getting a string from a listview item in setOnItemClickListener

Question

I was wondering how I can get a string from a clicked listview's item. For example I have an entry in this format. # - John Smith john@gmail.com 3451234532 New York I want to get John Smith. I can get the item on that position but I don't know the rest. My codes: ``` package com.example.deneme; import android.app.Activity; import android.database.Cursor; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.View; import android.widget.AdapterView; import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.ListView; import android.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter; import android.widget.TextView; import android.widget.Toast; public class Activity2 extends Activity { private SQLiteAdapter mySQLiteAdapter; ListView listContent; SimpleCursorAdapter cursorAdapter; Cursor cursor; Button buttonDeleteAll,buttonDeleteRow; public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity2); buttonDeleteAll = (…

Accepted Answer

Well, it depends on what you've populated your listview with. If those are TextView's then all you have to do is this:

```
((TextView)arg1).getText().toString()
```

Essentially `View arg1` is the clicked View. Given that you've populated that list, you know what that view is, because you're the one who created and returned it in(in your adapter):

```
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
```

Therefore, whatever the type of that View, check its the documentation to see how to get the text out of it

Edit:

Well, the cursor adapter you're using returns a LinearLayout for each row. It has several TextViews, one for each column that's selected. To get the first column you do this:

```
LinearLayout row = (LinearLayout)((LinearLayout)arg1).getChildAt(0);
TextView column = (TextView)row.getChildAt(0);
String text = column.getText().toString();
```

If you want a different column just change the argument to `getChildAt(i)`

getting a string from a listview item in setOnItemClickListener

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