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

The simplest solution I have found is to change the background color programmatically. This does not require dealing with any 9-patch images:

((EditText) findViewById(R.id.id_nick_name)).getBackground()
    .setColorFilter(Color., PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);

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