Thanks Doug. In my case, it was actually as simple as calling setItemChecked(index, true) on the ListView.
On Mar 18, 10:44 am, Doug <[email protected]> wrote: > It's customary to model the data in a data structure, then use an Adapter to > create the individual item view that will be shown in the ListView. If you > need to change the data in the model, just change the model's data and tell > the adapter that the data has changed. That will force an update to the > view. > > I'm speaking in very general terms and not addressing your specific issue, > though I think you might benefit from this strategy. > > Doug > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:15:10 PM UTC-7, Lowell wrote: > > > I have an activity which contains a ListView. Each item in the list is > > a CheckedTextView containing a checkbox. The activity can spawn a new > > activity which can return an object to be added to the ListView. I am > > having trouble checking that item programmatically. > > > I thought I could do something like: > > > CheckedTextView listItem = (CheckedTextView) > > peopleList.getChildAt(index); > > listItem.setChecked(true); > > > However, the listItem is null. I believe that this is because it > > hasn't scrolled onto screen yet so hasn't actually been created. Might > > that be the case? If so, how can I set its state to being checked? Is > > there a backing model I can work with? Do I need to create a backing > > model for all cells just to handle this case? > > > Thanks, > > Lowell -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en
