android - Disable ListView item click highlight

activity_main.xml

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RelativeLayout     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"     android:id="@+id/rl"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="match_parent"     android:padding="16dp"     tools:context=".MainActivity"     android:background="#cbd1d1"     >     <ListView         android:id="@+id/lv"         android:layout_width="175dp"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:background="#a5afa3"         />     <!--         android:listSelector             Drawable used to indicate the currently selected item in the list.              May be a reference to another resource, in the form "@[+][package:]type:name" or to             a theme attribute in the form "?[package:][type:]name".              May be a color value, in the form of "#rgb", "#argb", "#rrggbb", or "#aarrggbb".              This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol listSelector.     -->     <!--         android:cacheColorHint             Indicates that this list will always be drawn on top of solid, single-color opaque             background. This allows the list to optimize drawing.              Must be a color value, in the form of "#rgb", "#argb", "#rrggbb", or "#aarrggbb".              This may also be a reference to a resource (in the form "@[package:]type:name") or             theme attribute (in the form "?[package:][type:]name") containing a value of this type.              This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol cacheColorHint.     -->     <!--         android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent"             Only this attribute is work fine to disable ListView item click highlight     -->     <ListView         android:id="@+id/lv_second"         android:layout_width="175dp"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:layout_toRightOf="@id/lv"         android:background="#d113b7"         android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent"         android:cacheColorHint="@android:color/transparent"         />     <ListView         android:id="@+id/lv_third"         android:layout_width="175dp"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:layout_toRightOf="@id/lv_second"         android:background="#3ea93d"         /> </RelativeLayout> 

MainActivity.java

 package com.cfsuman.me.androidcodesnippets;  import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Context; import android.graphics.Color; import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable; import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity; import android.os.Bundle; import android.widget.ArrayAdapter; import android.widget.RelativeLayout; import android.widget.ListView;  import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List;   public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {      private Context mContext;     private Activity mActivity;      private RelativeLayout mRelativeLayout;     private ListView mListView;     private ListView mListViewSecond;     private ListView mListViewThird;       @Override     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);          // Get the application context         mContext = getApplicationContext();          // Get the activity         mActivity = MainActivity.this;          // Get the widgets reference from XML layout         mRelativeLayout = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.rl);         mListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.lv);         mListViewSecond = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.lv_second);         mListViewThird = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.lv_third);          // Initialize an array of animals         String[] animals = new String[]{                 "Red deer",                 "Salamander",                 "Sea urchin",                 "Sea lion",                 "Squirrel",                 "Turkey"         };          // Create a list from string array elements         List<String> animals_list = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(animals));          // Initialize an ArrayAdapter object from the list         ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(                 mContext,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,                 animals_list         );          // Populate the ListView widgets with ArrayAdapter         mListView.setAdapter(adapter);         mListViewSecond.setAdapter(adapter);         mListViewThird.setAdapter(adapter);          /*             public void setSelector (int resID)                 Set a Drawable that should be used to highlight the currently selected item.              Parameters                 resID int: A Drawable resource to use as the selection highlight.         */         // Disable the ListView item click highlight programmatically         mListViewThird.setSelector(new ColorDrawable(Color.TRANSPARENT));     } }