I need to highlight a listview item when i touch it and to stay highlighted. I tried everything I found but nothing worked. Here is my code:
This is the listview:
<ListView
android:id="@+id/lvUsers"
android:layout_width="300dp"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:background="@drawable/border2"
android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
android:padding="5dp" >
</ListView>
The @drawable/border2 is just a border around the listview.
This is the listview item layout:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/layoutUsersRow"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@drawable/list_selector_background"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<TextView
android:id="@+id/tvAllUsersName"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:padding="10dp"
android:text="User name"
android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
This is list_selector_background:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_focused="true" android:drawable="@color/blue" /> <!-- focused -->
<item android:state_focused="true" android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@color/blue" /> <!-- focused and pressed-->
<item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@color/blue" /> <!-- pressed -->
<item android:drawable="@color/transparent" /> <!-- default -->
</selector>
This is the code from the listview adapter
public class UsersAdapter extends BaseAdapter implements OnClickListener {
LoginActivity context;
private List<String> listOfUsers;
public UsersAdapter(LoginActivity _context, List<String> listOfUsers) {
context = _context;
this.listOfUsers = listOfUsers;
}
public int getCount() {
return listOfUsers.size();
}
public Object getItem(int position) {
return listOfUsers.get(position);
}
public long getItemId(int position) {
return position;
}
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
String entry = listOfUsers.get(position);
if (convertView == null) {
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) context.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.users_row, null);
}
TextView UserName = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.tvAllUsersName);
UserName.setText(entry);
LinearLayout LinLayout = (LinearLayout) convertView.findViewById(R.id.layoutUsersRow);
LinLayout.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
LinLayout.setFocusable(false);
LinLayout.setOnClickListener(this);
return convertView;
}
public void onClick(View v) {
// get the row the clicked button is in
LinearLayout row = (LinearLayout) v;
TextView child = (TextView) row.getChildAt(0);
if (child.getText().toString().equals("Admin")) {
Intent i = new Intent("com.vorteksed.checkinform.ADMINLOGINACTIVITY");
i.putExtra("verificationFor", "ADMIN_LOGIN");
context.startActivity(i);
} else {
context.userClicked(child.getText().toString());
// focus the pin field after selecting user name from the list
if (context.currentList != null) {
context.etLoginPin.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
context.tvPin.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
context.etLoginPin.requestFocus();
context.etLoginPin.setText("");
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(context.etLoginPin, 0);
}
}
}
}
This is not working. It only highlights the item while it’s pressed. As soon as i release it, the highlight is gone.
HERE IS THE SOLUTION
Remove the android:background="@drawable/list_selector_background" line from the listview item layout. The selector is not needed at all. And here is the adapter’s code:
public class UsersAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
LoginActivity context;
private List<String> listOfUsers;
boolean[] arrBgcolor;
private int blue = Color.BLUE;
private int transparent = Color.TRANSPARENT;
public UsersAdapter(LoginActivity _context, List<String> listOfUsers) {
context = _context;
this.listOfUsers = listOfUsers;
arrBgcolor = new boolean[listOfUsers.size()];
resetArrbg();
}
private void resetArrbg() {
for (int i = 0; i < arrBgcolor.length; i++) {
arrBgcolor[i] = false;
}
}
public int getCount() {
return listOfUsers.size();
}
public Object getItem(int position) {
return listOfUsers.get(position);
}
public long getItemId(int position) {
return position;
}
public View getView(final int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
String entry = listOfUsers.get(position);
if (convertView == null) {
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) context.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.users_row, null);
}
TextView UserName = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.tvAllUsersName);
UserName.setText(entry);
LinearLayout LinLayout = (LinearLayout) convertView.findViewById(R.id.layoutUsersRow);
LinLayout.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
LinLayout.setFocusable(false);
LinLayout.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
handleClick(v, position);
}
});
if (arrBgcolor[position])
LinLayout.setBackgroundColor(blue);
else
LinLayout.setBackgroundColor(transparent);
return convertView;
}
public void handleClick(View v, int position) {
LinearLayout row = (LinearLayout) v;
resetArrbg();
arrBgcolor[position] = true;
notifyDataSetChanged();
TextView child = (TextView) row.getChildAt(0);
if (child.getText().toString().equals("Admin")) {
Intent i = new Intent("com.vorteksed.checkinform.ADMINLOGINACTIVITY");
i.putExtra("verificationFor", "ADMIN_LOGIN");
context.startActivity(i);
} else {
context.userClicked(child.getText().toString());
// focus the pin field after selecting user name from the list
if (context.currentList != null) {
context.etLoginPin.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
context.tvPin.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
context.etLoginPin.requestFocus();
context.etLoginPin.setText("");
InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) context.getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
imm.showSoftInput(context.etLoginPin, 0);
}
}
}
}
remove the selector and try the following:
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