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Android Android Lists and Adapters (2015) Acting on List Item Taps Tapping on a ListView Item

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GameListActivity.java
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.view.ListView;

public class GameListActivity extends ListActivity {

    public String[] mGames = {
        "Age of Empires",
        "Civilization",
        "Minecraft",
        "SimCity"
    };

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_game_list);

        ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, mGames);
        setListAdapter(adapter);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
        // Add code here!
        super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);
        Toast.makeText(this, "favorite game", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }

    // This is a helper method to tally votes on a back-end system
    public void sendVote(String game) {
        VoteService.recordVote(game);
    }
}

1 Answer

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

Let's start with the instructions: "Now we can do something with the item that was tapped on. We have a helper method, sendVote(), that will log the user's vote for their favorite game. Call it with the correct game from the list." The challenge is wanting you to do use the sendVote method, not make a Toast. All you need to do is pull the correct item from mGames to pass to it.