What's the difference between the ItemTapped and the ItemSelected event on a ListView in Xamarin.Forms?

Question

A ListView in Xamarin.Forms has two events, which seem to be exactly the same: ItemTapped and ItemSelected

There isn't really any documentation about these, so what exactly is the difference?

Answer 1

ItemSelected is a state while ItemTapped is a motion event. All views can be tapped and if I remember correctly all views can be selected (or at least activated there is a subtle difference), the two don't have to go together but they usually do.

For example you'd have an item's selected state toggled each time a tapped motion event has occurred. Once again just to make it more clear you can associate the changes of the selected state to whatever you need whether it's a motion event like tapping or long pressing or double tapping and so on or to some other event or logic.

Hope it helps and good luck!

Answer 2

ItemTapped should occur every time you click on an item, while ItemSelected every time the selected item has changed.

Basically

• tapping two times the same item should fire two times ItemTapped, and only once ItemSelected
• tapping two times, on different items, should fire ItemTapped two times, and ItemSelected two times

Answer 3

ItemSelected occurs first. ItemTapped occurs second.

Answer 4

One major difference worth noting is how they work when the SelectionMode="None"

<ListView ... SelectionMode="None" />

When set to "None"...the ItemSelect event will not fire and SelectedItem property remains null.

But ItemTapped events will continue to fire as expected.

ListView interactivity