the focusable attribute of the checkbox to false, but I am still only able to click the checkbox to change its state. What’s even more interesting is when I click on a checkbox every proceeding 10th item is also highlighted. Any suggestions?

Here is my xml for an item.

<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content">
    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/image"
        android:layout_width="50dip"
        android:layout_height="50dip" 
        android:src="@drawable/stub"   
        android:scaleType="centerCrop"/>
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/text"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_weight="1" 
        android:layout_gravity="left|center_vertical" 
        android:textSize="20dip" 
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dip"/>

    <CheckBox
        android:id="@+id/checkBox1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:focusable="false"/>

</LinearLayout>

Main xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<ListView
    android:id="@+id/list"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_weight="1"/>
<Button
    android:id="@+id/button1"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:text="Clear Cache"/>
</LinearLayout>

Answer 1

1. create a CheckableLinearLayout or CheckableRelativeLayout for your ListView‘s item layout container,
2. set your listview’s mode to ‘multipleChoice’

find more details in the links below:

• http://tokudu.com/2010/android-checkable-linear-layout/
• http://www.marvinlabs.com/2010/10/custom-listview-ability-check-items/