Question

I basically want to customize list item`s background color while it is touched. I tired writing a listener but it seams that I made some kind of mistake or misunderstood the concept of these actions.

v.setOnTouchListener( new TextView.OnTouchListener() {

    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
            switch(event.getAction()) {
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
                v.setBackgroundColor(Color.RED); 
                    break;
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                v.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);
                break;
            }

    return false;
    }
}
);

Default color is light blue. I want to change it for every list item.
This code changes items color to red when touched but it does not change back after that.

Answer 1

But maybe the best would be to use color states…create a file mycolors.xml in the color folder with this:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
        <item android:state_pressed="true"
              android:color="#ff0000"/> <!-- pressed -->
        <item android:color="#ffffff"/> <!-- default -->
    </selector>

then later you set the background of the view like this: android:background=”@color/mycolors” in the layout xml or programmatically like this: v.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.mycolors);

no clicks or touch listeners will be necessary in this case..everything will happen magically.

more about it: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/color-list-resource.html