How can I add gradient effect to background color of TextView in a ListView?

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In reference to these questions :

Adding gradient effect to TextView in a ListView generates NPE

and

How to change color and font on ListView

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Answer 1

You just need to create a drawable resource (see an example below), and add it to the layout you created for your ListItem.

The drawable (in your res\drawable folder - name it whatever - listgrad.xml for ex) could look like:

The you would add it to the layout for your list item (the layout.xml file you define for this) like this code snippet:

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