How to change color of a listview's item and keep it unchaged until another item clicked from that listview android? -

how change color of list-view , keep unchanged until item clicked list-view?

mainactivity.java

public class mainactivity extends activity {  @override protected void oncreate(bundle savedinstancestate) {        super.oncreate(savedinstancestate);        setcontentview(r.layout.dialog);         list<hashmap<string,string>> alist = new arraylist<hashmap<string,string>>();                  for(int i=0;i<3;i++){             hashmap<string, string> hm = new hashmap<string,string>();              hm.put("iconimg", integer.tostring(drwbl_imgs[i]) );                hm.put("title",str_tit[i]);             alist.add(hm);                 }          // keys used in hashmap         string[] = { "iconimg","title"};          // ids of views in listview_layout         int[] = { r.id.img_listicon,r.id.txtvw_slidebar_listview};                  // instantiating adapter store each items         // r.layout.listview_layout defines layout of each item         simpleadapter adapter = new simpleadapter(getbasecontext(), alist, r.layout.child_slidebar_listview_layout, from, to);          // setting adapter listview         listview.setadapter(adapter);   } } 

main_layout.xml

  <listview         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"           android:background="@android:color/white"         android:divider="@android:color/transparent" >      </listview>    

child_layout.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <linearlayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/linear_listview_lay" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:clickable="false" android:orientation="horizontal" >   <linearlayout android:layout_width="fill_parent"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:gravity="center"     android:orientation="horizontal"     android:background="#808080"       >    <imageview         android:id="@+id/img_listicon"         android:layout_width="15dp"         android:layout_height="15dp"       />    <textview     android:id="@+id/txtvw_slidebar_listview"     android:layout_width="wrap_content"     android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:gravity="left|center"     android:text=""     />       </linearlayout>     </linearlayout> 

you need give selector list item.

left_menu_list_seletor.xml:

    <item android:drawable="@color/listitemselecteditembgcolor" android:state_activated="true" android:state_enabled="true"/>     <item android:drawable="@color/listitemselecteditembgcolor" android:state_pressed="true"/>     <item android:drawable="@color/listitemcolor"/>     <item android:drawable="@color/listitemcolor" android:state_enabled="false"/>  </selector> 

you can specify colors in colors.xml file

add background attribute child_layout android:background="@drawable/left_menu_list_seletor"

dont forget add choice mode listview

listview.setchoicemode(listview.choice_mode_single);