How to set the text color of TextView in code?

Question

In XML, we can set a text color by the textColor attribute, like android:textColor=\"#FF0000\". But how do I change it by coding?

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Answer 1

text.setTextColor(getResource().getColor(R.color.black)) you have create black color in color.xml.

OR

text.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#000000")) here type desired hexcode

OR

text.setTextColor(Color.BLACK) you can use static color fields

Answer 2

   textViewStatus.setTextColor(res.getColor(R.color.green));

Answer 3

I did this way: Create a XML file, called Colors in res/values folder.

My Colors.xml:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <color name="vermelho_debito">#cc0000</color>
    <color name="azul_credito">#4c4cff</color>
    <color name="preto_bloqueado">#000000</color>
    <color name="verde_claro_fundo_lista">#CFDBC5</color>
    <color name="branco">#ffffff</color>
    <color name="amarelo_corrige">#cccc00</color>
    <color name="verde_confirma">#66b266</color>
</resources>

To get this colors from the xml file, I've used this code: valor it's a TextView, and ctx it's a Context object. I'm not using it from an Activity, but a BaseAdapter to a ListView. That's why I've used this Context Object.

valor.setTextColor(ctx.getResources().getColor(R.color.azul_credito));

Hope it helps.

Answer 4

use the following code in layout.xml

<TextView  android:id="@+id/textView1"    
android:layout_width="wrap_content"    
android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
android:text="@string/add"
android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
android:textAppearance="?
android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
android:textColor="#25383C"
android:textSize="13sp" />

<TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/add"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
        android:textColor="#25383C"
        android:textSize="13sp" />

Answer 5

If you plan to use setTextAppearance you should know that it will overwrite the text color with the style inherited from the theme. So if you want to use both, set the color afterwards.

This works:

textView.setTextAppearance(context, android.R.style.TextAppearance_Medium);
textView.setTextColor(Color.RED);

While this will cause your textcolor to be for instance white(for dark theme) or black(for the light theme):

textView.setTextColor(Color.RED);
textView.setTextAppearance(context, android.R.style.TextAppearance_Medium);

Contrary to this in XML the order is arbitrary.

Answer 6

TextView text = new TextView(context);
text.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("any hex value of a color"));

Above code is working on my side. Here text is a TextView on which color is needed to be set.