Android colorControlNormal xml attributes doesn't work pre-Lollipop

Question

I\'ve been trying to change the color of the EditText line on the bottom, but my EditText still doesn\'t wanna change the color, but it\'s using the st

Answer 1

I had a similar issue. Wanted to change the highlight colour of the menu items. And none of these attributes didn't work (Support Library v25.0.0).

The only attribute that allowed me to change colour on Pre-L devices is this:

@drawable/YOUR_DRAWABLE

I stopped searching for further workarounds because it's obvious that Support Library is NOT ready for production code.