Change colorControlActivated color programmatically

Question

I have read a few threads regarding the color, but all of them has to set via style.xml.

For now I'm using this to determine the color.

<style name="Color1SwitchStyle">
    <item name="colorControlActivated">#0e8488</item>
</style>'

Is it possible to change the color of a SwitchCompat/Checkbox without using XML, for instance using code?

Augmentation

Do you had a look on this ? stackoverflow.com/a/27879897 – Gelsenkirchen

yup, but I have no idea how to access the ColorStateList via code. – Augmentation

stackoverflow.com/a/17788095 – Gelsenkirchen

it shows how to create but SwitchCompat only can assign ColorStateList to BackgroundTintList & TextColor. – Augmentation

Seems that you cannot modify themes / styles programmatically: https://mcmap.net/q/747313/-modify-existing-theme #2016749 . You may consider using a custom drawable for say the thumb of a switchcompat by using setThumbResource(), in which case the Tint manager will not tint it and you can apply color to it programmatically. – Mckinney

For now I'm using third party library which included the change color configuration, however I'm looking for more official way as 3rd party library won't get frequent updates. – Augmentation

Answer 1

Actually, it's not hard to do.

Example:

int[][] states = new int[][] {
        new int[] {-android.R.attr.state_checked},
        new int[] {android.R.attr.state_checked},
};

int[] thumbColors = new int[] {
        Color.BLACK,
        Color.RED,
};

int[] trackColors = new int[] {
        Color.GREEN,
        Color.BLUE,
};

SwitchCompat switchCompat = (SwitchCompat) findViewById(R.id.switchControl);
AppCompatCheckBox checkBox = (AppCompatCheckBox) findViewById(R.id.checkbox);
checkBox.setSupportButtonTintList(new ColorStateList(states, thumbColors));
DrawableCompat.setTintList(DrawableCompat.wrap(switchCompat.getThumbDrawable()), new ColorStateList(states, thumbColors));
DrawableCompat.setTintList(DrawableCompat.wrap(switchCompat.getTrackDrawable()), new ColorStateList(states, trackColors));

Aerospace

Works like a charm! – Biome

that is absolutely perfect and clear answer – Brewery

Answer 2

    DrawableCompat.setTintList(switch.getThumbDrawable(), new ColorStateList(
            new int[][]{
                    new int[]{android.R.attr.state_checked},
                    new int[]{}
            },
            new int[]{
                    Color.parseColor("Write Color code-for ex #ffffffff"),
                    Color.GRAY
            }));

Trifolium

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Answer 3

Another way to do, change the background color:

setBackgroundColor(android.graphics.Color.GREEN);

As:

holper.aSwitch.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
    @Override
    public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton buttonView, boolean isChecked) {

            if (isChecked){

                buttonView.setBackgroundColor(android.graphics.Color.GREEN);
            }}

Felspar