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title: "Android Delete Multiple Selected Items in Listview"
description: "Hi, I'am telling you about Multiple list view deletion in android use Contextual Action Bar"
author: "Manoj Pandey"
published: 2015-02-13
updated: 2020-07-14
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1577/android-delete-multiple-selected-items-in-listview
category: "android"
tags: ["android", "listview"]
reading_time: 5 minutes
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# Android Delete Multiple Selected Items in Listview
Previously, we learn about how to implement drag and drop control event in Android (Drag and Drop Event in Andriod). Now we see how to delete multiple on multiple selection in Listview.
In android, you can delete multiple items from list.
In this Article, you will learn how to delete multiple selected items in your listview using a contextual action bar. User can select multiple item, first time long click and after just click.
1. Create a new project in Eclipse. You need to target Android 3.2 or better.
2. Add listView in activity_main.xml
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3. Create an XML graphical layout for your listview item
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4. Add adapter class for bind data in custom listview
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package com.example.listviewmultipledeletion; import java.util.List; import android.content.Context;import android.util.SparseBooleanArray;import android.view.LayoutInflater;import android.view.View;import android.view.ViewGroup;import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;import android.widget.ImageView;import android.widget.TextView; public class MyListViewAdapter extends ArrayAdapter { Context myContext; LayoutInflater inflater; List DataList; private SparseBooleanArray mSelectedItemsIds; // Constructor for get Context and list public MyListViewAdapter(Context context, int resourceId, List lists) { super(context, resourceId, lists); mSelectedItemsIds = new SparseBooleanArray(); myContext = context; DataList = lists; inflater = LayoutInflater.from(context); } // Container Class for item private class ViewHolder { TextView tvTitle; ImageView myImg; } public View getView(int position, View view, ViewGroup parent) { final ViewHolder holder; if (view == null) { holder = new ViewHolder(); view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.listview_item, null); // Locate the TextViews in listview_item.xml holder.tvTitle = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.textview); // Locate the ImageView in listview_item.xml holder.myImg = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.myImage); view.setTag(holder); } else { holder = (ViewHolder) view.getTag(); } // Capture position and set to the TextViews holder.tvTitle.setText(DataList.get(position).toString()); // Capture position and set to the ImageView holder.myImg.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_launcher); return view; } @Override public void remove(String object) { DataList.remove(object); notifyDataSetChanged(); } // get List after update or delete public List getMyList() { return DataList; } public void toggleSelection(int position) { selectView(position, !mSelectedItemsIds.get(position)); } // Remove selection after unchecked public void removeSelection() { mSelectedItemsIds = new SparseBooleanArray(); notifyDataSetChanged(); } // Item checked on selection public void selectView(int position, boolean value) { if (value) mSelectedItemsIds.put(position, value); else mSelectedItemsIds.delete(position); notifyDataSetChanged(); } // Get number of selected item public int getSelectedCount() { return mSelectedItemsIds.size(); } public SparseBooleanArray getSelectedIds() { return mSelectedItemsIds; }}
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5. Add menu for show contextual action bar after select item
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6. Now paste following code in MainActivity class
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package com.example.listviewmultipledeletion; import java.util.ArrayList;import java.util.List; import android.os.Bundle;import android.annotation.SuppressLint;import android.app.Activity;import android.app.AlertDialog;import android.content.DialogInterface;import android.content.DialogInterface.OnClickListener;import android.util.SparseBooleanArray;import android.view.ActionMode;import android.view.Menu;import android.view.MenuItem;import android.widget.AbsListView.MultiChoiceModeListener;import android.widget.ListView; @SuppressLint("NewApi")public class MainActivity extends Activity { List myList; ListView listView; MyListViewAdapter adapter; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); myList = new ArrayList(); // Add item in list for (int i = 1; i < 81; i++) myList.add("Item " + i); listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listview); // Pass value to MyListViewAdapter Class adapter = new MyListViewAdapter(this, R.layout.listview_item, myList); // Binds the Adapter to the ListView listView.setAdapter(adapter); // define Choice mode for multiple delete listView.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_MULTIPLE_MODAL); listView.setMultiChoiceModeListener(new MultiChoiceModeListener() { @Override public boolean onPrepareActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub return false; } @Override public void onDestroyActionMode(ActionMode mode) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub } @Override public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub mode.getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.multiple_delete, menu); return true; } @Override public boolean onActionItemClicked(final ActionMode mode, MenuItem item) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub switch (item.getItemId()) { case R.id.selectAll: // final int checkedCount = myList.size(); // If item is already selected or checked then remove or // unchecked and again select all adapter.removeSelection(); for (int i = 0; i < checkedCount; i++) { listView.setItemChecked(i, true); // listviewadapter.toggleSelection(i); } // Set the CAB title according to total checked items // Calls toggleSelection method from ListViewAdapter Class // Count no. of selected item and print it mode.setTitle(checkedCount + " Selected"); return true; case R.id.delete: // Add dialog for confirmation to delete selected item // record. AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder( MainActivity.this); builder.setMessage("Do you want to delete selected record(s)?"); builder.setNegativeButton("No", new OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub } }); builder.setPositiveButton("Yes", new OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub SparseBooleanArray selected = adapter .getSelectedIds(); for (int i = (selected.size() - 1); i >= 0; i--) { if (selected.valueAt(i)) { String selecteditem = adapter .getItem(selected.keyAt(i)); // Remove selected items following the ids adapter.remove(selecteditem); } } // Close CAB mode.finish(); selected.clear(); } }); AlertDialog alert = builder.create(); alert.setIcon(R.drawable.questionicon);// dialog Icon alert.setTitle("Confirmation"); // dialog Title alert.show(); return true; default: return false; } } @Override public void onItemCheckedStateChanged(ActionMode mode, int position, long id, boolean checked) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub final int checkedCount = listView.getCheckedItemCount(); // Set the CAB title according to total checked items mode.setTitle(checkedCount + " Selected"); // Calls toggleSelection method from ListViewAdapter Class adapter.toggleSelection(position); } }); } }
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Now run your application
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After selected item
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On Select All
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