Android List view with alternating row colors

In this article, we shall see how to apply alternating row colors to a listview.

Steps:

• Create your own Adapter and override getView method.
• Use your own logic and set background color inside the getview method.

Source Code

/**
*
*/
package com.blogs.adapters;

import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.SimpleCursorAdapter;

/**
* @author C'dine
* A simple cursor adapter. Only variation is that it displays alternate rows
*  in alternate colors.
*/
public class AlternateRowCursorAdapter extends SimpleCursorAdapter{

private int[] colors = new int[] { Color.parseColor("#F0F0F0"), Color.parseColor("#D2E4FC") };
//private int[] colors = new int[] { R., 0x30808080 };
public AlternateRowCursorAdapter(Context context, int layout, Cursor c,
 String[] from, int[] to) {
super(context, layout, c, from, to);
}
/**
* Display rows in alternating colors
*/
@Override
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
View view = super.getView(position, convertView, parent);
int colorPos = position % colors.length;
view.setBackgroundColor(colors[colorPos]);
return view;
}
}

Output: