Preventing/catching “IllegalArgumentException: parameter must be a descendant of this view” error

Question

I have a ListView with some focusable components inside (mostly EditTexts). Yeah, I know this isn\'t exactly recommended, but in general, almost everything is w

Answer 1

try this

 @Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    //abandon current focus
    View currentFocus = ((Activity)mContext).getCurrentFocus();
    if (currentFocus != null) {
        currentFocus.clearFocus();
    }

    // other code
}

EDIT:

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