Android: Set Random colour background on create

Question

What I want is when I load my app up it to randomly have a certain colored background from a predefined list of strings stored in a values xml file called colours.

Answer 1

TRY THIS METHOD SIMPLE AND EASY

private boolean isOne = false, isTwo = false, isThree = false, isFour = false, isFive = false;

if(position==0){
            holder.llDate.setBackgroundColor(mContext.getResources().getColor(R.color.color1));
            holder.view.setBackgroundColor(mContext.getResources().getColor(R.color.color1));
            isTwo = true;
        }else if(isOne){
            holder.llDate.setBackgroundColor(mContext.getResources().getColor(R.color.color1));
            holder.view.setBackgroundColor(mContext.getResources().getColor(R.color.color1));
            isOne = false;
            isTwo = true;
        }else if(isTwo){
            holder.llDate.setBackgroundColor(mContext.getResources().getColor(R.color.color2));
            holder.view.setBackgroundColor(mContext.getResources().getColor(R.color.color2));
            isTwo = false;
            isThree = true;
        }else if(isThree){
            holder.llDate.setBackgroundColor(mContext.getResources().getColor(R.color.color3));
            holder.view.setBackgroundColor(mContext.getResources().getColor(R.color.color3));
            isThree = false;
            isFour = true;
        }else if(isFour){
            holder.llDate.setBackgroundColor(mContext.getResources().getColor(R.color.color4));
            holder.view.setBackgroundColor(mContext.getResources().getColor(R.color.color4));
            isFour = false;
            isFive = true;
        }else if(isFive){
            holder.llDate.setBackgroundColor(mContext.getResources().getColor(R.color.color5));
            holder.view.setBackgroundColor(mContext.getResources().getColor(R.color.color5));
            isFive = false;
            isOne = true;
        }