How to change Highlight color of the selected ListView item in UWP (Windows 10)

Question

I\'m working on a Windows 10 app using C# and XAML. I have a ListView and I want to change the default HighLight color of an selected item. I was seeing many code examples (

Answer 1

To extend on bastecklein's Answer. You want to use App instead of Application for this method to work in a UWP project. You can use this code in your App.xaml.cs as you load your initial frame, or you can just set the resource color on the code behind the page that you want to affect.

App.Current.Resources["SystemControlHighlightListAccentLowBrush"] = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red);
App.Current.Resources["SystemControlHighlightListAccentMediumBrush"] = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red);