Change ListView Item background color but keep the default selector style?

Question

I am trying to programmatically set a custom background color in my ListView Adapter but I want to keep the default Listview Selector style from Android.

I am setting the background color using the "SetBacgroundResource" method of my item view.

I am using Android 4.0 and I tried the example from this blog http://daniel-codes.blogspot.co.nz/2010/07/how-to-change-listview-rows-background.html but using this example the selector shows however the unselected background color is not showing.

How can I achieve this in Android 4.0 ICS?

EDIT: Here is the Resource I am using for the List Item background drawable.

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
   <item android:state_window_focused="false" android:state_selected="true" android:drawable="@android:color/transparent" /> 
   <item android:state_selected="true" android:drawable="@android:color/transparent" /> 
   <item android:state_pressed="true" android:state_selected="false" android:drawable="@android:color/transparent" /> 
   <item android:state_selected="false" android:drawable="@color/list_item_first" /> 
</selector>

The code that I am using to set this background drawable is inside the GetView method of my adatapter. The code is:

convertView.setBackgroundResrouce(R.drawable.list_item_dark);

Please post the resource that you are using. – CommonsWare Nov 04 '12 at 11:44 — CommonsWare, Nov 04 '12 at 11:44
I have posted the resource to my question. – startupsmith Nov 04 '12 at 22:11 — startupsmith, Nov 04 '12 at 22:11

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 10 '12 at 20:45

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Did you try to set the property android:drawSelectorOnTop of your ListView to true ?
You will be able to set a background for your item and to see the item highlighted when pressed.

answered Nov 10 '12 at 20:45

yDelouis

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Hi Yes I have already tried this... It does work however it isn't exactly the effect that I am after. I don't want the highlight to be displayed over all of the text and images in the list item. – startupsmith Nov 13 '12 at 01:11

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 18 '15 at 12:49

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Try this one :

in your Row layout set the background properties for

android:background="@drawable/your_selector"

and your listView set

android:listSelector="@drawable/your_selector"

edited Jun 18 '15 at 12:49

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answered Nov 08 '12 at 01:40

ingyesid

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The problem with this is that I am rotating the background drawables in code so the background drawable will not be the same for all of the rows therefore setting it at the listview level will not work... – startupsmith Nov 08 '12 at 02:06
Works perfectly for me. I have a custom ListView with item's background as white and on press I wanted to change it to blue color. – Rohan Kandwal Sep 29 '14 at 07:06

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 09 '12 at 17:32

Try write your custom adapter and set rowView BackgroundColor like that(if position odd number BLACK, even RED). also you can send a color list to adapter and set different color for every rowView

public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
            View rowView = convertView;
        enter code here

            if(rowView == null)
            {
                if((position % 2)==1){ 
                rowView.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK)
                    //colorList :setBackgroundColor( colorList.get(position) )
                }
                 else{
                    rowView.setBackgroundColor(Color.RED)
                }
             }           
            return rowView;
        }

these code can't success when i am applying some layout inflate in convertView .. so please suggest me to how to success these condition....!!! — Dhruv Raval, Jan 20 '15 at 06:47

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 13 '12 at 20:42

Try to apply this style to your ListView:

<style name="List">
    <item name="android:layout_width">fill_parent</item>
    <item name="android:layout_height">fill_parent</item>
    <item name="android:background">#FFFFFF</item>
    <item name="android:dividerHeight">1dp</item>
    <item name="android:divider">#CCCCCC</item>
    <item name="android:cacheColorHint">#FFFFFF</item>
    <item name="android:listSelector">#00000000</item>
</style>

And in your xml layout this:

<ListView 
    android:id="@+id/listView"
    style="@style/List"
    android:paddingTop="1dp"/>

Change ListView Item background color but keep the default selector style?

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