How set ListView not clickable

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I have this ListView that just needs to show data.
So I don't want to make it clickable.
First I've tried changing XML listview to:

<ListView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:clickable="false" >

But it didn't work.
So to solve my problem I set through code:

  list.setSelector(android.R.color.transparent);

but I can't believe there's no better solution. Any idea?

One way: `ListView.setOnClickListener(null);` OR add `android:focusable="false" android:focusableInTouchMode="false"` OR add in the layout `android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent"` — g00dy, Jul 30 '13 at 11:16
I think the clickable attribute only set this property for the view. If you want to set the items not clickable you should their clickable attribute to false. Hope this helps — ZeusNet, Jul 30 '13 at 11:16
@g00dy just reply with your comment so I can set as Accepted Answer — Tizianoreica, Aug 07 '13 at 15:14
possible duplicate of [Android: disabling highlight on listView click](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2907335/android-disabling-highlight-on-listview-click) — aleb, Feb 28 '14 at 14:24

score 57 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 07 '13 at 15:17

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Here it is, following the comment:

One way to do so is: ListView.setOnClickListener(null); OR

You can add android:focusable="false" android:focusableInTouchMode="false" OR

another way in the layout android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent"

Cheers.

answered Aug 07 '13 at 15:17

g00dy

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list.setOnClickListener(null) gave me an error everytime, but list.setOnItemClickListener(null); worked perfectly. – Aritra Roy Mar 31 '15 at 17:45

score 55 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 11 '16 at 13:56

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Just override isEnabled(position) in your adapter and return false

@Override
public boolean isEnabled(int position) {
    return false;
}

edited Apr 11 '16 at 13:56

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answered Jul 30 '13 at 11:19

Arun C

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Thanks! Great and simple solution – resource8218 Dec 01 '14 at 20:27
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This method prevented the separator lines from showing in between my list items. Instead, I set the following property in the XML of the ListView `android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent"` and it worked for me. – Dick Lucas Aug 27 '15 at 23:59
how to do it with `BaseAdapter` @Arun – Prabs Apr 26 '17 at 07:31
Maybe you should override [areAllItemsEnabled()](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ListAdapter.html#areAllItemsEnabled()) and return `false` too. Otherwise, the `isEnabled` method may not have effect. – Ferran Maylinch Aug 08 '17 at 17:32

score 12 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 18 '14 at 10:23

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override the below method. Return false to say all the items are not clickable.

 @override
  public boolean areAllItemsEnabled() {
    return false;
  }

And override below method to return which item is not clickable

public boolean isEnabled(int position) {
    if(position == your_item_pos) {
          return false;
    }
    return true;
}

edited Apr 18 '14 at 10:23

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answered Jul 30 '13 at 11:23

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Where should I put this method? – Tizianoreica Jul 30 '13 at 11:26
in your adapter class – Sunil Kumar Jul 30 '13 at 11:32
its @Override public boolean areAllItemsEnabled() { return false; } – Uriel Frankel Jan 08 '14 at 15:42
This method prevented the separator lines from showing in between my list items. Instead, I set the following property in the XML of the ListView `android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent"` and it worked for me. – Dick Lucas Aug 27 '15 at 23:59

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 08 '14 at 18:46

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android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent"

it changes the on-clicked color to same as when it is not clicked! so it appears as if it is plain text...it's a work around.

answered Mar 08 '14 at 18:46

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or listView1.setSelector(android.R.color.transparent); – Serhii Nadolynskyi May 08 '14 at 13:46

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 11 '14 at 06:10

Just copy this method in your adapter class. Nothing to do .........

@Override
public boolean isEnabled(int position) {

    return false;
}

You may set any condition to make some selected item unclickable.

@Override
public boolean isEnabled(int position) {
    //Y for non clickable item
      if(data_list.get(position).equalsIgnoreCase("Y"))
        {
            return false;
        }
    return true;
}

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 30 '13 at 11:17

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android:focusable="true"

to any of the item inside listview now listview wont clickable

answered Jul 30 '13 at 11:17

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 14 '14 at 23:50

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You could use

yourListView.setOnItemClickListener(null);

answered Oct 14 '14 at 23:50

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 06 '15 at 07:55

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Just set android:enabled="false" to the listview and it would do the trick..why to unneccesary keep overriding methods..

answered Apr 06 '15 at 07:55

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Perfect answer! – hidd Dec 18 '20 at 23:24
This also disables the scrolling – Bms270 Aug 02 '23 at 00:55

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Jun 04 '15 at 17:31

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Easy way:

listView.setSelector(android.R.color.transparent);

answered Jun 04 '15 at 17:31

Andrew

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Jul 30 '13 at 11:16

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Try this code

In Adapter.getView()

i.setOnClickListener( null );
i.setLongClickable( false );
i.setClickable( false );

answered Jul 30 '13 at 11:16

Developer

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I'd like to set everything by XML, I can't believe I need to manage it by code – Tizianoreica Jul 30 '13 at 11:19
@AntonioCalì the common android beginner's pitfall. – dcow Mar 08 '14 at 18:49

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Apr 25 '15 at 02:33

In fact, @override isEnabled() and setOnClickListener(null) setClickable(false) setLongClickable(false) There are not working for me. I solve it by override performItemClick

@Override
public boolean performItemClick(View view, int position, long id) {
 if(!clickAble){
     return false;
 }
    return super.performItemClick(view,position,id);
}

score 0 · Answer 12 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

This is because your ListView item may have a focusable or clickable element, please try the following approach either in XML Layout file or in code:

Add this attribute to the root ViewGroup element of your ListItem XML file (i.e. LinearLayout, RelativeLayout, ...) :

android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"
Add this line to your List Adapter method which is responsible for creating/recycling the list item (most probably getView() or newView()), while parent is the ViewGroup of list item:

parent.setDescendantFocusability(ViewGroup.FOCUS_BLOCK_DESCENDANTS);

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Oct 05 '22 at 16:22

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Only using list.requestFocusFromTouch() in the onResume() method of the containing fragment worked for me.

¯\(ツ)/¯

answered Oct 05 '22 at 16:22

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ivanleoncz · Answer 14 · 2017-06-22T18:53:10.910

I have this ListView that just needs to show data. So I don't want to make it clickable.

I have done this in one of my projects, and the sample bellow works fine.

Basically, you just need:

a data source (ArrayList, for example)
a ListView Widget
an ArrayAdapter, in order to bind the data source with the ListView

MainActivity.java

package com.sample.listview;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;

import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;

    public class SecondActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

         // data source
         String[] arrayData = {"Debian", "Ubuntu", "Kali", "Mint"};

         // ListView Widget from a Layout
         ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.mainListView);

         // an ArrayAdapter (using a layout as model for displaying the array items)
         ArrayAdapter aa = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.main_list_item_layout, arrayData);

         // binding the ArrayAdapter with the ListView Widget
         listView.setAdapter(aa);
    }
}

activity_main.xml
--->Make sure that the ListView Widget is using wrap_content for layout_width and layout_height

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context="com.sample.listview.MainActivity">


    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/mainListView"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"  <---- HERE
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" <---- HERE
        />

</LinearLayout>

main_list_item_layout.xml

<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/mainListItem"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:textColor="#ff0000"
    android:textSize="20sp"
    >

</TextView>

That's it: a ListView not clickable, just presenting data on the screen.

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