How to change color of Android ListView separator line?

Question

I want to change color of ListView separator line. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

XML version for @Asher Aslan cool effect.

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

    <gradient
        android:angle="180"
        android:startColor="#00000000"
        android:centerColor="#FFFF0000"
        android:endColor="#00000000"/>

</shape>

Name for that shape as: list_driver.xml under drawable folder

<ListView
        android:id="@+id/category_list"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" 
        android:divider="@drawable/list_driver"
        android:dividerHeight="5sp" />

Answer 2

using programetically

           // Set ListView divider color
            lv.setDivider(new ColorDrawable(Color.parseColor("#FF4A4D93")));

            // set ListView divider height
            lv.setDividerHeight(2);

using xml

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

  <ListView 
    android:id="@+id/android:list"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:divider="#44CC00"
    android:dividerHeight="4px"/>

</LinearLayout>

Answer 3

You can also get the colors from your resources by using:

dateView.setDivider(new ColorDrawable(_context.getResources().getColor(R.color.textlight)));
dateView.setDividerHeight(1);

Answer 4

Use android:divider="#FF0000" and android:dividerHeight="2px" for ListView.

<ListView 
android:id="@android:id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:divider="#0099FF"
android:dividerHeight="2px"/>

Answer 5

There are two ways to doing the same:

1. You may set the value of android:divider="#FFCCFF" in layout xml file. With this you also have to specify height of divider like this android:dividerHeight="5px".

   <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="match_parent">
   
     <ListView 
     android:id="@+id/lvMyList"
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="match_parent"
     android:divider="#FFCCFF"
     android:dividerHeight="5px"/>
   
   </LinearLayout>
   

2. You may also do this by programmatically...

   ListView listView = getListView();
   ColorDrawable myColor = new ColorDrawable(
       this.getResources().getColor(R.color.myColor)
   );
   listView.setDivider(myColor);
   listView.setDividerHeight();
   

Answer 6

For a single color line use:

list.setDivider(new ColorDrawable(0x99F10529));   //0xAARRGGBB
list.setDividerHeight(1);

It's important that DividerHeight is set after the divider, else you won't get anything.