android recyclerview: how do I programmatically select TextView background color?

Question

I have a RecyclerView list of CardViews. On each CardView, the user previosuly selected the \"type\" from a dropdown dialog. The type choices are \"Work\" and \"Home\". The t

Answer 1

when user click on the option, update the required object in the list, listItems. Then call notifyDataSetChanged() method in your adapter.

Answer 2

Use the following to set the textColor when user selects from your two option.

public void onBindViewHolder(final RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {
    final ListItem listItem = listItems.get(position);
    final ItemHolder itemHolder = (ItemHolder) holder;        
    itemHolder.cardType1.setText(listItem.getType());
    holder.itemView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
    if (listItem.getType() == "Work") {
       itemHolder.cardType1.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#000000"));
    }
    else if (listItem.getType() == "Home") {
       itemHolder.cardType1.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#008080"));
    }
}

Hope this helps