Android: disable ListView selection

Question

I have a listView that I re-display with the correct answer highlighted when the user selects an item. However, at that point I would like to disable selection of list view items; the user can only get to the next question by pressing a button. However, even if I disable the items like so:

   private void disableItemSelection() {
        ListView lv = getListView();
        for (int i = 0; i < lv.getChildCount(); i++){
            View v = lv.getChildAt(i);
            v.setEnabled(false);
        }
    }

...it still highlights the selection when the user selects it. Any thoughts?

Damicke

Did u find a solution to this? – Assemblyman

No - I did a workaround which takes them to the next question if they try to select a button again. – Damicke

Answer 1

The reason the scrolling is locked is because you are setting up at

ListView

I found a way to disable highlighting without locking the scroll. You need to set it up at ListAdapter as shown below:

ArrayAdapter<String> myList = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.list_item, strText) {
           public boolean isEnabled(int position) 
            { 
                    return false; 
            } 
        };

Hurds

You don't need to use an ArrayAdapter, if you don't want to. Just override the isEnabled method on your own custom adapter and you're good to go! – Crural

doesn't it mean that if there is a drawable for the rows that has the disabled state , it will also change their image ? is it possible to disable clicking and yet not change the drawable ? – Rollandrollaway

Answer 2

You can add attribute to Listview XML layout to disable multiple high light rows as

android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent"               
android:cacheColorHint="@android:color/transparent"

Ailanthus

I think this is the best ansewr, is always best to set this details in the xml than in the code. – Counteraccusation

For me it was enough just to set listSelector. – Yseulte

Answer 3

I just hid the selected item with this:

listView.setSelector(new ColorDrawable(0));

And then you show it again by restoring to whatever drawable it was using previously:

wifiSsid.setSelector(R.drawable.listview_selector);

Faliscan

Answer 4

I used android:choiceMode="none" as documented here.

Camass

This only sets if list items can have a selected mode, but not the highlighting :( – Salience