Thanks for the reply, No, I hadn't considered that. Could you please expand a bit on how that might work? Wouldn't I still have to use either a plain listview (without on item selected handlers) or start a new activity? Perhaps I'm not understanding what you mean.
Warren On Jan 13, 12:43 pm, Frank Weiss <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you considered using AlertDialog? > > On Jan 13, 2010 10:34 AM, "Warren" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I want to create a custom list view in my application. I want it to > lay over the top of the application screen, with portions of the > screen not filled by the listview showing the underlying application. > > I've been reading about ListActivity, how it can be started to handle > item selected callbacks. I've also read about people simply inserting > onClick handlers into the listview as it is drawn. > > I'm trying to decide the best way to proceed. Is it "dirty" to attach > onClick handlers to the rows of a listview? It doesn't seem like the > best approach, for instance, it only handles Touch Mode, not the DPAD > clicks. This approach doesn't seem like what the architects had in > mind. > > On the other hand, I don't see a good way that I can start a list > activity and still have access to all the application variables I > need. Do I pass the application in the context and refer back to it > from even handlers after casting the context back to it's original > class? > > Any advice on best practices would be appreciated, thanks. > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
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