Delete Items from Listview By ticking them using a checkbox

1. MainActivity.java

public class MainActivity extends ListActivity  {

EditText addtext;

ListView listview;

ArrayList<String> itemlist = new ArrayList<String>();

ArrayAdapter<String> adapter;



Button add,del;



@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

intiViews();



}



private void intiViews(){

 add = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnAdd);

del = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnDel);

addtext = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.txtItem);

adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,

android.R.layout.simple_list_item_multiple_choice, itemlist);



add.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {



@Override

public void onClick(View v) {

itemlist.add(addtext.getText().toString());

addtext.setText("");

adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();



}

});



del.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {



@Override

public void onClick(View v) {

SparseBooleanArray res = getListView()

.getCheckedItemPositions();

int itemCount = getListView().getCount();



for (int i = itemCount - 1; i >= 0; i--) {

if (res.get(i)) {

adapter.remove(itemlist.get(i));

}

}

res.clear();

adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();

}



});

 setListAdapter(adapter);

}



}

2. activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    android:layout_width="fill_parent"

    android:layout_height="fill_parent"

    android:orientation="vertical" >



    <EditText

        android:id="@+id/txtItem"

        android:layout_width="240dp"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:inputType="text"

        android:hint="Enter Country"

    />



    <Button

        android:id="@+id/btnAdd"

        android:layout_width="fill_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:text="Add"

        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/txtItem"

    />



    <TextView

        android:id="@android:id/empty"

        android:layout_width="fill_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_below="@id/txtItem"

        android:text="empty"

        android:gravity="center_horizontal"

    />



    <ListView

        android:id="@android:id/list"

        android:layout_width="fill_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_below="@id/txtItem"

        android:choiceMode="multipleChoice" >

    </ListView>



    <Button

        android:id="@+id/btnDel"

        android:layout_width="fill_parent"

        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"

        android:text="Delete Selected Items" />

</RelativeLayout>

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