Android : Initial call to setItemChecked in Fragment list not working

I am attempting to select an item within a list Fragment onCreateView. I do this as follows: listView.setItemChecked(position, true);. Unfortunately the view is not activated, as in my ArrayAdapter getView is never called so I am unable to modify the checked item. Any suggestions or links are appreciated!

Fragment onCreateView:

@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
        Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    View layout=  inflater.inflate(
            R.layout.fragment, container, false);

    mListView= (ListView) layout.findViewById(R.id.navigation_list);


    mListView.setAdapter(new Adapter(
            this,
            R.layout.list_item,
            titles));
    mListView.setItemChecked(mCurrentSelectedPosition, true);

    return layout;
}

ArrayAdapter

public class Adapter extends ArrayAdapter<String> {

private Activity mActivity;
private int mResource;

public Adapter(Fragment fragment, int resource, ArrayList<String> titles) {
    super(fragment.getActivity(), resource, titles);
    mActivity = fragment.getActivity();
    mResource = resource;
}

@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent){
    ViewHolder holder;

    if(convertView == null){
        convertView = mActivity.getLayoutInflater().inflate(mResource, parent, false);

        holder = new ViewHolder();
        holder.title = (TextView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.title);

        convertView.setTag(holder);
    }
    else{
        holder = (ViewHolder)convertView.getTag();
    }

    holder.title.setText(getItem(position));
    holder.title.setTypeface(null, convertView.isActivated() ? Typeface.BOLD : Typeface.NORMAL);

    return convertView;
}

private class ViewHolder{
    private TextView title;
}
}