Selecting multiple items in ListView

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How to select multiple item in ListView in android

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Best way is to have a contextual action bar with listview on multiselect, You can make listview as multiselect using the following code

listview.setChoiceMode(AbsListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE_MODAL);

And now set multichoice listener for Listview ,You can see the complete implementation of multiselect listview at Android multi select listview

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Actually you can    It s just a matter of user experience  right   Try this   1  for list control set  listView setChoiceMode ListView CHOICE MODE MULTIPLE      listView setItemsCanFocus false      2  define list item as   lt CheckedTextView      xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android orientation  vertical      android layout width  fill parent      android layout height   android attr listPreferredItemHeight      android textAppearance   android attr textAppearanceLarge      android gravity  center vertical      android paddingLeft  6dip      android paddingRight  6dip      android checkMark   android attr listChoiceIndicatorMultiple      android background   drawable txt view bg    gt    This is same as android R layout simple list item multiple choice except  android background   drawable txt view bg   3  And define drawable txt view bg xml as      lt item android drawable   drawable selected    android state checked  true    gt     lt item android drawable   drawable not selected    gt      Note - The preferred way to handle multiple choice is to track choices your-self with on click item click  rather than depending on its state in list

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and to get it    public void onItemClick AdapterView lt   gt  parent  View view                  int position  long id                     Log d getLocalClassName     onItemClick     view                                 position         id

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This example stores the values you have checked and displays them in a toast  And it updates when you uncheck items http   android-coding blogspot ro 2011 09 listview-with-multiple-choice html

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Step 1  setAdapter to your listview         listView setAdapter new ArrayAdapter lt String gt  this  android R layout simple list item multiple choice  GENRES       Step 2  set choice mode for listview  The second line of below code represents which checkbox should be checked   listView setChoiceMode ListView CHOICE MODE MULTIPLE   listView setItemChecked 2  true    listView setOnItemClickListener this       private static  String   GENRES   new String              Action    Adventure    Animation    Children    Comedy    Documentary    Drama            Foreign    History    Independent    Romance    Sci-Fi    Television    Thriller           Step 3  Checked views are returned in SparseBooleanArray  so you might use the below code to get key or values The below sample are simply displayed selected names in a single String    Override     public void onItemClick AdapterView lt   gt  adapter  View arg1  int arg2  long arg3             SparseBooleanArray sp getListView   getCheckedItemPositions         String str         for int i 0 i lt sp size   i                  str  GENRES sp keyAt i                  Toast makeText this     str  Toast LENGTH SHORT  show

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It s very simple    listViewRequests setOnItemClickListener new AdapterView OnItemClickListener                      Override                 public void onItemClick AdapterView lt   gt  adapterView  View view  int i  long l                          AppCompatCheckedTextView checkBox    AppCompatCheckedTextView  view                        Log i  CHECK  checkBox isChecked      checkBox getText   toString

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You have to select the option in ArrayAdapter   ArrayAdapter lt String gt  adapter   new ArrayAdapter lt String gt       this  android R layout simple list item single choice  countries

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I would advice to check the logic of ListActivity according to what is needed could be the best way not to lose much time  link  developer android

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In listView you can use it by Adapter  ArrayAdapter lt String gt  adapterChannels   new ArrayAdapter lt  gt  this  android R layout simple list item multiple choice

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To  update  the Toast message after unchecking some items  just put this line inside the for loop   if  sp valueAt i     so it results   for int i 0 i lt sp size   i          if  sp valueAt i           str  names sp keyAt i

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