Android: Listening for variable changes

I've been searching for a KISS example of how to do this, and while they all seem (and I've gone through them ALL!) simple enough, I still cannot get my head around the concept. I'm referring to custom listeners (ones that do not extend anything)... In particular, creating a listener for a boolean variable so that I can set off some methods when its value changes.

this is an example of an example I've tried: android how to make listener to a custom variable?

If someone has the time to explain a custom listener and how it works in plain English, that would be much appreciated. I'm hoping that once I understand exactly how the listener is notified of a change, then I'll be able to create my own and understand how the damn thing works. This is giving me a headache... Thanks in advance

Here is where I'm at at the moment:

public class ChangeListener {
    boolean boo = false;

    public ChangeListener(boolean b){
        boo = b;
    }

    private listener l = null;

    public interface listener{
        public void onChange(boolean b);
    }

    public void setChangeListener(listener mListener){
        l = mListener;
    }

    public void somethingChanged(){
        if(l != null){
            l.onChange(boo);
        }
    }


}

This is a snapshot of my main activity:

public class Main extends Activity implements ChangeListener.listener{
    private ChangeListener listener;
    private boolean boo = false;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        listener = new ChangeListener(boo);
        listener.setChangeListener(this);
        listener.somethingChanged();

    }

    @Override
    public void onChange(boolean b) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub