How to set TextColor using setTextColor(ColorsStateList colors)?

Question

I need to change text color when state change(pressed, focus)...

How to set the text color of a TextView using ColorsStateList?

Pandarus

Did you read this? #3506819 – Hoelscher

Your question is ambiguous- are you simply looking for a tutorial on the use of ColorStateList? Have you searched around at all? #3827916 – Nominate

Yes, but i cant use XML. I need do this programatically – Pandarus

Answer 1

If you need to set the colors in code (using ColorStateList), but still want to keep the color states in an XML, you might want to use this:

try {
    XmlResourceParser parser = getResources().getXml(R.color.your_colors);
    ColorStateList colors = ColorStateList.createFromXml(getResources(), parser);
    mText.setTextColor(colors);
} catch (Exception e) {
    // handle exceptions
}

res/color/your_colors.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_pressed="true"
          android:color="#222222"/>
    <item android:state_selected="true"
          android:color="#222222"/>
    <item android:state_focused="true"
          android:color="#222222"/>
    <item android:color="#0000ff"/>
</selector>

Darceldarcey

There is a much simpler way to achieve this: mText.setTextColor(getResources().getColorStateList(R.color.your_colors)); – Gerrygerrymander

@Gerrygerrymander it doesn't seem to retain the color states if you set it that way (at least it wasn't for me). I had to use the method above in order to retain the selected color state, etc. – Biopsy

When does it doesn't retain the color states? When an configuration change occurs? – Gerrygerrymander

Ol_v_er's method (in the first comment, not in the answer) worked perfectly for me, all the states are retained (Android 2.3 & 4.4). – Latinity

Just to update this for 2017, the better way would now be: mText.setTextColor(ContextCompat.getColorStateList(getContext(), R.color.my_color_statelist); – Segregate

Answer 2

You have to use getColorStateList()

I was also struggling with this problem, if you want to use a state list, you need to declared it in the color resources folder, instead of the drawable folder, and use the setTextColor(getResources().getColorStateList(R.color.your_colors)).

Abb

This was the solution for me. Android Studio 2.3 was showing very inconsistent behaviour with the selector in the 'drawable' folder. Sometimes it would work, sometimes it would get confused and just colour all the text pink. By adding a 'color' resource folder and putting the selector XML file in there, everything came good. – Herzog

Answer 3

You can also use ContextCompat to load a color state list

ColorStateList colors = ContextCompat.getColorStateList(this,R.color.my_color_list);

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