title: Android - Keep ListView's item highlighted once one has been clicked
body: <p>So I have an activity with 2 <code>ListView</code> widgets, when you select a value in the first one, the second is populated with values related to the selection in the first <code>ListView</code>. This mechanic works without a problem, but now I want the user choices to stay highlighted. I've read a good ammount of question related to this topic and it seems there is a myriad of ways one can accomplish this but after trying about 4-5 of em' I still can't get it to work.</p>
  
  <p>I've got it working on the second <code>ListView</code> using the <code>android:listSelector="#CCCCCC"</code> XML Attribute, but this seems to be wiped clean once a <code>OnItemClickListener</code> is introduced into the mix (like the one I use on my first <code>ListView</code>).</p>
  
  <p><strong>So far here's what I've got:</strong></p>
  
  <p>Custom <code>OnItemClickListener</code> I found browsing various answer regarding this topic (slightly modified it in order for it to load my info the second ListView): </p>
  
  <pre><code>private class ItemHighlighterListener implements OnItemClickListener {
  
      private View oldSelection = null;
  
      public void clearSelection() {
          if(oldSelection != null) {
              oldSelection.setBackgroundColor(android.R.color.transparent);
          }
      }
  
      public void onItemClick(AdapterView&lt;?&gt; parent, View view, int pos, long id) {
          clearSelection();
          oldSelection = view;
          view.setBackgroundDrawable(view.getContext().getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.list_selector));
          loadClubs(mXMLPortalOptions.getRegion(pos).getId());
          mClubList.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter&lt;String&gt;(getApplicationContext(), R.layout.list_item_white, mClubs));
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here's my <code>list_selector.xml</code> file : </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"&gt;
  
      &lt;item android:state_selected="true"&gt;&lt;shape&gt;
              &lt;solid android:color="#CCCCCC" /&gt;
          &lt;/shape&gt;&lt;/item&gt;
  
      &lt;item android:state_selected="false"&gt;&lt;shape&gt;
              &lt;solid android:color="#FFFFFF" /&gt;
          &lt;/shape&gt;&lt;/item&gt;
  
  &lt;/selector&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The method (OnItemClick) is called and executed, but the background of my <code>ListItem</code> stays the same color :/</p>
  
  <p>I can't believe that this simple task has proven so complicated.</p>
  
  <p>If I have omitted code that could be useful or if my question is lacking details, feel free to point that out and I'll do my best to explain myself.</p>