Android ListView Text Color

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I am trying to set the ListView textColor to black  since I am using a white background   Here is my MailActivity  public class MailActivity extends ListActivity        String   listItems      Compose    Inbox    Drafts    Sent           Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState            setContentView R layout mails            setListAdapter new ArrayAdapter this                  android R layout simple list item 1  listItems               and my XML   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt LinearLayout      xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android orientation  vertical       android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  fill parent       android background   FFFFFF  gt        lt ListView          android id   android id list           android layout width  fill parent          android layout height  wrap content   gt        lt TextView          android id   android id empty           android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content           android text  Empty set           android textColor   000000    gt    lt  LinearLayout gt    I m getting the background as white  but am not sure where to set the foreground to black  I ve tried in the xml and looks like it s not helping

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I cloned the simple list item 1 Alt   Click  and placed the copy on my res layout folder  renamed it to list white text xml with this contents    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt       lt TextView xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android id   android id text1      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  wrap content      android textAppearance   android attr textAppearanceListItemSmall      android gravity  center vertical      android textColor   color abc primary text material dark      android minHeight   android attr listPreferredItemHeightSmall    gt    The android textColor   color abc primary text material dark  translates to white on my device   then in the java code   ArrayAdapter lt String gt  adapter   new ArrayAdapter lt String gt  this  R layout list white text  myList

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You can do this in your code   final ListView lv    ListView  convertView findViewById R id list view    for  int i   0  i  lt  lv getChildCount    i            TextView lv getChildAt i   setTextColor getResources   getColor R color black

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I needed to make a ListView with items of different colors  I modified Shardul s method a bit and result in this  ArrayAdapter lt String gt  adapter   new ArrayAdapter lt String gt                   this  android R layout simple list item 1  colorString                 Override             public View getView int position  View convertView  ViewGroup parent                    TextView textView    TextView  super getView position  convertView  parent                   textView setBackgroundColor assignBackgroundColor position                    textView setTextColor assignTextColor position                    return textView                                   colorList setAdapter adapter    assignBackgroundColor   and assignTextColor   are methods that assign color you want  They can be replaced with int   arrays

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You have to define the text color in the layout  simple list item 1  that defines the layout of each of your items   You set the background color of the LinearLayout and not of the ListView  The background color of the child items of the LinearLayout are transparent by default  in most cases    And you set the black text color for the TextView that is not part of your ListView  It is an own item  child item of the LinearLayout  here

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Ok  here are some things that you should be clear about    The background color you are setting in your xml file is of the activity and not of the ListItems you are trying to define  Every list item has its own layout file which should be passed or inflated in case you are using complex layout for list item    I ll try to explain this with a code sample       Lets start with ListItems layout     save it in your res layout folder of you Android project with say   list black text xml   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt  -- Definig a container for you List Item-- gt   lt LinearLayout     xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android gravity  center vertical      android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  fill parent  gt        lt  -- Defining where should text be placed  You set you text color here-- gt       lt TextView         android id    id list content          android textColor   000000          android gravity  center          android text  sample          android layout margin  4dip          android layout width  fill parent          android layout height  wrap content        gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    Well  a simple layout with a TextView to be precise  You must have an id assigned to TextView in order to use it   Now coming to you screen activity chief layout  as I said you are defining background to your screen with android background attribute  I see you have defined a TextView there as well and I suspect you are trying to define content list item there  which is not at all needed   Here s your edited layout    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt LinearLayout      xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android orientation  vertical       android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  fill parent       android background   FFFFFF  gt        lt ListView          android id   android id list  android layout width  fill parent          android layout height  wrap content   gt           lt  -- REMOVED TEXT VIEW  AND KEEPING BACKGROUND WHITE -- gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    And lastly  most importantly  set your adapter    setListAdapter new ArrayAdapter lt String gt               this  R layout list black text  R id list content  listItems      Notice the layout resource which we are passing to adapter R layout list black text  and R id list content which is TextView ID we declared  I have also changed ArrayAdapter to String type since it s generic   I hope this explains everything  Mark my answer accepted if you agree   Messy but a good quick fix way You can also do this with a quick fix if you do not want to go ahead with complex layout defining etc   While instantiating the adapter declare an inner class to do this  here is the code sample       ArrayAdapter lt String gt  adapter new ArrayAdapter lt String gt               this  android R layout simple list item 1  listItems             Override         public View getView int position  View convertView  ViewGroup parent                View view  super getView position  convertView  parent                TextView textView  TextView  view findViewById android R id text1                  YOUR CHOICE OF COLOR               textView setTextColor Color BLUE                return view                          SET THE ADAPTER TO LISTVIEW       setListAdapter adapter

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never use getApplicationContext    Just use your Activity as the Context  See if that helps   Please check here  CommonsWare answers

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Create a styles file  for example  my styles xml and save it in res values  Add the following code    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt resources gt    lt style name  ListFont  parent   android style Widget ListView  gt       lt item name  android textColor  gt  FF0000 lt  item gt       lt item name  android typeface  gt sans lt  item gt   lt  style gt    lt  resources gt   Add your style to your Activity definition in your AndroidManifest xml as an android theme attribute  and assign as value the name of the style you created  For example     lt activity android name  your activityClass  android theme   style ListFont  gt       NOTE  the Widget ListView comes from here  Also check this

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if you didnot set your activity style it shows you black background  if you want to make changes such as white background  black text of listview then it is difficult process   ADD  android theme   style AppTheme  in Android Manifest

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