Android Listview No Longer Highlights Selection Onclick

I have a listview that was showing a yellowtint on items when I touched them. All I've done differently is change the background image in that listview xml , and now it no longer w

Solution 1:

When you added a new background to the ListView you overrode androids default background that was most likely using a selector to tint the ListItems depending on their state.

Try to use a custom selector

Create an XML file, mycustombackground.xml, and add this to it:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><selectorxmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"><itemandroid:state_pressed="true"android:drawable="@drawable/item_pressed" /><itemandroid:state_focused="true"android:drawable="@drawable/item_focused" /><itemandroid:drawable="@drawable/item_normal" /></selector>

Replace the @drawables with your own in relation to the state. Then set the background of your listview to the xml file.

android:background="@drawable/mycustombackground"

You may want to take a look into the XML to create the yellow color, or just create your own image.