Because it has been requested like that to be. The docs say (somewhere in #95 at highlightPolicy) that no highlight in case there's no leading/trailing actions list, or action attached, or there's no active component in the list item. No highlight also means no click/pressAndHold.
Bug #1362305 also states that no animation (highlight) should happen if no action is attached to a list item. That means at least one of the above should match in order to have highlight, thus click happening.
Because it has been requested like that to be. The docs say (somewhere in #95 at highlightPolicy) that no highlight in case there's no leading/trailing actions list, or action attached, or there's no active component in the list item. No highlight also means no click/pressAndHold.
Bug #1362305 also states that no animation (highlight) should happen if no action is attached to a list item. That means at least one of the above should match in order to have highlight, thus click happening.