How to set support library snackbar text color to something other than android:textColor?

Question

So I\'ve started using the new Snackbar in the Design Support Library, but I found that when you define \"android:textColor\" in your theme, it applies to the text color of the

Answer 1

Hacking on android.support.design.R.id.snackbar_text is fragile, a better or less hacky way to do that will be:

String snackText = getResources().getString(YOUR_RESOURCE_ID);
SpannableStringBuilder ssb = new SpannableStringBuilder()
    .append(snackText);
ssb.setSpan(
    new ForegroundColorSpan(Color.WHITE),
    0,
    snackText.length(),
    Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
Snackbar.make(
        getView(),
        ssb,
        Snackbar.LENGTH_SHORT)
        .show();