Changing gradient background colors on Android at runtime

Question

I\'m experimenting with Drawable backgrounds and have had no problems so far.

I\'m now trying to change the gradient background color at runtime.

Unfortunate

Answer 1

Yes! Found a way!

Had to forget about XML, but here's how I did it:

On my getView() overloaded function (ListAdapter) I just had to:

    int h = v.getHeight();
    ShapeDrawable mDrawable = new ShapeDrawable(new RectShape());
    mDrawable.getPaint().setShader(new LinearGradient(0, 0, 0, h, Color.parseColor("#330000FF"), Color.parseColor("#110000FF"), Shader.TileMode.REPEAT));
    v.setBackgroundDrawable(mDrawable);

And that gave me the same result as the XML background above. Now I can programmatically set the background color.

Answer 2

Try my code below:

 int[] colors = new int[2];
            colors[0] = getRandomColor();
            colors[1] = getRandomColor();


            GradientDrawable gd = new GradientDrawable(
                    GradientDrawable.Orientation.TOP_BOTTOM, colors);

            gd.setGradientType(GradientDrawable.RADIAL_GRADIENT);
            gd.setGradientRadius(300f);
            gd.setCornerRadius(0f);
            YourView.setBackground(gd);

Method for generating random color:

public static int getRandomColor(){
    Random rnd = new Random();
    return Color.argb(255, rnd.nextInt(256), rnd.nextInt(56), rnd.nextInt(256));
}

Answer 3

I tried using Phenome's solution for Button view. But somehow it did not work.

I came up with something else: (Courtesy: Android API Demo examples)

package com.example.testApp;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.drawable.GradientDrawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;

public class TetApp extends Activity {
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        View v = findViewById(R.id.btn);
        v.setBackgroundDrawable( new DrawableGradient(new int[] { 0xff666666, 0xff111111, 0xffffffff }, 0).SetTransparency(10));

    }

    public class DrawableGradient extends GradientDrawable {
        DrawableGradient(int[] colors, int cornerRadius) {
            super(GradientDrawable.Orientation.TOP_BOTTOM, colors);

            try {
                this.setShape(GradientDrawable.RECTANGLE);
                this.setGradientType(GradientDrawable.LINEAR_GRADIENT);
                this.setCornerRadius(cornerRadius);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

        public DrawableGradient SetTransparency(int transparencyPercent) {
            this.setAlpha(255 - ((255 * transparencyPercent) / 100));

            return this;
        }
    }
}

Answer 4

Depending on your requirements, using a color state list instead of a fixed color for startColor and endColor might do what you want.