Create a new color drawable

Question

I am trying to convert a hex value to an int so I can create a new color drawable. I\'m not sure if this is possible, but according to the documentation, it should. It plainly a

Answer 1

Since you're talking about hex you have to start with 0x and don't forget the opacity.

So basically: 0xFFFF6666

ColorDrawable cd = new ColorDrawable(0xFFFF6666);

You can also create a new colors.xml file into /res and define the colors like:

    #FF6666

and simply get the color defined in R.color.mycolor

getResources().getColor(R.color.mycolor)