Android - How to tap ListView item programmatically

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How to call ItemClickListener programmatically? listView.performItemClick() does not work. Is that possible?

performItemClick is supposed to work, there is probably something wrong with the way you use it — njzk2, Mar 22 '12 at 10:36

score 70 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 01 '15 at 21:42

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mList.performItemClick(
    mList.getAdapter().getView(mActivePosition, null, null),
    mActivePosition,
    mList.getAdapter().getItemId(mActivePosition));

Where mActivePosition is your click position!

edited Jan 01 '15 at 21:42

Assaf Gamliel

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answered Apr 29 '13 at 12:05

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this will actually create a new view just so performItemClick will work, yes it will work, but this will not be the same view as intended, getView in adapter is misleading, it actually creates a view, and listView is using it in order to populate the views and recycle them – ndori Mar 23 '15 at 16:16
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This won't create a view. `mList.performItemClick(mList.getChildAt(mActivePosition), mActivePosition, mList.getAdapter().getItemId(mActivePosition));` – Arst Mar 05 '18 at 11:03
@Arst, Thank you very much for a perfect solution. – Anirban Apr 01 '21 at 05:44

Swapnil Godambe · Answer 2 · 2013-08-29T08:34:47.280

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If you want to click/tap/select 3rd list item then.

listView.performItemClick(listView.getAdapter().getView(3, null, null), 3, listView.getItemIdAtPosition(3));

This worked perfectly for me.

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answered Apr 18 '13 at 08:42

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score 4 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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Assign tag in the adapter to each View, and findviewByTag() this worked for me:

listView.performItemClick(listView.findViewWithTag(listView.getAdapter().getItem(selectedIndex)), selectedIndex, listView.getAdapter().getItemId(selectedIndex));

Also refer this answer.

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answered Aug 13 '13 at 07:33

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 22 '12 at 11:11

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If you need it for testing purposes, then you can use Robotium ( http://code.google.com/p/robotium/ ).

You could also achieve what you want by calling the onClick method of the ClickController with the correct parameters.

edited Mar 22 '12 at 11:11

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answered Mar 22 '12 at 10:27

But how do you use Robotium to do this? – Dave Cameron Sep 28 '12 at 16:31
Ask robotium to tap the text inside the list item. – Nov 15 '12 at 16:30

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 11 '12 at 12:50

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The answer is

listView1.performItemClick(listView1, 3, listView1.getItemIdAtPosition(3));

from the link

http://mantascode.com/?p=486

answered Dec 11 '12 at 12:50

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 14 '22 at 08:59

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This will work!!

 listview.performItemClick(listview.getChildAt(position),
                    position,
                    listview.getChildAt(position).getId());

answered Feb 14 '22 at 08:59

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score -6 · Answer 7 · edited Mar 22 '12 at 11:10

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You can set up an onItemClick listener for your list view via

listView.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void   onClick(View v) {
        //here you do something
    }
});

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answered Mar 22 '12 at 10:23

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The question is "How to tap ListView item programmatically?" and not about getting list item click event. – Zeba Feb 24 '14 at 14:29

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