OnItemCLickListener not working in listview

Question

Activity class code:

conversationList = (ListView)findViewById(android.R.id.list);
ConversationArrayAdapter conversationArrayAdapter=new  ConversationArrayAdapter(this, R.layout.conversation_list_item_format_left, conversationDetails);
conversationList.setAdapter(conversationArrayAdapter);
conversationList.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener(){ 
    @Override
    public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int position, long arg3) {
        Log.d("test","clicked");
    }
});

The getView function in the Adapter class:

if (v == null) {                                
    LayoutInflater vi = (LayoutInflater)ctx.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
    if(leftSideMessageNumber.equals(m.getTo())) {
        v = vi.inflate(R.layout.conversation_list_item_format_left, null);
    } else {
        v = vi.inflate(R.layout.conversation_list_item_format_right, null);
    }
}

Is there a problem with using two xmls while inflating?

Answer 1

The problem is that your layouts contain either focusable or clickable items. If a view contains either focusable or clickable item the OnItemCLickListener won't be called.

Click here for more information.

Please post one of your layout xmls if that isn't the case.

Answer 2

I had the same problem and tried all of the mentioned solutions to no avail. through testing i found that making the text selectable was preventing the listener to be called. So by switching it to false, or removing it my listener was called again.

android:textIsSelectable="false"

hope this helps someone who was stuck like me.

Answer 3

in my case none of xml layout properties was not helpful.

I just add a single line of code like this: convertView.setClickable(false);

@NonNull
@Override
public View getView(final int position, View convertView, @NonNull ViewGroup parent) {
    ViewHolder viewHolder;
    if (convertView == null || convertView.getTag() == null) {
        LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
        convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.my_layout_id, parent, false);
        viewHolder = new ViewHolder(convertView);
        convertView.setTag(viewHolder);
    } else {
        viewHolder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
    }
    ...
    convertView.setClickable(false);
    return convertView;
}

so basically it do the same thing as setting up properties in xml layout but it was only thing which works in my case.

It is not perfect timing but maybe it will helps somebody Happy coding