state_activated pre honeycomb

How do you use

<item android:drawable="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:state_activated="true"/>

for list view items in an apps that should also run on devices <11 ?

Since activated_state is not available before HC, I can only think of two dirty workarounds:

1. Maintain the activated_state manually in your Activity.
2. Maintain the activated element in my custom ListAdapter

But either one is satisfying. (getListView().setChoiceMode(...) wouldn't have an effect,...)

Any other ideas?