onClick not triggered on LinearLayout with child

I've got a custom LinearLayout with a smaller TextView child. I'd like to be able to click the area not covered by the TextView, so I set clickable=true and an onclicklistener to the LinearLayout, but onClick is not triggered. If I set the onclick listener on the TextView it works as expected... Anybody can help? ar_item.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http: