What is the default drawable for pressing a list item

Question

When the user presses a ListView item (android:state_pressed="true") it flashes a shade of yellow (or you can press and hold).

What drawable is this? I've created my own selector because I want my own ListView item color , but I lose the pressed color.

There's an Android doc about skinning buttons that references #ffff0000, but this produces red.

Does anyone know what it is and how to reference it?

Answer 1

A color is defined as #AARRGGBB where AA represents the alpha (transparency) value, RR the amount of red, GG the amount of green, and BB the amount of blue. Thus #ffff0000 is solid and all red. If you want orange, you want to add some green, i.e: #ffffA500. Google for RGB color values to see pages of colors with their rgb values.

Answer 2

The thing your talking about is the Android OS built-in selector.

Make your own highlight with an xml-file in your drawable-folder like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"&gt; 
  <item android:state_pressed="true" android:color="#YOURCOLOR" /> 
  <item android:color="#FE896F" /> 
</selector>

Then in your XML-file there you have your ListView.

android:textColor="@drawable/highlight" //For text to appear like YOURCOLOR
//or if you wish the background
android:background="@drawable/highlight" //For the background to appear like YOURCOLOR

I hope this is it and tell me if this worked or not!

Answer 3

I have used a color picker tool in a photo editing application to find the outer and inner colors of the gradient and made my own.

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle">
    <gradient
        android:startColor="#ffb300"
        android:centerColor="#ffc800"
        android:endColor="#ffb300"
        android:angle="270"/>
</shape>