Make linear layout selectable like a list item in a list view (Android)

Question

I know how to add an onClick listener to a LinearLayout to make the whole layout a click target, but I'd like to have the LinearLayout get highlighted when tapped just like a list item in a list view. What's the best way to do this?

Answer 1

I prefer a simpler way:

<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"               android:id="@+id/layoutIdentifier"               android:clickable="true"               android:background="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground"                android:layout_width="match_parent"               android:layout_height="match_parent">      <!-- put views here --> </LinearLayout> 

You can't change the state-pressed background this way, but sometimes you don't really need to.

Answer 2

I ran into this and this is what I came up with. In your layout, set the background to a drawable resource:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"      android:id="@+id/clickable_layout"     android:layout_width="fill_parent"      android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:background="@drawable/clickable">  ... </LinearLayout> 

Then in drawable, add clickable.xml as so:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <item android:state_pressed="true"     android:drawable="@android:drawable/list_selector_background" />       </selector> 

Then it's up to you whether or not you want to add a click handler in your activity.