Change Textview Background With Ripples

I have a RecyclerView (grid layout) whose elements are TextViews. When a user clicks on a TextView I change the color of the background. I allow for multiple selections. All of thi

Solution 1:

Assuming you are using the Android Support library change the android:background of your item layout to ?attr/selectableItemBackground or ?attr/selectableItemBackgroundBorderless which will apply the ripple on Lollipop+ devices and fallback to a full item select on lower devices.