How to pre-select multiple listview/gridview items

Question

in my app there is gridview of my custom class. I am using custom data template and values are bound from SQLite. Now when user launch the app, the certain items (NOT SINGLE) should be pre-selected in gridview/listview. Gridview/listview allows multiple selection. How can I achieve this with SelectedItem property ?

UPDATE : I have followed this, it doesn't work for me. Returns 0 selections.

UPDATE 2 : I have posted the code

void MainPage_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    using (var db = new SQLite.SQLiteConnection(dbpath))
    {
        lvTags.ItemsSource = db.Table<Database.Tag>();  //lvTags is listview

        if (MyList.Count > 0) //MyList is the static list of class "Database.Tag"
        {
            foreach (var item in MyList)
                foreach (var lvitem in lvTags.Items)
                    if (lvitem.Equals(item))
                        lvTags.SelectedItems.Add(lvitem);
        }
    }
}

UPDATE 3:

public override bool Equals(object obj)
{
    Tag tag = obj as Tag;
    if (this.TagID == tag.TagID && this.TagName == tag.TagName)
        return true;
    else
        return false;
}

Answer 1

You can use SelectedItems property.

    //
    // Summary:
    //     Gets the currently selected items.
    //
    // Returns:
    //     A collection of the currently selected items.
    public IList<object> SelectedItems { get; }

Answer 2

I deleted my original answer since yo are not using data binding and my answer wont be useful to you.

I found this just now that might be useful to you:

"SelectedItems property is read only, and cannot be set directly"

Hence, for a solution that may provide help, refer this article.

Answer 3

You can use the SelectedItems property and call SelectedItems.Add() or SelectedItems.Remove() to add/remove items from selection.

If you use ItemsSource binding on the GridView you can use the ListViewExtensions.BindableSelection attached property from the WinRT XAML Toolkit (it should work with a GridView too since it is a subclass of ListViewBase) as in the sample page.

Answer 4

Finally got answer from MSDN. Thanks ForInfo

XAML page

<Grid Background="{StaticResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
    <ListView x:Name="listView" SelectionMode="Multiple">
        <ListView.ItemTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                    <TextBox Text="{Binding ID}" Margin="0,0,5,0"/>
                    <TextBox Text="{Binding Title}"/>
                </StackPanel>
            </DataTemplate>
        </ListView.ItemTemplate>
    </ListView>
</Grid>

C#

public sealed partial class MainPage : Page
{
    public MainPage()
    {
        this.InitializeComponent();
        LoadData();
    }
    protected override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationEventArgs e)
    {
    }
    ObservableCollection<KiwiItem> sourceColl;
    IList<KiwiItem> selectionList;
    public void LoadData()
    {
        var dbPath = Path.Combine(Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.Path, "db.sqlite");

        // Exec (1)
        using (var db = new SQLite.SQLiteConnection(dbPath))
        {
            db.DropTable<KiwiItem>();
            db.CreateTable<KiwiItem>();
            db.RunInTransaction(() =>
            {
                db.Insert(new KiwiItem() { ID = 1, Title = "MyTitle1" });
                db.Insert(new KiwiItem() { ID = 2, Title = "MyTitle2" });
                db.Insert(new KiwiItem() { ID = 3, Title = "MyTitle3" });
                db.Insert(new KiwiItem() { ID = 4, Title = "MyTitle4" });
            });
            this.sourceColl = new ObservableCollection<KiwiItem>();
            this.selectionList = new List<KiwiItem>();
            // Query the db. In practice, fill the sourceColl according to your business scenario
            foreach (KiwiItem item in db.Table<KiwiItem>())
            {
                this.sourceColl.Add(item);
                if (item.ID == 2 || item.ID == 4)
                    this.selectionList.Add(item);
            }
        }

        // Exec (2)
        this.listView.ItemsSource = this.sourceColl;
        foreach (KiwiItem item in this.selectionList)
            this.listView.SelectedItems.Add(item);
    }
}
public class KiwiItem
{
    [SQLite.AutoIncrement, SQLite.PrimaryKey]
    public int ID { get; set; }
    public string Title { get; set; }
}