How to find element inside a gridview in Android? gridviewobject.findViewById(thetag); // gridview object is the object of the gridview that i have populated. final int numVisibleChildren = gridView.getChildCount(); final int firstVisiblePosition = gridView.getFirstVisiblePosition(); for ( int i = 0; i < numVisibleChildren; i++ ) { int positionOfView = firstVisiblePosition + i; if (positionOfView == positionIamLookingFor) { View view = gridView.getChildAt(i); } }