Setting The Background Color of A ListView Through XML

Question

I am aware that I can set the background color of a ListView dynamically through some variation of the following code:

ListView mainListView;  
mainListView = (ListView) findViewById( R.id.listView1 );
mainListView.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK);

However, I would like to do the identical thing through XML instead. I tried the following code without any luck (it makes no changes):

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">
    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/listView1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        **android:background="#FFFFFF"**
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true" >
    </ListView>
</RelativeLayout>

Does anyone know of a simple way to change the background color of a ListView via XML?

I think you are inflating a costum row layout for your `listView` ? Then may b setting background of your `listitem`, will be helpful. — Mohsin Naeem, Jul 19 '12 at 03:53

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

You can do it this way:

You have to create the Color.xml file in the res/value folder of your project. The code of Color.xml is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
 <color name="orange">#ff5500</color>
 <color name="white">#ffffff</color>
 <color name="transparent">#00000000</color>
 <color name="date_color">#999999</color>
 <color name="black">#000000</color>
 <color name="gray">#999999</color>
 <color name="blue">#0066cc</color>
 <color name="gold">#e6b121</color>
 <color name="blueback">#99FFFF</color>
 <color name="articlecolor">#3399FF</color> 
 <color name="article_title">#3399FF</color> 
 <color name="cachecolor">#8ad0e8</color>
</resources>

Web colors in an Android color xml resource file

Or, try this:

android:background="@android:color/holo_green_light"

with these colors:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.color.html

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 19 '12 at 02:43

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"#ffffff" should work. But you could also use : android:background="@android:color/black"

answered Jul 19 '12 at 02:43

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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Since a list item has several states (pressed, focussed, selected, etc), its best to use a selector xml than a single color. See dev doc and this stack overflow question for reference. Once you create the selector, set this as the android:background.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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answered Jul 19 '12 at 02:58

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Setting The Background Color of A ListView Through XML

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