Android ViewHolder Background Color

Question

I am creating an Android application that contains a RecyclerView with a nested CardView. I need to alternate every other Card to a different color. I am using @Override to override the onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder vh, int pos) method. I need to change the background color from that method (I assume), but there are no methods to set the background color of a ViewHolder!

I'm sorry for my noobie-ness, I'm learning Android development now.

-Ben

EDIT: Code:

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_9);

    pieRecyclerView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.recyclerView);
    pieRecyclerView.setHasFixedSize(true);
    pies = makePies();

    pieLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(this);
    pieRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(pieLayoutManager);
    PieAdapter adapter = new PieAdapter(pies);
    pieRecyclerView.setAdapter(adapter);
}

public class PieAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<ViewHolder> {

    Context mContext;
    ArrayList<Pie> mPies;
    LayoutInflater mInflater;

    public PieAdapter(ArrayList<Pie> pies) {

        mPies = pies;

    }

    @Override
    public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {

        View v = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.card_layout, parent, false);
        return new ViewHolder(v);

    }

    @Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder holder, int position) {

        Pie currentPie = mPies.get(position);
        holder.textViewName.setText(currentPie.mName);
        holder.textViewDescription.setText(currentPie.mDescription);
        NumberFormat formatter = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();
        String price = formatter.format(currentPie.mPrice);
        holder.textViewPrice.setText(price);

    }

    @Override
    public int getItemCount() {

        return mPies.size();

    }
}

private class ViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {

    public TextView textViewName;
    public TextView textViewDescription;
    public TextView textViewPrice;

    public ViewHolder(View v) {

        super(v);
        textViewName = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.textViewName);
        textViewDescription = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.textViewDescription);
        textViewPrice = (TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.textViewPrice);

    }
}

private ArrayList<Pie> makePies() {

    ArrayList<Pie> pies = new ArrayList<Pie>();
    pies.add(new Pie("Apple", "An old-fashoned favorite.", 1.5));
    pies.add(new Pie("Blueberry", "Made with fresh Maine blueberries.", 1.5));
    pies.add(new Pie("Cherry", "Delicious and fresh made daily", 2.0));
    pies.add(new Pie("Coconut Cream", "A customer favorite.", 2.5));
    return pies;

}

private class Pie {

    String mName;
    String mDescription;
    double mPrice;

    public Pie(String name, String description, double price) {

        this.mName = name;
        this.mDescription = description;
        this.mPrice = price;

    }
}`

Answer 1

The ViewHolder object is not itself a View. If you want to change the background of the entire list item, you probably want to call viewHolder.itemView.setBackgroundColor(...). The itemView of a ViewHolder is whatever View you passed into the constructor.