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androidandroid-listview
raman rayat
raman rayat

Reputation: 414

how to change color of list item when it is selected in listview?

i have one main activity class in which i define string array which fetch list from XML file saved in res/value which contain list of item . now i want that when any item selected it color change to yellow . how to do this please help :)

thanks in advance ::)

my two file's are list_data.XML and Main Activity.java

List_data.XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string-array name="tias_list">
        <item>About us</item>
        <item> Offered</item>
        <item> year  </item>
        <item>Process</item>
        <item>item1</item>>    
        <item>item2</item>>
        <item>item3</item>>
        <item>item4</item>
        </string-array>
        </resources>

MY Main Activity class code is 

public class MainActivity extends ListActivity  {


    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);



        String[] tias_list = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.tias_list);


        this.setListAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, R.layout.list_item, R.id.label,tias_list));


        ListView lv = getListView();

        lv.setCacheColorHint(0);
        lv.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.black);


       lv.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener(){
        public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent,View view,int position, long id) {


            if (position == 0)
            {
                Intent myIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), SingleListItem.class);
                startActivity(myIntent);
            }
            else if(position == 1)
            {
                Intent myIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), lastyear.class);
                startActivity(myIntent);

            }
            else if(position == 2)
            {
                Intent myIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), la.class);
                startActivity(myIntent);

            }
            else if(position == 3)
            {
                Intent myIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),la.class);
                startActivity(myIntent);

            }
            else if(position == 4)
            {
                Intent myIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), SingleListItem.class);
                startActivity(myIntent);

            }
            else if(position == 5)
            {
                Intent myIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), SingleListItem.class);
                startActivity(myIntent);

            }
            else if(position == 6)
            {
                Intent myIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), SingleListItem.class);
                startActivity(myIntent);

            }
            else if(position == 7)
            {
                Intent myIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), SingleListItem.class);
                startActivity(myIntent);

            }

          }
       });

    }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 435

Answers (3)

Giru Bhai
Giru Bhai

Reputation: 14398

To set color of selected Item use 

view.setBackgroundColor(Color.YELLOW);

i.e in your code as 

 lv.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener(){
        public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent,View view,int position, long id) {

    view.setBackgroundColor(Color.YELLOW);
  // your code

Upvotes: 0

Pratik Dasa
Pratik Dasa

Reputation: 7439

IN your getView method, you have to do some code over there.

int currentPosition=0;



  if (position == currentPosition) {
    convertView.setBackgroundColor(Color.YELLOW);
    } else {
    convertView.setBackgroundColor(Color.YOUR DEFAULT COLOR);
}

//click item code:

convertView.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    currentPosition = position;
                    adapter.notifyDataSetChanged();

                }
            });

Upvotes: 0

Shivam Verma
Shivam Verma

Reputation: 8023

The adapter that you are currently using is the Default Adapter. However, now you want to modify it's properties. To do so you'll need to implement a custom adapter - an adapter of your own. Just Google Custom ListView Adapter if you don't know how to do that.

And in that custom adapter, there'll be a getView() method and in the getView() method of the custom adapter check if the position of item is same as the selected item. If yes, set background colour.

Here's a complete answer : https://stackoverflow.com/a/16978159/1239966

Upvotes: 1

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