Android – Keep ListView’s item highlighted once one has been clicked

Put a position variable for selected item. Change the position in onItemClicked() method. Check the selected position in List Adapter inside getView() and set the background for the selected item.

public class TestAdapter extends BaseAdapter
{
    private Context context;
    private ArrayList<TestList> testList;
    private int selectedIndex;
    private int selectedColor = Color.parseColor("#1b1b1b");

    public TestAdapter(Context ctx, ArrayList<TestList> testList)
    {
        this.context = ctx;
        this.testList = testList;
        selectedIndex = -1;
    }

    public void setSelectedIndex(int ind)
    {
        selectedIndex = ind;
        notifyDataSetChanged();
    }

    @Override
    public int getCount()
    {
        return testList.size();
    }

    @Override
    public Object getItem(int position)
    {
        return testList.get(position);
    }

    @Override
    public long getItemId(int position)
    {
        return position;
    }

    private class ViewHolder
    {
        TextView tv;
    }

    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
    {
        View vi = convertView;
        ViewHolder holder;
        if(convertView == null)
        {
            vi = LayoutInflater.from(context).inflate(R.layout.test_list_item, null);
            holder = new ViewHolder();

            holder.tv = (TextView) vi;

            vi.setTag(holder);
        }
        else
        {
            holder = (ViewHolder) vi.getTag();
        }

        if(selectedIndex!= -1 && position == selectedIndex)
        {
            holder.tv.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK);
        }
        else
        {
            holder.tv.setBackgroundColor(selectedColor);
        }
        holder.tv.setText("" + (position + 1) + " " + testList.get(position).getTestText());

        return vi;
    }

}

Now set the selectedIndex variable when a list item clicked.

public class TestActivity extends Activity implements OnItemClickListener
{
    // Implemented onItemClickListener

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