Changing the list item color in android Array Adapter

Question

I'm developing a simple WebView app with a menu using Fragments, everything is working fine, but the text on the ListView is black and I dont know hoy to change it.

I want to know how to change the text color of a list view... here is my code:

package com.lfcchile;


private ActionBarDrawerToggle actionBarDrawerToggle;
private ActionBar actionBar;
private DrawerLayout drawerLayout;
private ListView navList;
private FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction;
private FragmentManager fragmentManager;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
    actionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
    actionBar.setIcon(R.mipmap.ic_launcher);

    drawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawerlayout);
    navList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.navList);
    ArrayList<String> navArray = new ArrayList<String>();
    navArray.add("Inicio");
    navArray.add("Destacado");
    navArray.add("Tabla PL");
    navArray.add("Próximo Partido");
    navArray.add("Fragment 4");
    navArray.add("Fragment 5");
    navList.setChoiceMode(ListView.CHOICE_MODE_SINGLE);
    ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_activated_1, navArray);
    navList.setAdapter(adapter);
    navList.setOnItemClickListener(this);
    actionBarDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, drawerLayout, R.string.opendrawer, R.string.closedrawer);
    drawerLayout.setDrawerListener(actionBarDrawerToggle);

    //ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
    actionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
    actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
    fragmentManager = getSupportFragmentManager();

    loadSelection(0);
}

private void loadSelection(int i){
    navList.setItemChecked(i, true);

    switch (i){
        case 0:
            HomeFragment homeFragment = new HomeFragment();
            fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
            fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.fragmentholder,homeFragment);
            fragmentTransaction.commit();
            break;

        case 1:
            MyFragment1 myFragment1 = new MyFragment1();
            fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
            fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.fragmentholder,myFragment1);
            fragmentTransaction.commit();
            break;

        case 2:
            MyFragment2 myFragment2 = new MyFragment2();
            fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
            fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.fragmentholder,myFragment2);
            fragmentTransaction.commit();
            break;

        case 3:
            MyFragment3 myFragment3 = new MyFragment3();
            fragmentTransaction = fragmentManager.beginTransaction();
            fragmentTransaction.replace(R.id.fragmentholder,myFragment3);
            fragmentTransaction.commit();
            break;

        case 4:

            break;

        case 5:

            break;

    }

}

@Override
public void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
    actionBarDrawerToggle.syncState();
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
    // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
    // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
    int id = item.getItemId();

    //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
    if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
        return true;
    } else if (id == android.R.id.home) {
        if (drawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(navList)) {
            drawerLayout.closeDrawer(navList);
        } else {
            drawerLayout.openDrawer(navList);
        }
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id){
    loadSelection(position);

    drawerLayout.closeDrawer(navList);
}

Here is my XML

<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="@+id/drawerlayout"
>

<FrameLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:id="@+id/fragmentholder"
    >

</FrameLayout>

<ListView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:id="@+id/navList"
    android:divider="@null"
    android:layout_gravity="start"
    android:backgroundTint="#8a0000"
    android:background="#8a0000" />

Default text color is black but I want to change it to white, how can I do it? Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Another simplest way is to create a layout file containing the textview you want with textSize, textStyle, color etc preferred by you and then use it with the ArrayAdapter.

e.g. mytextview.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/tv"
    android:textColor="@color/font_content"
    android:padding="5sp"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/rectgrad"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:gravity="center"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"/>

and then use it with your ArrayAdapter as usual like

private ListView navList;
navList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.navList);
ArrayList<String> navArray = new ArrayList<String>();
    navArray.add("Inicio");
    navArray.add("Destacado");
    navArray.add("Tabla PL");
    navArray.add("Próximo Partido");
    navArray.add("Fragment 4");
    navArray.add("Fragment 5");
ArrayAdapter<String> ad = new ArrayAdapter<String>(context,R.layout.mytextview,navArray);
    navList.setAdapter(ad);