Standard Android Button with a different color

Question

I\'d like to change the color of a standard Android button slightly in order to better match a client\'s branding.

The best way I\'ve found to do this so far is to c

Answer 1

The way I do a different styled button that works quite well is to subclass the Button object and apply a colour filter. This also handles enabled and disabled states by applying an alpha to the button.

import android.annotation.TargetApi;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.ColorFilter;
import android.graphics.LightingColorFilter;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.graphics.drawable.LayerDrawable;
import android.os.Build;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.widget.Button;

public class DimmableButton extends Button {

    public DimmableButton(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public DimmableButton(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public DimmableButton(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    @Override
    public void setBackgroundDrawable(Drawable d) {
        // Replace the original background drawable (e.g. image) with a LayerDrawable that
        // contains the original drawable.
        DimmableButtonBackgroundDrawable layer = new DimmableButtonBackgroundDrawable(d);
        super.setBackgroundDrawable(layer);
    }

    @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN)
    @Override
    public void setBackground(Drawable d) {
        // Replace the original background drawable (e.g. image) with a LayerDrawable that
        // contains the original drawable.
        DimmableButtonBackgroundDrawable layer = new DimmableButtonBackgroundDrawable(d);
        super.setBackground(layer);
    }

    /**
     * The stateful LayerDrawable used by this button.
     */
    protected class DimmableButtonBackgroundDrawable extends LayerDrawable {

        // The color filter to apply when the button is pressed
        protected ColorFilter _pressedFilter = new LightingColorFilter(Color.LTGRAY, 1);
        // Alpha value when the button is disabled
        protected int _disabledAlpha = 100;
        // Alpha value when the button is enabled
        protected int _fullAlpha = 255;

        public DimmableButtonBackgroundDrawable(Drawable d) {
            super(new Drawable[] { d });
        }

        @Override
        protected boolean onStateChange(int[] states) {
            boolean enabled = false;
            boolean pressed = false;

            for (int state : states) {
                if (state == android.R.attr.state_enabled)
                    enabled = true;
                else if (state == android.R.attr.state_pressed)
                    pressed = true;
            }

            mutate();
            if (enabled && pressed) {
                setColorFilter(_pressedFilter);
            } else if (!enabled) {
                setColorFilter(null);
                setAlpha(_disabledAlpha);
            } else {
                setColorFilter(null);
                setAlpha(_fullAlpha);
            }

            invalidateSelf();

            return super.onStateChange(states);
        }

        @Override
        public boolean isStateful() {
            return true;
        }
    }

}

Answer 2

Its simple.. add this dependency in your project and create a button with 1. Any shape 2. Any color 3. Any border 4. With material effects

https://github.com/manojbhadane/QButton

<com.manojbhadane.QButton
       android:layout_width="match_parent"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:text="OK"
       app:qb_backgroundColor="@color/green"
       app:qb_radius="100"
       app:qb_strokeColor="@color/darkGreen"
       app:qb_strokeWidth="5" />

Answer 3

In <Button> use android:background="#33b5e5". or better android:background="@color/navig_button"

Answer 4

I am using this approach

style.xml

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="android:colorPrimaryDark">#413152</item>
    <item name="android:colorPrimary">#534364</item>
    <item name="android:colorAccent">#534364</item>
    <item name="android:buttonStyle">@style/MyButtonStyle</item>
</style>

<style name="MyButtonStyle" parent="Widget.AppCompat.Button.Colored">
    <item name="android:colorButtonNormal">#534364</item>
    <item name="android:textColor">#ffffff</item>
</style>

As you can see from above, I'm using a custom style for my button. The button color corresponds to the accent color. I find this a much better approach than setting android:background as I won't lose the ripple effect Google provides.

Answer 5

I like the color filter suggestion in previous answers from @conjugatedirection and @Tomasz; However, I found that the code provided so far wasn't as easily applied as I expected.

First, it wasn't mentioned where to apply and clear the color filter. It's possible that there are other good places to do this, but what came to mind for me was an OnTouchListener.

From my reading of the original question, the ideal solution would be one that does not involve any images. The accepted answer using custom_button.xml from @emmby is probably a better fit than color filters if that's your goal. In my case, I'm starting with a png image from a UI designer of what the button is supposed to look like. If I set the button background to this image, the default highlight feedback is lost completely. This code replaces that behavior with a programmatic darkening effect.

button.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
        switch (event.getAction()) {
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
                // 0x6D6D6D sets how much to darken - tweak as desired
                setColorFilter(v, 0x6D6D6D);
                break;
            // remove the filter when moving off the button
            // the same way a selector implementation would 
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
                Rect r = new Rect();
                v.getLocalVisibleRect(r);
                if (!r.contains((int) event.getX(), (int) event.getY())) {
                    setColorFilter(v, null);
                }
                break;
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_OUTSIDE:
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL:
            case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                setColorFilter(v, null);
                break;
        }
        return false;
    }

    private void setColorFilter(View v, Integer filter) {
        if (filter == null) v.getBackground().clearColorFilter();
        else {
            // To lighten instead of darken, try this:
            // LightingColorFilter lighten = new LightingColorFilter(0xFFFFFF, filter);
            LightingColorFilter darken = new LightingColorFilter(filter, 0x000000);
            v.getBackground().setColorFilter(darken);
        }
        // required on Android 2.3.7 for filter change to take effect (but not on 4.0.4)
        v.getBackground().invalidateSelf();
    }
});

I extracted this as a separate class for application to multiple buttons - shown as anonymous inner class just to get the idea.

Answer 6

Following on from Tomasz's answer, you can also programmatically set the shade of the entire button using the PorterDuff multiply mode. This will change the button colour rather than just the tint.

If you start with a standard grey shaded button:

button.getBackground().setColorFilter(0xFFFF0000, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);

will give you a red shaded button,

button.getBackground().setColorFilter(0xFF00FF00, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);

will give you a green shaded button etc., where the first value is the colour in hex format.

It works by multiplying the current button colour value by your colour value. I'm sure there's also a lot more you can do with these modes.