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

Kotlin Extension Solution

Add these to make changing text color simpler

For setting ColorInt

myView.textColor = Color.BLACK // or Color.parseColor("#000000"), etc.

var TextView.textColor: Int
get() = currentTextColor
set(@ColorInt color) {
    setTextColor(color)
}

For setting ColorRes

myView.setTextColorRes(R.color.my_color)

fun TextView.setTextColorRes(@ColorRes colorRes: Int) {
    val color = ContextCompat.getColor(context, colorRes)
    setTextColor(color)
}