Android: limit selected item on list to 1 in ListView

Question

i have a ListView and i want to select one item from the list and change the background color to gray. Currently, if i select one from the list, i can also select another... i want to limit my selection to 1 and when i select an item i will not be able to select another item.

here's my code:

myadapter =  new MyAdapter(Main.this, object_list);
mylist.setAdapter(myadapter);

mylist.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {

            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
                    int position, long id) {

                view.setBackgroundColor(Color.LTGRAY);

            }
        });

Answer 1

Add android:choiceMode="singleChoice" to your ListView in your layout-xml.

Answer 2

I think you are using a custom adapter and so you can use the method isEnabled(int position) of the baseadapter class and make the item that is clicked enabled and the remaining disabled. But i wonder what's the reason for making the other items unfit for selection.