Android edittext in listview loses focus on calling notifydatachanged

Question

I have a few edittext within a listview. i have a generic focuslistener on the edittext that updates the value of the data model and also the background of the edittext when focus is lost by calling notifydatachanged . The problem is that if one of the edittext is holding focus, when i touch the next edittext, it gains focus momentarily then loses focus. I suspect it is due to the notifydatachanged method call that is causing all views to be redrawn, after which the focus is lost. Does anyone have a suggestion or work around on the issue? Thanks.

Answer 1

It is indeed happening because all the views are redrawn, so the edit text representing whatever row used to be focused is now a completely different object. Set a variable in your adapter: int currentlyFocusedRow;

in getView for your adapter: Add an onFocusChanged listener to each edit text and when that edit text gains focus, set currentlyFocusedRow = whatever row the focused edit text happens to be in. Also set any edit text that is in the currentlyFocusedRow to be focused.