Why Isn't An Adapter With Cached Buttons Working As Expected In Android?

Edit3: Exchanged the code for a complete runnable test case. Edit2: Added some code that updates the number of buttons after five seconds. When this happens the buttons becomes unc

Solution 1:

I think Android is reusing your views so that is causing you problems .I suggest you use a view holder .It is a static class that holds the view for you.See this tutorial

Solution 2:

The answer was quite simple, yet eluded me for many hours. Just override getItemViewType and the views won't be recycled. At least it seems to work for now. I still find the JavaDocs confusing on this.

publicintgetItemViewType(int position){
    return AdapterView.ITEM_VIEW_TYPE_IGNORE;
}