Questions tagged [android-selector]
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Android customized button; changing text color
I made a button that changes the background drawable on different states, this way:
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Android selector & text color
I want a simple TextView to behave the way simple_list_item_1 in a ListView does. Here's the XML:

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Android - Remove Spinner Dropdown Arrow
I'm just wondering if it's at all possible to simply remove the dropdown arrow for a spinner? I have a drawable arrow in a backgroud layout for my spinner, however the system default arrow appears to the right of the spinner, which I would like to…

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Shaped drawable with selectableItemBackground as background
I have couple buttons that I need an oval shaped border.
So i have this in a capsule_border.xml
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How to use selector to tint ImageView?
I want to tint my tabhost's icons using XML, instead of doing it programmatically (I wasn't able to do that anyway)...
I found this thread on SO: Android imageview change tint to simulate button click
That seems to be a pretty good solution, but I…

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How set ListView not clickable
I have this ListView that just needs to show data.
So I don't want to make it clickable.
First I've tried changing XML listview to:

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Android: How to Make A Drawable Selector
I feel like this is kind of a silly question, but here I go anyways. I have an image button, and I want to be able to change it's image everytime it is clicked. The API seems to say that the best way to go about doing this is to create xml…

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Android: can you have a ripple effect whose default state color is transparent?
Something like the following, but it doesn't work. If I switch the drawable color to something like blue, it works.
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How to define bold in an Android selector?
In my Android app I've got a couple radion buttons which should get a different color and become bold upon selection. I managed to get the different color by defining a radio_pick_color.xml file in drawable:

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android selectableItemBackground selection
i want to change background of my view when the state is "activated" and i want to preserve the effects(ripple) of ?attr:selectableItemBackground. Is it possible to extend or combine selector of ?attr:selectableItemBackground?

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Android how to make button text bold when pressed or focussed
I want to change the text inside a button to be bold when the button is highlighted or pressed. I currently use a xml file to define the button and use the XML to change how it looks when pressed but I would like to do this without using an…

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Android - State Selector Animations - Only animate de-press, NOT press
I have a very basic selector that I am using as the background for some buttons to achieve down states. Here's the xml:

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Deselect selected item in ListView
I use a ListView in my layout like this:

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Disable button with button selector
I have a button selector that changes the button image when it is pressed. I have also set an image for when the button is disabled. I try and disable the button programmatically but the disabled button image is not appearing. Is my button_selector…

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GridView item list selector for multiple items not working in Android
I want to draw selector on long press as shown in the picture. When I do long press on one item, the CAB menu is activated. But the list selector indicator goes off once after clicking. I want that list selectors to be active till the CAB menu is…

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