Maybe your text settings are overwritten by the getView method of the simple adapter. That is the method where you want to set text characteristics. Otherwise a scroll down the list and return to item 2 will remove your bold.
Good luck! On Oct 21, 7:41 pm, cartoontan <tap.sop...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have created a ListView with rows of text+icon. On certain > conditions, I want to BOLD the text on a particular row. > > I first tried it out in the On-Click and it works. > > myListView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener(){ > public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View v, int > position,long id) { > TextView b1 = (TextView) v.findViewById > (R.id.itemText); > b1.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD); > Log.i(TAG, "onItemClick ..."+b1.getText()); > //b1.setText("testing"); > }}); > > However when I put the codes into a function and call it (I created a > menu item to activate it), the text does not become bold. > > public void setBold() { > View v = (View) mySimpleAdapter.getView(2, null, > myListView); // get row 3 > TextView tv2 = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.itemText); > tv2.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD); > Log.i(TAG, "setBold ..."+tv2.getText()); > tv2.setText("testing"); > //v.invalidate(); > //mySimpleAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged(); > } > > The Log in setBold function does show up, so I believe the codes in > setBold() are being executed. What is so different about on-Click that > refreshed the ListView but not through the function? > > I am using the default ListView and a SimpleAdapter to populate the > List. > > Is there something I should add to the setBold() to refresh the view > or is there other better way to change the textView to bold? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---