Android change listview item text color

Question

i'm trying to change some items text color (or backgroung color) in a list view based on a flag . after a long search i didn't find out how to do it , i'm calling the below loop after specific action to change the color:

ListView _listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView2);

        for (int i=0;i<=_listView.getCount();i++)
        {   
           if(Falg == True)
           {
            //here i want to change the list view item color or backgroud color
           }
        }

Answer 1

You can override the getView method of Array adapter and change the color:

ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = 
                    new ArrayAdapter<String>(getApplicationContext(), 
                    android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, 
                    myList) {

    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {

        View view = super.getView(position, convertView, parent);
        TextView text = (TextView) view.findViewById(android.R.id.text1);

        if (flag == True) {
            text.setTextColor(Color.BLACK);
        }   

        return view;
    }
};

Answer 2

You can do it directly in your custom Adapter.

See Adapter.getView()

You can inflate row layout in this method and dynamically change view colors and other stuff.