Background Selector in RecyclerView Item

Question

I\'m using the RecyclerView like below:

Answer 1

Adding android:background="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground" to my_list_item.xml's root layout seems to work for me (assuming you want the default selection colour).

Also make sure the root layout's android:layout_width is match_parent rather than wrap_content to ensure that the whole row is selectable.