android-color

In my Android java code, how can I reference the color "colorPrimary" set in my theme? I have the following theme definition: <!-- Application theme. --> <style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme"> <item name="colorPrimary">@color/myColor1</item> <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/myColor2</item> <item name="colorControlNormal">@color/myColor3</item> <item name="colorControlActivated">@color/myColor4</item> </style> I could reference the color resource directly (R.color.myColor1), but I would prefer to reference the theme's primaryColor setting, so that it stays consistent if the

I want to give the user the opportunity to select wich color skin will have the app. For example, i whould implement a black skin with black colours with different tonalities and also a white skin with withe tonalities. Which whould be the best approach to achieve this? For example i know that there is a colors.xml file in Android that should contain the colours of your app. Whould be a way to have two colors files or something and to use one or other depending of user selection? Maybe a styles.xml file? Please tell me your opinion about which whould be the best approach to achieve this Thank

Google has their Color - Guidelines , so how to randomly receive a color? Is there a way to specify a number from the table and receive a random color out of all colors of the table? For example getMatColor(100); : EDIT - Result: (Icon colors) Tibox Better late than never. My new response if the real purpose is to get a random material color for a type of color. Add the array.xml file (from @8m47x) <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources> <array name="mdcolor_50"> <item name="red_50" type="color">#fde0dc</item> <item name="pink_50" type="color">#fce4ec</item> <item name="purple_50"

As I wrote in my question, I want to change the color of the drop down arrow (the default arrow, not a custom arrow or something like that) of a Spinner in XML , but the problem is that I couldn't find anything to make reference to it from the XML . Is it possible? If yes, how can I change the color? Thanks in advance. There are three ways to achieve that. 1. Through code: In your xml, make sure your spinner has an id. Let's say we have a spinner with id "spinner". In your code, add the following in your onCreate(): Spinner spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner); spinner.getBackground(

I have this: round_button.xml <xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <item android:state_pressed="true"> <shape android:shape="oval"> <solid android:color="#dec60000"/> <size android:width="150dp" android:height="150dp"/> </shape> </item> <item android:state_pressed="false"> <shape android:shape="oval"> <solid android:color="#860000"/> <size android:width="150dp" android:height="150dp"/> </shape> </item> My Button: <Button android:id="@+id/incrementBTN" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"

I am trying to create a ColorStateList programatically using this: ColorStateList stateList = new ColorStateList(states, colors); But I am not sure what are the two parameters. As per the documentation: public ColorStateList (int[][] states, int[] colors) Added in API level 1 Creates a ColorStateList that returns the specified mapping from states to colors. Can somebody please explain me how to create this? What is the meaning of two-dimensional array for states? See http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#state_above_anchor for a list of available states. If you want to set