I am wondering how I can change the border color of the edittext when it is focused, at the moment it looks like this:
You can create a custom shape for your EditText
1: STATE_ENABLED is to check if the ET is enabled/disabled.
2: STATE_PRESSED is to check when the ET is pressed (it will change the color on the press but won't keep it that way.)
3: STATE_FOCUSED keeps the ET border color changed as long as the ET is focused(This fulfills the requirement).
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_enabled="true"
android:state_focused="true">
<shape android:padding="10dp" android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
<stroke android:width="2dp" android:color="#ffa0a496" />
<corners android:bottomLeftRadius="15dp" android:bottomRightRadius="15dp" android:topLeftRadius="15dp" android:topRightRadius="15dp" />
</shape>
</item>
<item android:state_enabled="true">
<shape android:padding="10dp"
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
<corners android:bottomLeftRadius="15dp" android:bottomRightRadius="15dp" android:topLeftRadius="15dp" android:topRightRadius="15dp" />
</shape>
</item>
</selector>
And set background:
editText.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.yourFile);