How to highlight row in ListView in Android?

Question

I need to highlight a row in a ListView that was selected (to show the user what he chose), so, it\'s not the one that is going to be chosen, it\'s the one he c

Answer 1

The SIMPLEST of all

View updatedview=null;

@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView parent, View view, int position, long id) {

    //these two lines of code means that only one item can be selected at a time
    if(updatedview != null)
        updatedview.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
    updatedview=view;

    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), " " + str[position],Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    view.setBackgroundColor(Color.CYAN);
}