Deselect selected item in ListView

Question

I use a ListView in my layout like this:

 <ListView android:id="@+id/list"
              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
              android:layout_gravity="center"
              android:layout_height="match_parent"
              android:layout_weight="0.7"
              android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
              android:orientation="vertical"
              android:layout_centerInParent="true"
              android:divider="@color/dark_grey"
              android:drawSelectorOnTop="false"
              android:focusable="true"
              android:layout_marginBottom="55dp"
              android:cacheColorHint="#00000000"
              android:listSelector="@color/light_grey"
              android:dividerHeight="1px" />

The selector works great but how can I disable the selector?

I tried:

listView.clearChoices();
listView.setSelected();
listView.setSelector();
...

and a few more things but nothing works. Any ideas how I can turn my selected item back to normal? Can't be that complicated, right?

Edit: I need a programmatical solution!

May your are suffering from this bug http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9754170/listview-selection-remains-persistent-after-exiting-choice-mode — M-Wajeeh, Jul 19 '13 at 16:40
Yeah, when calling `requestLayout()` after `clearChoices()` it works. If you post an anwer I'll accept it — Ron, Jul 22 '13 at 06:59
Does this answer your question? [How do I clear ListView selection?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48253761/how-do-i-clear-listview-selection) — The Dreams Wind, Sep 19 '22 at 13:50

score 34 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 22 '13 at 07:49

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Call requestLayout() on the ListView after clearChoices(). It will work.

answered Jul 22 '13 at 07:49

M-Wajeeh

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for me it worked with `adapter.notifyDataSetChanged()` after `clearChoices()` – Stelian Morariu Jan 30 '14 at 19:29
For me worked with listviewObject.clearChoices () after adapterObject.notifyDataSetChanged () – GFPF May 27 '15 at 21:06
`adapter.notifyDataSetInvalidated()` works for **ExpandableListView** – samus Feb 16 '18 at 19:06
Let's warm up this topic. I'm trying to use this in the onDestroyActionMode method of the ActionMode.Callback and doesn't work. The only visible change happens with calling the listView.setAdapter(myAdapter); but it repositioning the screen to the top unexpectedly. – bdevay Nov 03 '19 at 00:18

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered May 22 '14 at 11:20

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As @Muerte mentioned above, doing the following worked for me:

myListView.clearChoices();
myAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();

That seems like it would be better than redrawing the whole layout.

answered May 22 '14 at 11:20

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For me worked with listviewObject.clearChoices () after adapterObject.notifyDataSetChanged () – GFPF May 27 '15 at 21:06

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered May 20 '16 at 19:55

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For me it worked with:

listView.setAdapter(myAdapter);

answered May 20 '16 at 19:55

Ricardo Ruiz Romero

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Thank you. After trying so many different way, this finally worked for me. – rastik Jul 04 '16 at 09:27
This worked for me. All the other suggestions didn't work. I'm not sure why they didn't but perhaps its because I'm calling myAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged() in the onItemClick() handler. – glez Feb 22 '18 at 17:49
The drawback of this solution is that the list will be recreated positioning the screen to the top. It might be annoying sometimes. – bdevay Nov 03 '19 at 00:13

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 19 '13 at 16:35

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In your XML where you declare the ListView use:

<ListView android:id="@+id/my_list" android:listSelector="#00000000" />

answered Jul 19 '13 at 16:35

yeah, but i want my selector to work again for the next click on a list item... if I do this then the selector is invisible, right? – Ron Jul 19 '13 at 16:38
Oh maybe [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2038040/android-listview-selector-color) can help.. – Jul 19 '13 at 16:41

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 19 '13 at 16:39

You can set a selector after click:

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

<item android:drawable="@drawable/transparent_white" android:state_focused="true" android:state_pressed="true"/>
<item android:drawable="@drawable/transparent_white" android:state_focused="false" android:state_pressed="true"/>
<item android:drawable="@drawable/transparent_white" android:state_focused="true"/>
<item android:drawable="@drawable/transparent_white" android:state_focused="false"/>

and the @drawable/transparent_white is #00ffffff

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

try this

Create your own selector xml file like this

YourSelector.xml

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

check out this link

here

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 14 '17 at 06:08

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Nothing of the solutions actually worked for me. My listview is for listing the searched items and has a provision to redo the search. On getting the result I added the following code snippet and it worked :)

myAdapter.setSelectedIndex(-1);

answered Mar 14 '17 at 06:08

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What type is your myAdapter? I couldn't find this method neither for ListView nor for ArrayAdapter. – bdevay Nov 03 '19 at 00:15

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 28 '18 at 10:50

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Your selector resource seems to be wrong here. You should use a drawable with transparent background, and i think this is what actually colors your rows, but not choiceMode of the ListView. Please check this another answer for more details.

answered Jan 28 '18 at 10:50

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Deselect selected item in ListView

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