android ListView won't highlight selected row

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In my app I retrieve a user's playlist from the server and feel a ListView with the data. The problem is, that the ListView does not highlight clicked rows. To prevent rage comments telling me that I don't use search here are things I've tried:

setting the button in my row to non-focusable
setting the listSelector both by code and XML (not at the same time)
trying to change the background of passed View in an OnItemClickListener
using setItemsCanFocus() with bot true and false parameters
setting an XML drawable with states "selected" and "pressed" to row layout root

Clicks are detected since I tested that using a Toast. But I just can't force the ListView to highlight the selected row

ListView

        <ListView
    android:id="@android:id/list"
    android:listSelector="@drawable/list_selected"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_below="@+id/etbg"
    android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
    android:divider="@color/div" >
</ListView>

Layout used as list row

 <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
 >

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/tvListItemArtist"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:layout_marginLeft="14dp"
    android:focusable="false"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
    android:text="Small Text"
    android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/tbListPlay"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
    android:textColor="#FFFFFF" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/tvListItemSong"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/tvListItemArtist"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
    android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/tvListItemArtist"
    android:focusable="false"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="false"
    android:text="Small Text"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
    android:textColor="#FFFFFF" />

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/img_list_audio_saved"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:layout_marginRight="50dp"
    android:src="@drawable/attention"
    android:visibility="gone" />

<Button
    android:id="@+id/tbListPlay"
    android:layout_width="40dp"
    android:layout_height="40dp"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
    android:background="@drawable/button_play"
    android:focusable="false"
    android:focusableInTouchMode="false" />

     </RelativeLayout>

Any suggestions?

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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you have changed your ListSelector: android:listSelector="@drawable/list_selected" I assume your custom drawable is not a selector, which has different states. See this site or this question to understand the usage

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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answered Mar 07 '13 at 18:05

Nickolaus

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You can find the selectors in your android folder: android-sdk\platforms\android-14\data\res\drawable. Then copy it into your project and change it to your needs. – Warpzit Mar 07 '13 at 18:07
well, I tried to remove the listSelector attribute which means the default one should be used. No effect – Droidman Mar 07 '13 at 18:09

the-ginger-geek · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-07T18:15:12.540

Create a selector for the list view in your drawables folder and set the list item background to this drawable. See the code below

select_button_background.xml

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/select_button_selected" android:state_enabled="true" android:state_pressed="true"/>
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/select_button_selected" android:state_enabled="true" android:state_selected="true"/>

    <item android:drawable="@drawable/select_button_selectable" android:state_pressed="false"/>
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/select_button_selectable" android:state_selected="false"/>
 </selector>

select_button_selectable.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

    <gradient
        android:angle="270"
        android:endColor="#CCCCCC"
        android:startColor="#DDDDDD"
        android:type="linear" />

    <corners android:radius="10dp" />

    <shape>
        <stroke
            android:width="1dp"
            android:color="#333333" />
    </shape>

</shape>

select_button_selected.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

    <gradient
        android:angle="270"
        android:endColor="#AAAAAA"
        android:startColor="#BBBBBB"
        android:type="linear" />

    <corners android:radius="10dp" />

    <shape>
        <stroke
            android:width="1dp"
            android:color="#333333" />
    </shape>

</shape>

just found time to turn towards that project. Your solution works, thanks — Droidman, Mar 19 '13 at 12:00

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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Hi I have already posted the answer for you in this question link android - identify items in a ListView, you said it hasn't worked for you, I have provided the same answer and it worked for other check this question Inflate ListView row from OnClickListener in Android?. I hope this will help you.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Mar 07 '13 at 18:12

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