Android ListView with RadioButton in singleChoice mode and a custom row layout

Question

I have a ListView, which is in singleChoice mode. All I want is to display a RadioButton to the side, that when clicked highlights to say i

Answer 1

Simple solution:

Add this line in the RadioButton layout of your xml file:

Then in the activity class that uses the ListView, add the following:

   private RadioButton listRadioButton = null;
   int listIndex = -1;

   public void onClickRadioButton(View v) {
        View vMain = ((View) v.getParent());
        // getParent() must be added 'n' times, 
        // where 'n' is the number of RadioButtons' nested parents
        // in your case is one.

        // uncheck previous checked button. 
        if (listRadioButton != null) listRadioButton.setChecked(false);
        // assign to the variable the new one
        listRadioButton = (RadioButton) v;
        // find if the new one is checked or not, and set "listIndex"
        if (listRadioButton.isChecked()) {
            listIndex = ((ViewGroup) vMain.getParent()).indexOfChild(vMain); 
        } else {
            listRadioButton = null;
            listIndex = -1;
        }
    }

With this simple code only one RadioButton is checked. If you touch the one that is already checked, then it returns to the unchecked mode.

"listIndex" is tracking the checked item, -1 if none.

If you want to keep always one checked, then code in onClickRadioButton should be:

   public void onClickRadioButton(View v) {
        View vMain = ((View) v.getParent());
        int newIndex = ((ViewGroup) vMain.getParent()).indexOfChild(vMain);
        if (listIndex == newIndex) return;

        if (listRadioButton != null) {
                listRadioButton.setChecked(false);
        }
        listRadioButton = (RadioButton) v;
        listIndex = newIndex; 
    }