Android selector & text color

Question

I want a simple TextView to behave the way simple_list_item_1 in a ListView does. Here's the XML:

<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:gravity="center" android:focusable="true"
    android:minHeight="?android:attr/listPreferredItemHeight"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
    android:background="@android:drawable/list_selector_background" />

Everything works except for the text color that (expectedly) doesn't change in focused state. How do I make it change to textAppearanceLargeInverse?

Answer 1

Have you tried setOnFocusChangeListener? Within the handler, you could change the text appearance.

For instance:

TextView text = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.text);
text.setOnFocusChangeListener(new View.OnFocusChangeListener() {
    public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
        if (hasFocus) {
            ((TextView)v).setXXXX();
        } else {
            ((TextView)v).setXXXX();
        }
    }
});

You can then apply whatever changes you want when it's focused or not. You can also use the ViewTreeObserver to listen for Global focus changes.

For instance:

View all = findViewById(R.id.id_of_top_level_view_on_layout);
ViewTreeObserver vto = all.getViewTreeObserver();
vto.addOnGlobalFocusChangeListener(new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalFocusChangeListener() {
    public void onGlobalFocusChanged(
        View oldFocus, View newFocus) {
        // xxxx
    }
});

I hope this helps or gives you ideas.

Answer 2

If using TextViews in tabs this selector definition worked for me (tried Klaus Balduino's but it did not):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>    
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

  <!--  Active tab -->
  <item
    android:state_selected="true"
    android:state_focused="false"
    android:state_pressed="false"
    android:color="#000000" />

  <!--  Inactive tab -->
  <item
    android:state_selected="false"
    android:state_focused="false"
    android:state_pressed="false"
    android:color="#FFFFFF" />

</selector>

Answer 3

And selector is the answer here as well.

Search for bright_text_dark_focused.xml in the sources, add to your project under res/color directory and then refer from the TextView as

android:textColor="@color/bright_text_dark_focused"

Answer 4

In order to make it work on selection in a list view use the following code:

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_pressed="true" android:color="#fff"/>
    <item android:state_activated="true" android:color="#fff"/>
    <item android:color="#000" />
</selector>

Apparently the key is state_activated="true" state.

Answer 5

Here is the example of selector. If you use eclipse , it does not suggest something when you click ctrl and space both :/ you must type it.

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="@drawable/btn_default_pressed" android:state_pressed="true" />
<item android:drawable="@drawable/btn_default_selected"
    android:state_focused="true"
    android:state_enabled="true"
    android:state_window_focused="true"  />
<item android:drawable="@drawable/btn_default_normal" />

You can look at for reference;

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html#StateList

Answer 6

I got by doing several tests until one worked, so: res/color/button_dark_text.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
     <item android:state_pressed="true"
           android:color="#000000" /> <!-- pressed -->
     <item android:state_focused="true"
           android:color="#000000" /> <!-- focused -->
     <item android:color="#FFFFFF" /> <!-- default -->
 </selector>

res/layout/view.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   android:orientation="vertical"
   android:layout_width="fill_parent"
   android:layout_height="fill_parent"
   >
    <Button
       android:layout_width="wrap_content"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:text="EXIT"
       android:textColor="@color/button_dark_text" />
</LinearLayout>