I am a noob android studio and this is my first app I am developing.
Context: I have a ListView lv which is populated with CheckedTextViews using a SimpleAdapter. I have set up the OnItemClickListener for lv as shown below which checks and unchecks the check boxes as expected. I want the checks to remain persistent when I navigate between activities, so I am storing a key in the selectedTrackers
array list.
lv.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener()
{
@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int i, long l)
{
CheckedTextView ctv = (CheckedTextView) view.findViewById(R.id.trackerID);
HashMap s = (HashMap)lv.getItemAtPosition(i);
String mob = (String)s.get("mobile");
//checked and pressed
if (ctv.isChecked())
{
ctv.setChecked(false);
for (int j = 0; j < selectedTrackers.size(); j++)
{
if (selectedTrackers.get(j) == mob)
{
selectedTrackers.remove(j);
break;
}
}
}
//not checked
else
{
ctv.setChecked(true);
selectedTrackers.add(mob);
}
}
});
When I navigate back to the activity with the list view, I call a function getSelectedTrackers
which I want to select the saved checkboxes based on the key in selectedTrackers
public static void getSelectedTrackers()
{
if (basicSettings.selectedTrackers.size() == 0) return;
for (int i = 0; i < trackers.size(); i++)
{
HashMap s = trackers.get(i);
String mob = (String)s.get("mobile");
for (int j = 0; j < basicSettings.selectedTrackers.size(); j++)
{
if (basicSettings.selectedTrackers.get(j).equals(mob))
{
View v = getViewByPosition(i, lv);
CheckedTextView ctv = (CheckedTextView) v.findViewById(R.id.trackerID);
ctv.setChecked(true);
//******************************
//some call to update the view HERE
//******************************
break;
}
}
}
}
Question: I have confirmed that the function finds the correct checkbox, but none of the check boxes are displayed as being selected after calling setChecked(). I have scoured SO and tried invalidating, refreshing drawable state, notifyDataSetChanged, and I can't seem to figure it out how to get it to work. What's the best way to do this? Any help is appreciated!