How can I change the background color for an specific row properly in a ListView? (Android)

Question

I have spent some days trying to solve a problem I have with ListViews on Android. I would like to implement a single selection list box using a ListView. So, I would like t

Answer 1

Yes you should use as Dave said:

view.setBackgroundColor(SELECTED_COLOR);

and perhaps

view.refreshDrawableState(); 

however because Android recycle lists, it will repeat your selected colour on every first item which is not shown on the screen. So if your screen size can show ten items than 11th, 21nd etc will be also shown as selected when you scroll.

To avoid this you have to create a custom adapter. Then in getView you need to say this:

if (myActivity.selectedRow != position){
    v.setBackgroundColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
} else {
    v.setBackgroundColor(SELECTED_COLOUR);
}

Where selectedRow is a public static int selectedRow within myActivity, the activity which creates your list. There you store the row number which is selected when clicking the list.