How to programmatically round corners and set random background colors

Question

I\'d like to round the corners of a view and also change the color of the view based on the contents at runtime.

TextView v = new TextView(context);
v.setTex         


        

Answer 1

Instead of setBackgroundColor, retrieve the background drawable and set its color:

v.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.tags_rounded_corners);

GradientDrawable drawable = (GradientDrawable) v.getBackground();
if (i % 2 == 0) {
  drawable.setColor(Color.RED);
} else {
  drawable.setColor(Color.BLUE);
}

Also, you can define the padding within your tags_rounded_corners.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
  <corners android:radius="4dp" />
  <padding
    android:top="2dp"
    android:left="2dp"
    android:bottom="2dp"
    android:right="2dp" />
</shape> 

Answer 2

Total programmatic approach to set rounded corners and add random background color to a View. I have not tested the code, but you get the idea.

 GradientDrawable shape =  new GradientDrawable();
 shape.setCornerRadius( 8 );

 // add some color
 // You can add your random color generator here
 // and set color
 if (i % 2 == 0) {
  shape.setColor(Color.RED);
 } else {
  shape.setColor(Color.BLUE);
 }

 // now find your view and add background to it
 View view = (LinearLayout) findViewById( R.id.my_view );
 view.setBackground(shape);

Here we are using gradient drawable so that we can make use of GradientDrawable#setCornerRadius because ShapeDrawable DOES NOT provide any such method.

Answer 3

You can better achieve it by using the DrawableCompat like this:

Drawable backgroundDrawable = view.getBackground();             
DrawableCompat.setTint(backgroundDrawable, newColor);

Answer 4

If you are not having a stroke you can use

colorDrawable = resources.getDrawable(R.drawable.x_sd_circle); 

colorDrawable.setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP);

but this will also change stroke color

Answer 5

I think the fastest way to do this is:

GradientDrawable gradientDrawable = new GradientDrawable(
            GradientDrawable.Orientation.TOP_BOTTOM, //set a gradient direction 
            new int[] {0xFF757775,0xFF151515}); //set the color of gradient
gradientDrawable.setCornerRadius(10f); //set corner radius

//Apply background to your view
View view = (RelativeLayout) findViewById( R.id.my_view );
if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT>=16)
     view.setBackground(gradientDrawable);
else view.setBackgroundDrawable(gradientDrawable);    

Answer 6

You can dynamically change color of any items ( layout, textview ) . Try below code to set color programmatically in layout

in activity.java file

String quote_bg_color = "#FFC107"
quoteContainer= (LinearLayout)view.findViewById(R.id.id_quotecontainer);
quoteContainer.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.layout_round);
GradientDrawable drawable = (GradientDrawable) quoteContainer.getBackground();
drawable.setColor(Color.parseColor(quote_bg_color));

create layout_round.xml in drawable folder

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <solid android:color="@color/colorPrimaryLight"/>
    <stroke android:width="0dp" android:color="#B1BCBE" />
    <corners android:radius="10dp"/>
    <padding android:left="0dp" android:top="0dp" android:right="0dp" android:bottom="0dp" />
</shape>

layout in activity.xml file

<LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/id_quotecontainer"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="vertical">

----other components---

</LinearLayout>