Question

I’m just learning how to use ListViews. I got it working, but wont to be able to respond when some one clicks a item.

I’m trying to use the setOnItemClickListener method to take a call back for when a item is clicked on. But my code will not compile due to errors in method setOnItemClickListener
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Right now i get a error that says
setOnItemClickListener is not applicable for arguments OnItemClickListener();

void SetUpList()
        {

             listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.mylist);
             String[] values = new String[] { "Android", "iPhone", "WindowsMobile"}; 
             EventsAdapter adapter = new EventsAdapter(this, cGlobals.eventsTitle);

             // Assign adapter to ListView
             listView.setAdapter(adapter); 

    // this is whare I get the error listView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
                        public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
                                int position, long id) {
                            // When clicked, show a toast with the TextView text

                        }
                    });
            }
    }

Answer 1

First make sure you have imported this class:

import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener;

Next you need to call setOnItemClickListener() like so:

listView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
    @Override // "@Override" is required for Java 1.6, but forbidden in 1.5
    public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
        // Do Something
    }
});

Or if your activity implements OnItemClickListener: You need to add the onItemClick() method outside your onCreate() method:

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // Do Something
}

@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
    // Do something else
}

(Of course, if you are extending a ListActivity or ListFragment you should override onListItemClick() instead of onItemClick() like the second approach.)