getColor(int id) deprecated on Android 6.0 Marshmallow (API 23)

Question

The Resources.getColor(int id) method has been deprecated.

@ColorInt
@Deprecated
public int getColor(@ColorRes int id) throws NotFoundException          


        

Answer 1

If your current min. API level is 23, you can simply use getColor() like we are using to get string resources by getString():

//example
textView.setTextColor(getColor(R.color.green));
// if `Context` is not available, use with context.getColor()

You can constraint for API Levels below 23:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
    textView.setTextColor(getColor(R.color.green));
} else {
    textView.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.green));
}

but to keep it simple, you can do like below as accepted answer:

textView.setTextColor(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.green))

From Resources.

From ContextCompat AndroidX.

From ContextCompat Support