The concept that you want to achieve is possible, but not like the way you are working now.
The best and easiest solution would be to keep track of the states of the clicked items and give them the correct layout inside the adapter. I have set up a little example:
Activity
public class StackOverFlowActivity extends Activity {
GridView gridView;
MyCustomAdapter myAdapter;
ArrayList<GridObject> myObjects;
static final String[] numbers = new String[] { "A", "B", "C", "D", "E",
"F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M", "N", "O", "P", "Q", "R",
"S", "T", "U", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z" };
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
myObjects = new ArrayList<GridObject>();
for (String s : numbers) {
myObjects.add(new GridObject(s, 0));
}
gridView = (GridView) findViewById(R.id.gridView1);
myAdapter = new MyCustomAdapter(this);
gridView.setAdapter(myAdapter);
gridView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View v, int position, long arg3) {
myObjects.get(position).setState(1);
myAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
});
}
static class ViewHolder {
TextView text;
}
private class MyCustomAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
private LayoutInflater mInflater;
public MyCustomAdapter(Context context) {
mInflater = LayoutInflater.from(context);
}
@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
GridObject object = myObjects.get(position);
ViewHolder holder;
if (convertView == null) {
convertView = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.list_item_icon_text, null);
holder = new ViewHolder();
holder.text = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.text);
convertView.setTag(holder);
} else {
holder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
}
holder.text.setText(object.getName());
if (object.getState() == 1) {
holder.text.setBackgroundColor(Color.GREEN);
} else {
holder.text.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLUE);
}
return convertView;
}
@Override
public int getCount() {
return myObjects.size();
}
@Override
public Object getItem(int position) {
return position;
}
@Override
public long getItemId(int position) {
return position;
}
}
}
GridObject
public class GridObject {
private String name;
private int state;
public GridObject(String name, int state) {
super();
this.name = name;
this.state = state;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public int getState() {
return state;
}
public void setState(int state) {
this.state = state;
}
}
Main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<GridView
android:id="@+id/gridView1"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:columnWidth="50dp"
android:gravity="center"
android:numColumns="auto_fit"
android:stretchMode="columnWidth" >
</GridView>
</LinearLayout>
list_item_icon_text
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/text"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
</LinearLayout>
