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Android

Posted by Christopher Stewart
Christopher Stewart
7,531 Points

Why do the Items in my ListView have a solid white background?

I noticed that in the video the gradient background is visible behind the placeholder items of the ListView. For me each item is on a solid white background. I have to set the text of the TextView to black so that I can see it.

Am I just missing a setting? Setting the ListView's background to #00ffffff didn't do anything, and I don't see a way of setting background color for its items.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.cstewart.stormy.ui.DailyForecastActivity">

    <ListView
        android:id="@android:id/list"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <TextView
        android:id="@android:id/empty"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/no_data_message"
        android:textColor="#ff000000"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
Calin Bogdan
Calin Bogdan
14,921 Points

Hi!
Could you please paste the ListView layout xml file? It's easier for us to figure out the issue that way. Thanks!

Christopher Stewart
Christopher Stewart
7,531 Points

Thanks. I just added the it to my post.

Christopher Stewart
Christopher Stewart
7,531 Points

Lol, nope! That fixed it right up.

1 Answer

Calin Bogdan
Calin Bogdan
14,921 Points

Have you added the gradient drawable to the background attribute?