Refer to the Dev Guide:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/dialogs.html#AddingAList

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 5:38 AM, Warren <warrenba...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 <fewe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Have you considered using AlertDialog?
> >
> > On Jan 13, 2010 10:34 AM, "Warren" <warrenba...@gmail.com> 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.
> >
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