Android button background color

Question

I am trying to set the background color of a button in my app and I am unable to achieve the result that I want...

The color that I am trying to set is holo_gr

Answer 1

In addition to Mark Proctor's answer:

If you want to keep the default styling, but have a conditional coloring on the button, just set the backgroundTint property like so:

android:backgroundTint="@drawable/styles_mybutton"

Create the associated file /res/drawable/styles_mybutton.xml, then use the following template and change the colors as per your tastes: