Problem setting row backgrounds in Android Listview
- by zchtodd
I have an application in which I'd like one row at a time to have a certain color. This seems to work about 95% of the time, but sometimes instead of having just one row with this color, it will allow multiple rows to have the color. Specifically, a row is set to have the "special" color when it is tapped. In rare instances, the last row tapped will retain the color despite a call to setBackgroundColor attempting to make it otherwise.
private OnItemClickListener mDirectoryListener = new OnItemClickListener(){
public void onItemClick(AdapterView parent, View view, int pos, long id){
if (stdir.getStationCount() == pos) {
stdir.moreStations();
return;
}
if (playingView != null)
playingView.setBackgroundColor(Color.DKGRAY);
view.setBackgroundColor(Color.MAGENTA);
playingView = view;
playStation(pos);
}
};
I have confirmed with print statements that the code setting the row to gray is always called.
Can anyone imagine a reason why this code might intermittently fail? If there is a pattern or condition that causes it, I can't tell.
I thought it might have something to do with the activity lifecycle setting the "playingView" variable back to null, but I can't reliably reproduce the problem by switching activities or locking the phone.
private class DirectoryAdapter extends ArrayAdapter {
private ArrayList<Station> items;
public DirectoryAdapter(Context c, int resLayoutId, ArrayList<Station> stations){
super(c, resLayoutId, stations);
this.items = stations;
}
public int getCount(){
return items.size() + 1;
}
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent){
View v = convertView;
LayoutInflater vi = (LayoutInflater)getContext().getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
if (position == this.items.size()) {
v = vi.inflate(R.layout.morerow, null);
return v;
}
Station station = this.items.get(position);
v = vi.inflate(R.layout.songrow, null);
if (station.playing)
v.setBackgroundColor(Color.MAGENTA);
else if (station.visited)
v.setBackgroundColor(Color.DKGRAY);
else
v.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK);
TextView title = (TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.title);
title.setText(station.name);
return v;
}
};
