Default selector background in Clickable Views

Question

I have some clickable views and I want to set the default available background that is present on list click (in ICS is a blue color). I have tried putting as background thi

Answer 1

There is a way to combine all the valid answers:

Define a attribute (eg. in values/attrs.xml):

<attr name="clickableItemBackground" format="reference"/>

In your platform dependent theme section (eg. in values/styles.xml or values/themes.xml) declare this:

<style name="Theme.Platform" parent="@android:style/Theme.Whatever">
        <item name="clickableItemBackground">@android:drawable/list_selector_background</item>
</style>

In your platform dependent theme section for api-11+ (eg. in values-v11/styles.xml or values-v11/themes.xml) declare this:

<style name="Theme.Platform" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Whatever">
        <item name="clickableItemBackground">?android:attr/selectableItemBackground</item>
</style>

Then use ?attr/clickableItemBackground wherever needed.

Answer 2

In short - android:background="?selectableItemBackground" ;)

Answer 3

A solution similar to flx's answer, but without additional attribute definition.

Platform independent style used for pre-Holo devices (in res\values\styles.xml):

<style name="SelectableItem">
    <item name="android:background">@android:drawable/list_selector_background</item>
</style>

Style for Holo devices (API Level 14+) (in res\values-v14\styles.xml):

<style name="SelectableItem">
    <item name="android:background">?android:attr/selectableItemBackground</item>
</style>

Apply style to needed view, e.g., LinearLayout:

<LinearLayout
    style="@style/SelectableItem"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">
...
</LinearLayout>

Answer 4

It's list_selector_holo_dark or the equivalent holo light version; and these are the defaults in Honeycomb and above. list_selector_background is the non-holo version, used in Gingerbread and below.

EDIT: I believe (but can't confirm) that the platform agnostic selector is ?android:attr/listSelector

Answer 5

Alternatively,

android:background="?android:attr/listChoiceBackgroundIndicator

if you just want the items to highlight blue (or whatever the current default is) while they are clicked.

Answer 6

Setting Background restricts you from choosing a background color or drawable later! So my advice is to add this style to your styles.xml:

<style name="TouchableView">
    <item name="android:foreground">?android:attr/selectableItemBackground</item>
</style>

And then on every view you only need to add:

            android:theme="@style/TouchableView"

Like ANY VIEW!

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/my_orders"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginRight="0dp"
        android:theme="@style/TouchableView"
        android:background="@color/white"
        android:gravity="left"
        android:padding="10dp"
        android:text="@string/my_orders"
        android:textColor="@color/gray"
        android:textSize="14sp" />

Don't forget to add onClickListener to see the results.