Android CheckedTextView - Changing checked status on click

I have a listview that needs to be multiple choice (i.e each list item has a checkbox which can be checked / unchecked) The list view is in a tabhost and is the content for teh first tab.

My set up is like so:

My tab is set up with:

TabSpec tab = tabHost.newTabSpec("Services");

tabHost.addTab(tabHost.newTabSpec("tab_test1").setIndicator("Services").setContent(new Intent(this, ServiceList.class)));

When the tab is clicked new activity ServiceList is started

ServiceList is defined as such:

开发者_C百科    public class ServiceList extends ListActivity{
        private EscarApplication application;
        ListView listView;
         @Override
           public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
             super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
             setContentView(R.layout.service_list);
             ServiceList.this.application = (EscarApplication) this.getApplication();
             final ListView listView = getListView();
         }

         protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
            String.valueOf(id);
            Long.toString(id);
            ((CheckedTextView) v).setChecked(true);
            super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);
        }

         @Override
         public void onStart() {
             super.onStart();
            //Generate and display the List of visits for this day by calling the AsyncTask
             GenerateServiceList services = new GenerateServiceList();
             int id = ServiceList.this.application.getVisitId();
             services.execute(id);
             listView  = getListView();
             listView.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE);
         }

        //The AsyncTask to generate a list
         private class GenerateServiceList extends AsyncTask<Integer, String, Cursor> {
              // can use UI thread here
              protected void onPreExecute() {
              }
              // automatically done on worker thread (separate from UI thread)
              protected Cursor doInBackground(Integer...params) {
                  int client_id = params[0];
                  ServiceList.this.application.getServicesHelper().open();
                  Cursor cur = ServiceList.this.application.getServicesHelper().getPotentialVisitServices(client_id);
                  return cur; 

              }
              // can use UI thread here
              protected void onPostExecute(Cursor cur){  
                  startManagingCursor(cur);
                  // the desired columns to be bound
                  String[] columns = new String[] {ServicesAdapter.KEY_SERVICE};
                  // the XML defined views which the data will be bound to
                  int[] to = new int[] {R.id.display_service};
                  SimpleCursorAdapter mAdapter = new SimpleCursorAdapter(ServiceList.this, R.layout.service_list_element, cur, columns, to);
                  // set this adapter as your ListActivity's adapter
                  ServiceList.this.setListAdapter(mAdapter);
ServiceList.this.application.getServicesHelper().close();       

              }
         }
    }

So, everything works ok until I click on my list item to change the checkbox state.

The part of teh code set to handle click events is causing me problems:

 protected void onListItemClick(ListView l, View v, int position, long id) {
                String.valueOf(id);
                Long.toString(id);
                ((CheckedTextView) v).setChecked(true);
                super.onListItemClick(l, v, position, id);
            }

My understanding is that the View v passed to the onListItemClick method reperesents my list element, so I am trying to cast v as a CheckedTextView and set teh checked value to true, however this just causes my app to crash. Am I missing something simple here, or is there an easier way to do this?

Thanks

Kevin

Have you debugged it to check if 'v' is null? If so, you need to use a layoutInflator to retrieve the view.

if(v == null)
{
    LayoutInflater vi = (LayoutInflater)getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
    v = vi.inflate(R.layout.service_list, null);
}