android listview alternate row color BUT with default cursor selection

Question

i have been all over the web, stackoverflow included and just can\'t seem to get a clear complete way to

I want to create a ListView that

1) has alternating

Answer 1

A workaround is to use 2 selectors. From your adapter, instead of setting 2 colors, you set 2 selectors.

if (position % 2 == 0) {
  view.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.selector_1);
} else {
  view.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.selector_2);
}

selector_1 is defined in selector_1.xml like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="false"  android:drawable="@color/white" />
<item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@color/orange" />
<item android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="false"  android:drawable="@color/orange" />
</selector>

selector_2 is defined in selector_2.xml like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_selected="false" android:state_pressed="false"  android:drawable="@color/violet" />
<item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@color/orange" />
<item android:state_selected="true" android:state_pressed="false"  android:drawable="@color/orange" />
</selector>

So that, you have a bi-color listview and a third color/shape/whatever-you-want for selected item.