I use the above code to just display a simple list. SPORTS is a simple String array.

But the problem is that users can only select by clicking on the actual text, not that line of text. Plus when they select it only the text part of the line is highlighted, not the entire line (see pic).

How can I get it so that users can select an item by tapping anywhere on the line, rather than on the text itself. I presume in the process this will fix the problem of only the text being highlighted as well.

hello
In this view you may be using one text view. so just make that text view's width=fill parent.
and let me know if it worked or not

Bah how stupid can I be?!?

This worked of course, I knew it had to be something simple. Thanks for pointing it out