Android ListView with adapter to highlight selected item row

Question

Sorry if this is answered already, but I can't find anything and I can't specify my search very well. I have a list view in Fragment which uses an adapter to populate it, and I want the list view item rows, to get highlighted for a second when they get clicked, and I want them to get highlighted for just half a second then get back to normal (basically like a feedback that the item row is clicked), like the default call log works in the phone app. My adapter is exending ArrayAdapter. Any ideas?

EDIT: Here's the adapter getView()

@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
    ViewHolder holder;
    if (convertView == null) {
        holder = new ViewHolder();
    } else {
        holder = (ViewHolder) convertView.getTag();
    }
    CallStats call = callsArray.get(position);
    convertView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.item_row_call, null);
    initializeViews(holder, convertView);
    setViewsEntries(holder, call);
    convertView.setTag(holder);
    return convertView;
}

you want selector behavior or change color for 1 second only? — Shayan Pourvatan, Feb 19 '14 at 09:53
is this what you want? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14023886/android-button-selector — Shayan Pourvatan, Feb 19 '14 at 09:55
I dont think this will work in item row in ListView with adapter — Sartheris Stormhammer, Feb 19 '14 at 10:01
why not? you need change row's background of your list to one Selector `xml` file, i do this in my project — Shayan Pourvatan, Feb 19 '14 at 10:04
@БориславМинчев will make it more clear i am not getting your question properly — Developer, Feb 19 '14 at 10:38
are you sure? can you post selector file and `item_row_call` too? — Shayan Pourvatan, Feb 19 '14 at 10:45

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 19 '14 at 10:28

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You can use "setSelector" like :

listView.setSelector(android.R.color.black);

answered Feb 19 '14 at 10:28

Aparupa Ghoshal

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you have to add this line just after: listView.setAdapter(adapter); – Aparupa Ghoshal Feb 19 '14 at 10:39
that works when I removed the background of the item_row.xml, but it changes the color permanently, I want it to be changed just for a half second – Sartheris Stormhammer Feb 19 '14 at 10:44
To do it for a short interval of time , probably you have to use thread. – Aparupa Ghoshal Feb 19 '14 at 11:07
Also , if you remove the setSelector line from the code , an orangish color is automatically taken , which stays for a very short time - as per your requirement . I would request you to kindly check once removing the setSelector line from you code snippet . – Aparupa Ghoshal Feb 19 '14 at 11:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 19 '14 at 10:46

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Here's the problem, turns out the item row when clicked don't get highlighted for a moment because in the item_row.xml I have set a background, without a background it works fine, without any additional code

answered Feb 19 '14 at 10:46

Sartheris Stormhammer

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Android ListView with adapter to highlight selected item row

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