How to highlight ListView item on touch?

Question

I have a simple ListView and I want each of it items to be highlighted on user\'s touch. I thought this should happen by default but it isn\'t. Can you advice?

Answer 1

ListViews do not retain a visual indication of focus (or selection) while in touch mode. You will only see this when you use the hardware keyboard or controls to navigate your UI.

See the Google Touch Mode Android Blog article for more details.

So, if you are only using touch mode, you will never see focus or selection on ListViews.