CheckBox Create a List View item without clicks

Question

I have a task list and defined each list item in list_item.xml as follows

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal" > <ImageView android:id="@+id/list_overdue_pic" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:background="@drawable/overdue" android:visibility="invisible" /> <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal" android:padding="5dp" > <CheckBox android:id="@+id/list_done" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:paddingRight="5dp" android:gravity="center_vertical" /> <LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/list_done" android:orientation="vertical" > <RelativeLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal" > <TextView android:id="@+id/list_title" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:paddingRight="10dp" android:textColor="@color/white" android:textSize="18dp" android:textStyle="bold" /> <ImageView android:id="@+id/list_note_pic" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_centerInParent="true" android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/list_title" android:background="@drawable/note" /> </RelativeLayout> <LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal" > <TextView android:id="@+id/list_prio" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textSize="17dp" android:textStyle="bold" /> <TextView android:id="@+id/list_due_date" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textSize="17dp" android:visibility="gone" /> <TextView android:id="@+id/list_calendar" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textSize="17dp" android:visibility="gone" /> </LinearLayout> <TextView android:id="@+id/list_note" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textSize="15dp" /> </LinearLayout> </RelativeLayout> 

The resulting list item is as follows:

The problem is that with CheckBox in xml I cannot select a list item. Clicking on a list item should call onListItemClick, but it does nothing. If I add

android: visibility = "gone"

In CheckBox, I can click the items as I please. Why does CheckBox destroy this ability?

Answer 1

The key to solving this is adding

  android:focusable="false" 

CheckBox attribute. After this is added, CheckBox will stop stealing cheeks from the list items, and you can simultaneously click CheckBox and select individual list items.