Change Selection in a ListView from Orange to Green

Question

How do I do this per selected list item.

I tried adding this to android:background

Answer 1

Jax, you said that:

The problem is that the black_alpha will apply the the entire list, not just the selected list item

I had the same problem. After playing around with it for a while, I was able to get it to stop applying the color to the whole list by using a 3x3 png image of the color I wanted instead of applying a color. So for some weird reason if you use a color you get the odd background behavior, when you use a png, it works fine. :S

So that is one way to get around it.

-----Another way----------

I found the best results when I set the listView selector to not have any states like this:

res/drawable/list_selector.xml

Then I take care of all the states in the background of the list item. NOT in the selector. I found I had more control this way.

res/color/list_item_bg.xml

Then here is my list item:

res/layout/simple_list_item.xml