how to change font color in selected/focused ListView items?

Question

I am struggling with this which apparently is a very simple effect but incredibly haven\'t found any intutitive way for doing it in Android.

I have a ListView and I

Answer 1

Neither of these are possible answers when your ListView is compromised of a layout that has multiple views. You need to set your child views to:

android:duplicateParentState="true"

Now you can use the methods others have described above to declare your TextViews' colors using a selector such as:

android:textColor="@drawable/my_row_selector"

and I'm sure you're aware, but the selector can be as simple as:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_pressed="true" android:color="@color/white" />
    <item android:color="@color/black" />
</selector>

As you can see, @color values are allowed. Hope this helps.

Also - android:state_pressed is used in conjunction with the AdapterView.OnItemClickListener.

Answer 2

In order to make it work on selection use the following code:

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_pressed="true" android:color="#fff"/>
    <item android:state_activated="true" android:color="#fff"/>
    <item android:color="#000" />
</selector>

Apparently the key is state_activated="true" state.

Answer 3

When you are deploying the app for Android 11+ (HoneyComb+), you should use

android:state_activated="true"

for selected list state. For the earlier versions use the combination of:

android:state_checked="true"
android:state_activated="true"

Of course don't forget to include the

android:duplicateParentState="true"

so the view can get the activated/checked state from a parent list view item

Answer 4

in your textview propeties

android:textColor="@color/text_selector"

in res/color text_selector.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_pressed="true" android:color="YOUR_CUSTOM_COLOR" />
    <item android:state_selected="true" android:color="YOUR_CUSTOM_COLOR" />
    <item android:color="YOUR_CUSTOM_COLOR" />
</selector>

Answer 5

Also you may create a res/color folder and add a file "text_selector.xml" with the following lines:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_activated="true" android:color="#f0f"/>
    <item android:state_pressed="true" android:color="#f0f"/>
    <item android:color="#000"/>
</selector>

After that assign in TextView:

android:textColor="@color/text_selector"