TweetListAdaptor adaptor = new TweetListAdaptor(this,R.layout.list_item, tweets);
   setListAdapter(adaptor);
   ListView lv = getListView();
   lv.setTextFilterEnabled(true);
   lv.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener()
   {
   public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,int position, long id)
   {
     //here i want to get the items
   }
 });

public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,int position, long id){
    something = tweets[position];
}

public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,int position, long id)
    {
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), tweets[position], Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

    }