// Adding menuItems to ListView
 SimpleAdapter adapter = new SimpleAdapter(getActivity(), menuItems,
    R.layout.list_item, new String[] { KEY_ALLARM_ID,
            KEY_DATETIME, KEY_CATEGORY, KEY_SUB_CATEGORY,
            KEY_USER_NAME, KEY_WIIL_HELP, KEY_NEED_HELP,
            KEY_DESCRIPTION, KEY_CATEGORY_ID,
            KEY_SUB_CATEGORY_ID, KEY_LAT, KEY_LNG,
            KEY_USER_PHONE }, new int[] { R.id.allarm_id,
            R.id.date_time, R.id.category, R.id.sub_category,
            R.id.user_name, R.id.will_help, R.id.need_help,
            R.id.description, R.id.category_id,
            R.id.sub_category_id, R.id.lat, R.id.lng,
            R.id.user_phone });

SimpleAdapter.ViewBinder binder = new SimpleAdapter.ViewBinder() {
@Override
public boolean setViewValue(View view, Object object, String value) {
    LayoutInflater inflater_my = (LayoutInflater)getActivity()
            .getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
    View category_View = inflater_my.inflate(R.layout.list_item, null);
        if(view.getId() == R.id.category_id)
    {
        int converted=Integer.parseInt(value);
        TextView lblCategory = (TextView) category_View.findViewById(R.id.category);

        switch (converted) {
        // LinearLayout
        case 1:
        {
            lblCategory.setTextColor(Color.RED);
            break;
        }
        case 2:
        {
            lblCategory.setTextColor(Color.MAGENTA);
            break;
        }
        case 3:
        {
            lblCategory.setTextColor(Color.GREEN);
            break;
        }
        case 4:
        {
            lblCategory.setTextColor(Color.BLUE);
            break;
        }
        }
    }
      return false;
    }
};
 adapter.setViewBinder(binder);
 setListAdapter(adapter);

<TextView
                android:id="@+id/category"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:textSize="16sp"
                android:textStyle="bold"
                android:paddingLeft="10dp"
                android:gravity="left">
            </TextView>
            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/sub_category_id"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:textColor="#000000"
                android:textStyle="normal"
                android:visibility="gone"
                android:gravity="left">
            </TextView>