This blog gives a simple example to implement Gesture listener ( or horizontal swipe) on ListView item.

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnGestureListener{
    private ListView listView;
    private ArrayList LIST;
    private ListAdapter adapter;
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        listView = new ListView(this);
        setContentView(listView);
        LIST = new ArrayList();
        LIST.add("One");
        LIST.add("Two");
        LIST.add("Three");
        adapter = new ArrayAdapter(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, LIST);
        listView.setAdapter(adapter);
        final GestureDetector detector = new GestureDetector(this, this);
        listView.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
            public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent e) {
                detector.onTouchEvent(e);
                return false;
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onDown(MotionEvent e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onFling(MotionEvent e1, MotionEvent e2, float velocityX,
            float velocityY) {
        try {
            Toast.makeText(this, adapter.getItem( listView.pointToPosition(Math.round(e1.getX()), Math.round(e1.getY()))).toString(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
           // return super.onFling();
        } catch( Exception e ) {
            // do nothing
        }
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public void onLongPress(MotionEvent e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }

    @Override
    public boolean onScroll(MotionEvent e1, MotionEvent e2, float distanceX,
            float distanceY) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public void onShowPress(MotionEvent e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    }

    @Override
    public boolean onSingleTapUp(MotionEvent e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        return false;
    }

}

The above code is a full working activity, in which I have implemented OnGestureListener and created an object of GestureDetector . When user swipes on listview item a Toast is shown which contains listview item value. You can use this code to hide or show something like buttons etc or even can do an action.