change color of selected listview item

Question

I want to change color of list item when it will press

For that I did like below,

list_item_selector.xml

Answer 1

Try with a custom adapter this also helps you to have full control over your items and set a default item selected; listView XML and item XML have no special setup.

public class ListAdapter extends ArrayAdapter {

private final int layoutInflater;
private Context context;
private  List items;
private int mSelectedItem = 0;
private int TAG_UNSELECTED = 0;
private int TAG_SELECTED = 1;

public ListAdapter(Context context, int resource, List items) {
    super(context, resource, items);
    this.context = context;
    this.layoutInflater = resource;
    this.items = items;
}

public void selectItem(int position) {
    mSelectedItem = position;
    notifyDataSetChanged();
}


@Override
public int getViewTypeCount() {
    return 2;
}

@Override
public int getItemViewType(int position) {
    return position == mSelectedItem ? TAG_SELECTED : TAG_UNSELECTED;
}


@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {

    View v = convertView;
    if (v == null) {
        LayoutInflater vi = (LayoutInflater)context.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
        v = vi.inflate(layoutInflater, null);
    }

    MyObj myObj = items.get(position);
    TextView textView = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.title);
    textView.setText(myObj.title);

    int type = getItemViewType(position);
    if(type == TAG_SELECTED) {
        v.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#1da7ff"));
        textView.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#ffffff"));
    } else {
        v.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#f8f8f8"));
        textView.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#474747"));
    }

    return v;
}

}

Then in your activity:

            ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list_view);
            ListAdapter adapter = new ListAdapter(mContext, R.layout.item_layout, list);
            listView.setAdapter(adapter);
            adapter.selectItem(0); // Default selected item

            // Get selected item and update its background
            listView.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onItemClick(AdapterView parent, View v, int position, long id) {
                    adapter.selectItem(position);
                }
            });