android Custom Listview Background Focus State not working

Question

I am trying to create custom background selector for my ExpandableListView. It works fine for all states other than focused. I am unable to identify which row is currently focused. Here is the code:

im_selector.xml

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"&gt;

    <item android:state_focused="true"
        android:drawable="@drawable/list_selector_background_focus" />
    <item android:state_pressed="true"
        android:drawable="@drawable/list_selector_background_pressed" />

    <item 
        android:drawable="@drawable/list_bg" />

</selector>

im_list_item.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/list_item"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"   
    android:background="@layout/im_selector"
    android:paddingTop="10px"
    android:paddingBottom="10px"
    android:paddingLeft="5px"    
    >

    <ImageView android:id="@+id/status_image"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:padding="4px"

            />


     <TextView  
              android:id="@+id/count_text"
              android:singleLine="true"
              android:layout_width="30px"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:textColor="#fff"            
              android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
              android:background="@drawable/new_msg"
              android:padding="2px"
              android:layout_marginRight="10px"
              android:gravity="center_horizontal"
     />

     <TextView  
              android:id="@+id/list_item_text"
              android:singleLine="false"
              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:textColor="#000"
              android:layout_toRightOf="@id/status_image"
              android:layout_toLeftOf="@id/count_text"            
     />



</RelativeLayout>

and the listview:

<ExpandableListView android:id="@+id/android:list"
              android:layout_width="wrap_content"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:layout_weight="1"
              android:scrollbars="horizontal"
              android:layout_below="@id/top_bar"
              android:layout_marginBottom="45px"
              android:divider="#00000000"
              android:cacheColorHint="#00000000"
              android:listSelector="@layout/im_selector"
              android:focusable="true"              
            />

Answer 1

When you use touch mode with listview, 'selected' attribute changes rather than 'focused'. That is why, for listviews you should add line like this one in your selector:

<item 
    android:state_selected="true" android:drawable="@drawable/list_selector_background_focus" />

Answer 2

Thanks bart :) Its working fine.