Is it possible to change the colour of the FadingEdge of a Listview?

Question

I want to give the effect that the ListView has faded from whatever is around it. By default it is set to whatever colour your ListView is. I can adjust the orientation of the FadingEdge and the size of the FadingEdge but not the colour. Is it possible?

Answer 1

Yes you can !

setCacheColorHint(Color.WHITE);

Answer 2

You'll need to create a new class that extends ListView.

package com.mypackage;

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.widget.ListView;

public class ColorFadeListView extends ListView
{
  // fade to green by default
  private static int mFadeColor = 0xFF00FF00;
  public ColorFadeListView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs)
  {
    this(context, attrs,0);
  }
  public ColorFadeListView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle)
  {
    super(context,attrs,defStyle);      
    setFadingEdgeLength(30);
    setVerticalFadingEdgeEnabled(true);
  }
  @Override
  public int getSolidColor()
  {
    return mFadeColor;
  }
  public void setFadeColor( int fadeColor )
  {
    mFadeColor = fadeColor;
  }
  public int getFadeColor()
  {
    return mFadeColor;
  }
}

You can use this list view identically to a normal ListView (though you'll have to cast it properly to use the fadeColor accessor methods). In your XML, instead of defining an object as <ListView android:properties.../> define it as <com.mypackage.ColorFadeListView android:properties.../>

Answer 3

You can try this (it's a hack, I know):

int glowDrawableId = context.getResources().getIdentifier("overscroll_glow", "drawable", "android");
Drawable androidGlow = context.getResources().getDrawable(glowDrawableId);
androidGlow.setColorFilter(brandColor, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);

I took advantage of the fact that the glow effect is actually a shared Drawable and applied a filter on it: http://evendanan.net/android/branding/2013/12/09/branding-edge-effect/