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

what method do I use to call the game in this case?

please help now

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){
    super.onListItemClick(l,v,position,id);
    }

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

1 Answer

in the onListItemClick method you get a variable of what position the item is that you clicked. We use this variable to select the right game from the String array.

sendVote(mGames[position]);

Thx m8!