Disable Android list view 'blue' background

Question

When I click on the list item in Android, I always get a blue background. Event if I use a custom layout, when I click, maybe 2-5dp space around my layout is blue. Also, the text views get darker. How can I disable any changes in view when clicking on the list item?

Dominus

When I click on the list item in Android, I always get a blue background. blue background for what? the listView or the listView item you're clicking? – Panter

the list view item I'm clicking. – Dominus

Can you edit your question with your problem(s) specified clearly? From what I understand, I believe you're mentioning three different problems. Can you explain each one clearly? – Panter

Answer 1

Create custom theme for your application in /res/values/themes.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>

  <!-- application theme -->
  <style name="CustomTheme" parent="android:style/Theme.Light">

    <!-- widget styles -->
    <item name="android:listViewStyle">@style/ListView</item>
  </style>

  <!-- list view -->
  <style name="ListView" parent="@android:style/Widget.ListView">
    <item name="android:background">#ffffff</item>
    <item name="android:cacheColorHint">#ffffff</item>
    <item name="android:divider">#cccccc</item>
    <item name="android:dividerHeight">1px</item>
    <item name="android:listSelector">@drawable/list_selector_background</item>
    <item name="android:fadingEdge">none</item>
  </style>

</resources>

In your AndroidManifest.xml specify the theme:

<application
    ...
    android:theme="@style/CustomTheme" >

Faxun

Answer 2

I know its kind of late, but one can also use the setSelector method of the listview and set it to android.R.color.transparent. You can also use android:listSelector in the layout file to achieve the same result.

Volney

Answer 3

You can simply set the android drawSelectorOnTop attribute to false on your ListView and there will not be any background when you click on an item.

Eg:

<ListView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:drawSelectorOnTop="false"/>

Bramante

just adding this attribute didn't help – Dominus

I even add a selector for states pressed, selected, focused, but this also didn't help... – Dominus

And are you sure you don't have some selector on your item layout that you are adding on the list? – Bramante

Answer 4

Use this

<ListView 
        android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent" 
        android:cacheColorHint="@android:color/transparent"
        />

For more details you can visit here

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/ListView.html

Stoops

Answer 5

I did it Like this:

<ListView
    android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
/>

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