changing background color of a list view

can anyone help me with changing the background color of a list view?. I am new to android and I really need to know this. Any help will be appreciated.

T开发者_C百科hanks!

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You can use the setBackgroundColor() method of the ListView.

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would this help for example:

<ListView android:id="@+id/rssListView"
    android:background="#7700CC00"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_width="match_parent" />

?