How to get the selected index of a RadioGroup in Android

JavaAndroidXmlRadio Group

Java Problem Overview

Is there an easy way to get the selected index of a RadioGroup in Android or do I have to use OnCheckedChangeListener to listen for changes and have something that holds the last index selected?

example xml:

<RadioGroup android:id="@+id/group1" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="vertical">
    <RadioButton android:id="@+id/radio1" android:text="option 1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <RadioButton android:id="@+id/radio2" android:text="option 2" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <RadioButton android:id="@+id/radio3" android:text="option 3" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <RadioButton android:id="@+id/radio4" android:text="option 4" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    <RadioButton android:id="@+id/radio5" android:text="option 5" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
</RadioGroup>

if a user selects option 3 I want to get the index, 2.

Java Solutions

Solution 1 - Java

You should be able to do something like this:

int radioButtonID = radioButtonGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId();
View radioButton = radioButtonGroup.findViewById(radioButtonID);
int idx = radioButtonGroup.indexOfChild(radioButton);

If the RadioGroup contains other Views (like a TextView) then the indexOfChild() method will return wrong index.

To get the selected RadioButton text on the RadioGroup:

 RadioButton r = (RadioButton) radioButtonGroup.getChildAt(idx);
 String selectedtext = r.getText().toString();

Solution 2 - Java

This should work,

int index = myRadioGroup.indexOfChild(findViewById(myRadioGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId()));

Solution 3 - Java

You could have a reference to the radio group and use getCheckedRadioButtonId () to get the checked radio button id. Take a look here

RadioGroup radioGroup = (RadioGroup)findViewById(R.id.radio_group);

Then when you need to get the selected radio option.

int checkedRadioButtonId = radioGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId();
if (checkedRadioButtonId == -1) {
    // No item selected
}
else{
    if (checkedRadioButtonId == R.id.radio_button1) {
        // Do something with the button
    }
}

Solution 4 - Java

try this

        RadioGroup  group= (RadioGroup) getView().findViewById(R.id.radioGroup);
        group.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new RadioGroup.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
            @Override
            public void onCheckedChanged(RadioGroup radioGroup, int i) {
                View radioButton = radioGroup.findViewById(i);
                int index = radioGroup.indexOfChild(radioButton);
            }
        });

Solution 5 - Java

You can either use OnCheckedChangeListener or can use getCheckedRadioButtonId()

Solution 6 - Java

You can use:

RadioButton rb = (RadioButton) findViewById(rg.getCheckedRadioButtonId());

Solution 7 - Java

//use to get the id of selected item

int selectedID = myRadioGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId();

//get the view of the selected item 

View selectedView = (View)findViewById( selectedID);

Solution 8 - Java

It worked perfectly for me in this way:

    RadioGroup radioGroup = (RadioGroup) findViewById(R.id.radio_group);
    int radioButtonID = radioGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId();
    RadioButton radioButton = (RadioButton) radioGroup.findViewById(radioButtonID);
    String selectedtext = (String) radioButton.getText();

Solution 9 - Java

All you need is to set values first to your RadioButton, for example:

RadioButton radioButton = (RadioButton)findViewById(R.id.radioButton);      
radioButton.setId(1);        //some int value

and then whenever this spacific radioButton will be chosen you can pull its value by the Id you gave it with

RadioGroup radioGroup = (RadioGroup)findViewById(R.id.radioGroup);                     
int whichIndex = radioGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId(); //of course the radioButton
                                                       //should be inside the "radioGroup"
                                                       //in the XML

Cheers!

Solution 10 - Java

radioSexGroup=(RadioGroup)findViewById(R.id.radioGroup);
  
  btnDisplay=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button);
  
  btnDisplay.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
     @Override
     public void onClick(View v) {
        int selectedId=radioSexGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId();
        radioSexButton=(RadioButton)findViewById(selectedId);
        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,radioSexButton.getText(),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
     }
  });

Solution 11 - Java

> Kotlin:

val selectedIndex = radioButtonGroup?.indexOfChild(
  radioButtonGroup?.findViewById(
    radioButtonGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId())
)

Solution 12 - Java

Late to the party, but here is a simplification of @Tarek360's Kotlin answer that caters for RadioGroups that might contain non-RadioButtons:

    val RadioGroup.checkedIndex: Int
        get() = children
            .filter { it is RadioButton }
            .indexOfFirst { it.id == checkedRadioButtonId }

If you're RadioFroup definitely only has RadioButtons then this can be a simple as:

    private val RadioGroup.checkedIndex = 
        children.indexOfFirst { it.id == checkedRadioButtonId }

Then you don't have the overhead of findViewById.

Solution 13 - Java

 int index_selected = radio_grp.indexOfChild(radio_grp
				.findViewById(radio_grp.getCheckedRadioButtonId()));

Solution 14 - Java

just use this:

    int index = 2;
    boolean option3Checked = radioGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId() == radioGroup.getChildAt(2).getId();

Solution 15 - Java

Here is a Kotlin extension to get the correct position even if your group contains a TextView or any non-RadioButton.

fun RadioGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonPosition(): Int {
    val radioButtonId = checkedRadioButtonId
    return children.filter { it is RadioButton }
        .mapIndexed { index: Int, view: View ->
            index to view
        }.firstOrNull {
            it.second.id == radioButtonId
        }?.first ?: -1
}

Solution 16 - Java

you can do

findViewById

from the radio group .

Here it is sample :

((RadioButton)my_radio_group.findViewById(R.id.radiobtn_veg)).setChecked(true);

Solution 17 - Java

You can simply

-declare the radio group and a radio button out of onCreate method

private RadioGroup GrupName;
private RadioButton NameButton;

-set the view id in the onCreate method

GrupName = (RadioGroup) findViewById(R.id.radioGroupid);

-take the radiobutton id selected using

int id = GroupName.getCheckedRadioButtonId();

-use the id to match the buttonselected view

NameButton = (RadioButton) findViewById(id);

-finally get the value of the radio button

String valueExpected = NameButton.getText().toString();

--- PS: IF YOU WANT AN INT VALUE, THEN YOU CAN CAST IT

int valueExpectedIn = Integer.parseInt(valueExpected);

Solution 18 - Java

radioSexGroup = (RadioGroup) findViewById(R.id.radioSex);
btnDisplay = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnDisplay);
btnDisplay.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
		@Override
		public void onClick(View v) {
			// get selected radio button from radioGroup
			int selectedId = radioSexGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId();
			// find the radiobutton by returned id
			radioSexButton = (RadioButton) findViewById(selectedId);
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this,radioSexButton.getText(),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
		}
	});

Solution 19 - Java

You have already assigned an id for each radio button. With a case block you can detect manually the selected radio button or with OnCheckedChangeListener you get it too.

xml:

    <RadioGroup
        android:id="@+id/rd_group_pick_reason"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/ti_titel"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:paddingHorizontal="16dp"
        >
        <com.google.android.material.radiobutton.MaterialRadioButton
            android:id="@+id/rd_not_deliverable"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="0.5"
            android:text="@string/txt_not_deliverable"
            android:checked="true"
            />

        <com.google.android.material.radiobutton.MaterialRadioButton
            android:id="@+id/rd_after_pack"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_weight="0.5"
            android:text="@string/txt_after_pack"
            />
    </RadioGroup>

java:

final RadioGroup radioGroup = dialogView.findViewById(R.id.rd_group_pick_reason);    
switch (radioGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId()) {
    case R.id.rd_not_deliverable:
        // TODO
    break;
    case R.id.rd_after_pack:
        // TODO
    break;
}

or

radioGroup.setOnCheckedChangeListener((group, checkedId) -> {
    switch (group.getCheckedRadioButtonId()) {
        case R.id.rd_not_deliverable:
            System.out.println("not deliverable");
            break;
        case R.id.rd_after_pack:
            System.out.println("after pack");
            break;
    }
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