Xamarin.Forms ListView: Set the highlight color of a tapped item

Question

Using Xamarin.Forms, how can I define the highlight/background color of a selected/tapped ListView item?

(My list has a black background and white text color, so the default highlight color on iOS is too bright. In contrast, on Android there is no highlighting at all - up to a subtle horizontal gray line.)

Example: (left: iOS, right: Android; while pressing "Barn2")

Answer 1

In Android simply edit your styles.xml file under Resources\values adding this:

<resources>
  <style name="MyTheme" parent="android:style/Theme.Material.Light.DarkActionBar">
   <item name="android:colorPressedHighlight">@color/ListViewSelected</item>
   <item name="android:colorLongPressedHighlight">@color/ListViewHighlighted</item>
   <item name="android:colorFocusedHighlight">@color/ListViewSelected</item>
   <item name="android:colorActivatedHighlight">@color/ListViewSelected</item>
   <item name="android:activatedBackgroundIndicator">@color/ListViewSelected</item>
  </style>
<color name="ListViewSelected">#96BCE3</color>
<color name="ListViewHighlighted">#E39696</color>
</resources>