Question

By default, ListView changes background color to orange on being pressed and also the TextColor of TextView changes to white/black. By applying a selector on a ListView item we can set background color for pressed state but can we also define the TextColor for the TextView inside that item/layout within same selector? If so, then how?

Answer 1

Amy88’s answer resolved the problem, but doesn’t specifically address changing a ViewGroup’s child’s properties.

Suppose you have a clickable LinearLayout with a TextView which should change color when pressed. The key is to use android:duplicateParentState="true" on the child views:

<LinearLayout
    android:duplicateParentState="true"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:duplicateParentState="true"
        android:text="@string/hello_world"
        android:textColor="@drawable/text_selector" />

</LinearLayout>

You can specify the selector as in Amy88’s answer.