android - Making a LinearLayout act like an Button

Question

I have a LinearLayout that I've styled to look like a button, and it contains a few text/ImageView elements. I would like to make the whole LinearLayout act like a button, in particular to give it states that are defined in a so it has a different background when it is pressed.

Is there a better way than making an ImageButton the size of the whole Layout and positioning absolutely?

Answer 1

If you want add the Android default background behavior to make a Layout acts like a "clikable" View, set on the targeted Layout:

API 11+ (Pure Android):

android:background="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground"

API 7+ (Android + AppCompat Support Library):

android:background="?attr/selectableItemBackground"

Any API:

android:background="@android:drawable/list_selector_background"

Answers above still true but didn't help me for just add the default pressed and released UI state (like in a ListView for instance).