How to set the text color of TextView in code?

Question

In XML, we can set a text color by the textColor attribute, like android:textColor=\"#FF0000\". But how do I change it by coding?

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Answer 1

There are many different ways to set color on text view.

1. Add color value in studio res->values->colors.xml as

   #800080
   

   Now set the color in xml or actvity class as

   text.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.color_purple)
   

2. If you want to give color code directly use below Color.parseColor code

   textView.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#ffffff"));   
   

3. You can also use RGB

   text.setTextColor(Color.rgb(200,0,0));
   

4. Use can also use direct hexcode for textView. You can also insert plain HEX, like so:

   text.setTextColor(0xAARRGGBB);
   

5. You can also use argb with alpha values.

      text.setTextColor(Color.argb(0,200,0,0));
   

   a for Alpha (Transparent) v.

6. And if you're using the Compat library you can do something like this

      text.setTextColor(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.color_purple));