The preferred way is to use a long-press to bring up a context menu. The menu populated by pressing the menu button should be used for things that do not require a selection.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- There are only 10 types of people in the world... Those who know binary and those who don't. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Martin Obreshkov <[email protected]>wrote: > > Thanks for the reply but if this is not the recommended way what is > the solution for it. For example i have a list with mails and when i > select given mail there are actions i can perform(delete, reply). What > is the best way to implement this, should i use listview at all. > Thanks in advance. > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Mark Murphy<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> I have a listview and i want when i select a row to stay selected > > > > The core Android team does not recommend this. > > > >> The problem is that if i change some attribute ( for example > >> v.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK) ) the selected view no longer stays > >> selected. > > > > That is because "selected" is one of the background colors. A widget > > background is usually some form of ColorStateList. You can supply a > simple > > color to setBackgroundColor(), but that only works if you do not intend > to > > allow the item to be selected, for example. > > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > > http://commonsware.com > > Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > When I raise my flashing sword, and my hand takes hold on judgment, I > will take vengeance upon mine enemies, and I will repay those who haze > me. Oh, Lord, raise me to Thy right hand and count me among Thy > saints. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
