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

This is how I converted a Hex color to int and applied to a Background of a View

Let's say that we have a color #8080000.

1) Hex to int conversion

int myColor = Color.parseColor("#808000");

2) Set background

view.setBackgroundColor(context.getColor(myColor));