Change background color of listview

Question

I am using ListView inside a ViewFlipper as follows:

<ViewFlipper
    android:id="@+Category/viewFlipper"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >
   <ListView
        android:id="@+id/listView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:entries="@array/options"
        android:cacheColorHint="#FFFFFF"
        android:background="#FFFFFF"/>
</ViewFlipper>

I want to change the background color of the ListView. I have only 5 items in the options array and they do not fill the screen. So, the remaining part of the listView appears in the default grey color. I want to change this default color. I read about cacheColorHint attribute in questions posted by others related to this. But it did not work out. Can anyone please help me with this?

Thanks in advance

Please check (using hierarchyviewer) that the android listView fills the whole space. — rkapl, Aug 25 '12 at 23:27

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 26 '12 at 16:29

Set a selector as the background of your ListView:

ListView mylw = findViewById(R.id.mylistView);
//Do not use reserved  android or java identifiers as your id or variable!
mylw.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.thexmlbelow);

Drawable:

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_pressed="false" android:drawable="Background Color" />
    <item android:drawable="Background Color when pressed" />
</selector>

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 26 '12 at 04:12

0

You should use layout_height="wrap_content" (and layout_width="wrap_content" also if need) for your ListView and change the "default grey color" like you said by set the background for ViewFlipper.

answered Aug 26 '12 at 04:12

Wayne

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