Change background color of edittext in android

Question

If I change the background color of my EditText using the below code, it looks like the box is shrunken and it doesn\'t maintain the ICS theme of a blue bottom

Answer 1

I create color.xml file, for naming my color name (black, white...)

 
 
    #ffffff
    #000000
 

And in your EditText, set color

or use style in you style.xml:

and add ctreated style to EditText: