android - Disable ListView item click highlight

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/rl"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:padding="16dp"
    tools:context=".MainActivity"
    android:background="#cbd1d1"
    >
    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/lv"
        android:layout_width="175dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="#a5afa3"
        />
    <!--
        android:listSelector
            Drawable used to indicate the currently selected item in the list.

            May be a reference to another resource, in the form "@[+][package:]type:name" or to
            a theme attribute in the form "?[package:][type:]name".

            May be a color value, in the form of "#rgb", "#argb", "#rrggbb", or "#aarrggbb".

            This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol listSelector.
    -->
    <!--
        android:cacheColorHint
            Indicates that this list will always be drawn on top of solid, single-color opaque
            background. This allows the list to optimize drawing.

            Must be a color value, in the form of "#rgb", "#argb", "#rrggbb", or "#aarrggbb".

            This may also be a reference to a resource (in the form "@[package:]type:name") or
            theme attribute (in the form "?[package:][type:]name") containing a value of this type.

            This corresponds to the global attribute resource symbol cacheColorHint.
    -->
    <!--
        android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent"
            Only this attribute is work fine to disable ListView item click highlight
    -->
    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/lv_second"
        android:layout_width="175dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/lv"
        android:background="#d113b7"
        android:listSelector="@android:color/transparent"
        android:cacheColorHint="@android:color/transparent"
        />
    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/lv_third"
        android:layout_width="175dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/lv_second"
        android:background="#3ea93d"
        />
</RelativeLayout>

MainActivity.java

package com.cfsuman.me.androidcodesnippets;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
import android.widget.ListView;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;


public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private Context mContext;
    private Activity mActivity;

    private RelativeLayout mRelativeLayout;
    private ListView mListView;
    private ListView mListViewSecond;
    private ListView mListViewThird;


    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        // Get the application context
        mContext = getApplicationContext();

        // Get the activity
        mActivity = MainActivity.this;

        // Get the widgets reference from XML layout
        mRelativeLayout = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.rl);
        mListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.lv);
        mListViewSecond = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.lv_second);
        mListViewThird = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.lv_third);

        // Initialize an array of animals
        String[] animals = new String[]{
                "Red deer",
                "Salamander",
                "Sea urchin",
                "Sea lion",
                "Squirrel",
                "Turkey"
        };

        // Create a list from string array elements
        List<String> animals_list = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(animals));

        // Initialize an ArrayAdapter object from the list
        ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(
                mContext,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,
                animals_list
        );

        // Populate the ListView widgets with ArrayAdapter
        mListView.setAdapter(adapter);
        mListViewSecond.setAdapter(adapter);
        mListViewThird.setAdapter(adapter);

        /*
            public void setSelector (int resID)
                Set a Drawable that should be used to highlight the currently selected item.

            Parameters
                resID int: A Drawable resource to use as the selection highlight.
        */
        // Disable the ListView item click highlight programmatically
        mListViewThird.setSelector(new ColorDrawable(Color.TRANSPARENT));
    }
}