setOnItemClickListener on custom ListView

Sample Code:

ListView list = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listview);
list.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
   @Override
   public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
      Object listItem = list.getItemAtPosition(position);
   } 
});

In the sample code above, the listItem should contain the selected data for the textView.

I too had that same problem.. If we think logically little bit we can get the answer.. It worked for me very well.. I hope u will get it..

1. listviewdemo.xml

   <ListView
       android:id="@+id/listview"
       android:layout_width="match_parent"
       android:layout_height="match_parent"
       android:paddingBottom="30dp"
       android:paddingLeft="10dp"
       android:paddingRight="10dp" />
   

2. listviewcontent.xml - note that TextView - android:id="@+id/txtLstItem"

   <LinearLayout
       android:id="@+id/listviewcontentlayout"
       android:layout_width="0dp"
       android:layout_height="fill_parent"
       android:layout_weight="1"
       android:orientation="horizontal">
   
       <ImageView
           android:id="@+id/img1"
           android:layout_width="wrap_content"
           android:layout_height="wrap_content"
           android:layout_marginRight="6dp" />
   
       <LinearLayout
           android:layout_width="0dp"
           android:layout_height="fill_parent"
           android:layout_weight="1"
           android:orientation="vertical">
   
           <TextView
               android:id="@+id/txtLstItem"
               android:layout_width="match_parent"
               android:layout_height="wrap_content"
               android:gravity="left"
               android:shadowColor="@android:color/black"
               android:shadowRadius="5"
               android:textColor="@android:color/white" />
   
       </LinearLayout>
   
       <ImageView
           android:id="@+id/img2"
           android:layout_width="wrap_content"
           android:layout_height="wrap_content"
           android:layout_marginRight="6dp" />
   </LinearLayout>
   

3. ListViewActivity.java - Note that view.findViewById(R.id.txtLstItem) - as we setting the value to TextView by setText() method we getting text from TextView by View object returned by onItemClick method. OnItemClick() returns the current view.

   TextView v=(TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.txtLstItem);
   Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "selected Item Name is "+v.getText(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();**
   

   Using this simple logic we can get other values like CheckBox, RadioButton, ImageView etc.

   ListView List = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listview);
   cursor = cr.query(CONTENT_URI,projection,null,null,null);
   adapter = new ListViewCursorAdapter(ListViewActivity.this, R.layout.listviewcontent, cursor, from, to);
   
   cursor.moveToFirst();
   
   // Let activity manage the cursor
   startManagingCursor(cursor);
   
   List.setAdapter(adapter);
   List.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
           @Override
           public void onItemClick (AdapterView < ? > adapter, View view,int position, long arg){
               // TODO Auto-generated method stub
               TextView v = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.txtLstItem);
               Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "selected Item Name is " + v.getText(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
           }
       }
   );
   

If in the listener you get the root layout of the item (say itemLayout), and you gave some id's to the textviews, you can then get them with something like itemLayout.findViewById(R.id.textView1).

If it helps anyone, I found that the problem was I already had an android:onClick event in my layout file (which I inflated for the ListView rows). This was superseding the onItemClick event.

If above answers don't work maybe you didn't add return value into getItem method in the custom adapter see this question and check out first answer.