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

One approach is to use spans:

final ForegroundColorSpan whiteSpan = new ForegroundColorSpan(ContextCompat.getColor(this, android.R.color.white));
SpannableStringBuilder snackbarText = new SpannableStringBuilder("Hello, I'm white!");
snackbarText.setSpan(whiteSpan, 0, snackbarText.length(), Spanned.SPAN_INCLUSIVE_INCLUSIVE);

Snackbar.make(view, snackbarText, Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG)
                .show();

With spans you can also add several colors and styles inside one Snackbar. Here's a nice guide:

https://androidbycode.wordpress.com/2015/06/06/material-design-snackbar-using-the-design-support-library/