How to get the item id in an onItemClick handler

Question

I have a category table with two columns category_id and name. I have created a data helper class named CategoryDataHelper. I have a m

Answer 1

You probably should get the cursor from the adapter. This way if your cursor gets replaced you are still are still getting a valid cursor.

Cursor cursor = ((SimpleCursorAdapter) adapterView).getCursor();
cursor.moveToPosition(position);
long categoryId = cursor.getLong(cursor.getColumnIndex(CategoryDataHelper.ID));

or use "category_id" or whatever the name of your column is in place of CategoryDataHelper.ID.