ListView Selector not working with ListViewItem's background set

android, android-listview

Solution

You can use ListView property `android:drawSelectorOnTop="true"` in your layout .xml file in order to made list view to draw the selector over the list item rather than under them.

If you wonna have item's background + list selector functionality you can try another approach: Use transparent list selector. And modify your selector in order to use as a background for the list item. For example

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_pressed="true"
          android:drawable="@android:color/white" />
    <item android:drawable="@android:color/your_list_item_color"/>
</selector>

Problem

I have a `ListView` that has a selector set with just a solid color. ``` <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:orientation="vertical"> <LinearLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:id="@+id/assignmentSelectedItem" /> <ListView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:id="@+id/assignmentsListView" android:layout_marginLeft="2dp" android:layout_marginRight="2dp" android:listSelector="@drawable/assignment_list_selector" /> </LinearLayout> ``` assignment_list_selector.xml - ``` <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@android:color/white" /> <item android:drawable="@android:color/transparent"/> </selector> ``` In the `ListView.Adapter` for my list, I have items that have their view's background set to a specific color. My question would be is that why the selector is not working at all in displaying a selected color for my list view? If so, any suggestion of a work around with allowing me to still set the view's background color.

Original source