For some reason, whenever I scroll through my list of items, the background inside my listview disappears and reappears giving rise to a "flicker" effect which I don't really want. I've tried the suggestion at: How to make a ListView transparent in Android? but it doesn't work for some reason. Any suggestions?
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/screenLayout"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="@drawable/background"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:gravity="center"
android:background="@color/title_background"
android:text="@string/whatsnew_title"
>
</TextView>
<ListView
android:id="@android:id/list"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
</ListView>
</LinearLayout>
Did you include android:cacheColorHint="#00000000"
? It's the most important part of the proposed fix. I've just tried your code (obviously not an exact reproduction, as you're using references to project-specific resources) with it, and it seems to work.
This post on the Android Developers blog should be of your interest.