Set EditText cursor color

Question

I am having this issue where I am using the Android\'s Holo theme on a tablet project. However, I have a fragment on screen which has a white background. I am adding an

Answer 1

Here @Jared Rummler's programatic setCursorDrawableColor() version adapted to work also on Android 9 Pie.

@SuppressWarnings({"JavaReflectionMemberAccess", "deprecation"})
public static void setCursorDrawableColor(EditText editText, int color) {

    try {
        Field cursorDrawableResField = TextView.class.getDeclaredField("mCursorDrawableRes");
        cursorDrawableResField.setAccessible(true);
        int cursorDrawableRes = cursorDrawableResField.getInt(editText);
        Field editorField = TextView.class.getDeclaredField("mEditor");
        editorField.setAccessible(true);
        Object editor = editorField.get(editText);
        Class clazz = editor.getClass();
        Resources res = editText.getContext().getResources();
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.P) {
            Field drawableForCursorField = clazz.getDeclaredField("mDrawableForCursor");
            drawableForCursorField.setAccessible(true);
            Drawable drawable = res.getDrawable(cursorDrawableRes);
            drawable.setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);
            drawableForCursorField.set(editor, drawable);
        } else {
            Field cursorDrawableField = clazz.getDeclaredField("mCursorDrawable");
            cursorDrawableField.setAccessible(true);
            Drawable[] drawables = new Drawable[2];
            drawables[0] = res.getDrawable(cursorDrawableRes);
            drawables[1] = res.getDrawable(cursorDrawableRes);
            drawables[0].setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);
            drawables[1].setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);
            cursorDrawableField.set(editor, drawables);
        }
    } catch (Throwable t) {
        Log.w(TAG, t);
    }
}