Android: Disable highlighting in GridView

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How can I turn off the orange highlight when clicking an item in a GridView?

I haven't been able to find a solution in the documentation or through testing.

Related: "[Disable Android GridView highlighting completely (disable selection)](http://stackoverflow.com/q/3159897)" if you want to disable not just highlighting but selection and use the GridView just for layout, or handle selection manually via onTouch/Click/etc listeners. — blahdiblah, Nov 26 '13 at 23:28

score 145 · Answer 1 · answered May 19 '10 at 13:50

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Use android:listSelector="#00000000" in your GridView element in your XML layout file.

answered May 19 '10 at 13:50

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On listviews android:listSelector="@null" does the trick but on gridview that wont work. But setting it transparent does work =/ – Warpzit Sep 26 '12 at 10:16
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Note that elements of the selected view may still change in response to selection (e.g., TextViews changing to their "selected" color state). See [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/3187007/85950) for how to disable selection entirely. – blahdiblah Nov 26 '13 at 23:38
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You can use android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent" if you are afraid of numbers – Alysson Myller Jun 20 '14 at 17:53
Hi @CommonsWare , can you pls help.. I have a grid view with image as a single item in grid When I m clicking in space left around image ,I get touch feedback from gridview but no feedback on clicking on the image.. what can I do? thanks. – eRaisedToX Jun 13 '17 at 07:07

score 37 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 13 '11 at 23:42

Another option is to reference the transparent color via @android:color/transparent

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<GridView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
    android:id="@+id/grid"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent"
/>

score 19 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 21 '16 at 13:48

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I did the same thing in code using

GridView.setSelector(new ColorDrawable(Color.TRANSPARENT));

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answered Jun 02 '10 at 17:26

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score 11 · Answer 4 · edited May 20 '14 at 05:16

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Add this property to gridview

android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent"

edited May 20 '14 at 05:16

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answered May 20 '14 at 04:55

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score 7 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 25 '13 at 10:28

<GridView
            android:id="@+id/gridView1"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:horizontalSpacing="10dp"
            android:listSelector="#00000000"
            android:numColumns="3"
            android:scrollbars="none"
            android:stretchMode="columnWidth"
            android:verticalSpacing="10dp" />

Done! this is a solution. thank you :)

to hide highlighted from gridview. – Mohammed Saleem Apr 26 '13 at 23:37 — Mohammed Saleem, Apr 26 '13 at 23:37

score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 20 '17 at 10:16

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Try It...

android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent"

answered Feb 20 '17 at 10:16

Android Devloper

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered May 08 '13 at 08:37

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Just set below property in your XML file.

android:focusableInTouchMode="false"

answered May 08 '13 at 08:37

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered May 10 '16 at 05:37

Add android:listSelector="#00000000" or android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent" in your GridView XML element like bellow.

<GridView
        android:id="@+id/gridView"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:columnWidth="150dp"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:listSelector="#00000000"
        android:numColumns="auto_fit"
        android:stretchMode="columnWidth" />

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