Android - Tinting ProgressBar on pre-Lollipop devices

Question

My app\'s minimum API-level is 19 (KitKat), and contains a layout with a horizontal ProgressBar. I\'m using android:progressTint attribute to tint

Answer 1

Thanks for the suggestions from everyone! :)

The solution which works for me is to create a custom drawable XML file with the root element. There, I'm defining two layer items with the native Android IDs @android:id/background and @android:id/progress. After this, I can define the shapes and color resources I would like to use. This solution is similar to a more popular answer on this SO question.

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Content of my res/drawable/progressbar.xml file:

Defined as progressDrawable for my ProgressBar in the layout XML file:

I didn't have a chance to test it below API 19, but on this level and above it works perfectly.