Bold a row in ListView programmatically

[cartoontan]

I have created a ListView with rows of text+icon. On certain
conditions, I want to BOLD the text on a particular row.

I first tried it out in the On-Click and it works.

myListView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener(){
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View v, int
position,long id) {
TextView b1 = (TextView) v.findViewById
(R.id.itemText);
b1.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD);
Log.i(TAG, "onItemClick ..."+b1.getText());
//b1.setText("testing");
}});


However when I put the codes into a function and call it (I created a
menu item to activate it), the text does not become bold.

public void setBold() {
View v = (View) mySimpleAdapter.getView(2, null,
myListView); // get row 3
TextView tv2 = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.itemText);
tv2.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD);
Log.i(TAG, "setBold ..."+tv2.getText());
tv2.setText("testing");
//v.invalidate();
//mySimpleAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}


The Log in setBold function does show up, so I believe the codes in
setBold() are being executed. What is so different about on-Click that
refreshed the ListView but not through the function?

I am using the default ListView and a SimpleAdapter to populate the
List.

Is there something I should add to the setBold() to refresh the view
or is there other better way to change the textView to bold?

[Beth]

Maybe your text settings are overwritten by the getView method of the
simple adapter. That is the method where you want to set text
characteristics. Otherwise a scroll down the list and return to item
2 will remove your bold.

Good luck!

Post by cartoontan
I have created a ListView with rows of text+icon. On certain
conditions, I want to BOLD the text on a particular row.
I first tried it out in the On-Click and it works.
        myListView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener(){
            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View v, int
position,long id) {
                TextView b1 = (TextView) v.findViewById
(R.id.itemText);
                b1.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD);
                Log.i(TAG, "onItemClick  ..."+b1.getText());
               //b1.setText("testing");
            }});
However when I put the codes into a function and call it (I created a
menu item to activate it), the text does not become bold.
    public void setBold() {
        View v = (View) mySimpleAdapter.getView(2, null,
myListView);    // get row 3
        TextView tv2 = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.itemText);
        tv2.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD);
        Log.i(TAG, "setBold ..."+tv2.getText());
        tv2.setText("testing");
        //v.invalidate();
       //mySimpleAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
    }
The Log in setBold function does show up, so I believe the codes in
setBold() are being executed. What is so different about on-Click that
refreshed the ListView but not through the function?
I am using the default ListView and a SimpleAdapter to populate the
List.
Is there something I should add to the setBold() to refresh the view
or is there other better way to change the textView to bold?