Change background colour of current listview item in adapter getView method

Question

I am building a custom adapter for a listview - I would like this adapter to give the listview alternating background colours.

boolean alternate = false;

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Answer 1

You're not going in the right direction as if the views are re-used you might get unexpected results in that some recycled views will have a different colors, while others not.

Instead of above, set the background based on position. Something like:

if(position % 2 == 0) {
    // set some color
} else {
    // set the other color
}