getColor(int id) deprecated on Android 6.0 Marshmallow (API 23)

Question

The Resources.getColor(int id) method has been deprecated.

@ColorInt
@Deprecated
public int getColor(@ColorRes int id) throws NotFoundException          


        

Answer 1

I got frustrated too. My need was very straightforward. All I wanted was the ARGB color from the resources, so I wrote a simple static method.

protected static int getARGBColor(Context c, int resId)
        throws Resources.NotFoundException {

    TypedValue color = new TypedValue();
    try {
        c.getResources().getValue(resId, color, true);
    }
    catch (Resources.NotFoundException e) {
        throw(new Resources.NotFoundException(
                  String.format("Failed to find color for resourse id 0x%08x",
                                resId)));
    }
    if (color.type != TYPE_INT_COLOR_ARGB8) {
        throw(new Resources.NotFoundException(
                  String.format(
                      "Resourse id 0x%08x is of type 0x%02d. Expected TYPE_INT_COLOR_ARGB8",
                      resId, color.type))
        );
    }
    return color.data;
}