Android ListView setSelection() does not seem to work

Question

I have a ListActivity that implements onListItemClick() and calls a doSomething() function of the class. The latter contains l.s

Answer 1

If you use an Adapter for your ListView add this code to your adapter:

public class MyAdapter extends
        ArrayAdapter {


    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        if (convertView == null) {
            LayoutInflater inflator = (LayoutInflater) getContext()
                    .getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
            rowView = inflator.inflate(R.layout.my_adapter, null);
        } else {
            rowView = (View) convertView;
        }

        //...

        // set selected item
        LinearLayout ActiveItem = (LinearLayout) rowView;
        if (position == selectedItem)
        {
            ActiveItem
                    .setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.background_dark_blue);

            // for focus on it
            int top = (ActiveItem == null) ? 0 : ActiveItem.getTop();
            ((ListView) parent).setSelectionFromTop(position, top);
        }
        else
        {
            ActiveItem
                    .setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.border02);
        }

    }

    private int selectedItem;

    public void setSelectedItem(int position) {
        selectedItem = position;
    }

}

In your Activity:

myAdapter.setSelectedItem(1);