android listview alternate row color BUT with default cursor selection -

i have been on web, stackoverflow included , can't seem clear complete way

i want create listview that

1) has alternating colors (i able code below) 2) retains default orange selection behavior of android

to accomplish #1 have custom adapter extends arrayadapter , override getview so

public view getview(int position,  view convertview,   viewgroup parent) {   ....    // tablelayoutid id pointing each view/row in list   view tablelayoutview = view.findviewbyid(r.id.tablelayoutid);    if(tablelayoutview != null)   {       int colorpos = position % colors.length;       tablelayoutview.setbackgroundcolor(colors[colorpos]);   } } 

my member variable colors is

private int[] colors = new int[] { 0x30ffffff, 0x30ff2020, 0x30808080 }; 

followed article "android – applying alternate row color in listview simpleadapter" found here

now stuck, see on stackoverflow mention of doing see common, , suggest adding attribute

android:listselector="@color/list_item"

where list_item.xml like

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">    <item android:state_selected="true"     android:drawable="@drawable/transparent" />    .....  </selector> 

then have add code getview() figure out state in , act accordingly.

is there example out there getting work? i'll gladly post mine use if work. :-(

a workaround use 2 selectors. adapter, instead of setting 2 colors, set 2 selectors.

if (position % 2 == 0) {   view.setbackgroundresource(r.drawable.selector_1); } else {   view.setbackgroundresource(r.drawable.selector_2); } 

selector_1 defined in selector_1.xml this:

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

selector_2 defined in selector_2.xml this:

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

so that, have bi-color listview , third color/shape/whatever-you-want selected item.