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

You can use

holder.text.setTextColor(Color.rgb(200,0,0));

You can also specify what color you want with Transparency.

holder.text.setTextColor(Color.argb(0,200,0,0));

a for Alpha (Transparent) value r-red g-green b-blue

Answer 2

In Adapter you can set the text color by using this code:

holder.my_text_view = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.my_text_view);
holder.my_text_view.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#FFFFFF"));

Answer 3

TextView textresult = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1);
textresult.setTextColor(Color.GREEN);

Answer 4

And another one:

TextView text = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text);
text.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#FFFFFF"));

Answer 5

Use:

TextView tv = new TextView(this);
tv.setTextColor(Color.rgb(285,0,0));

Answer 6

In order to set color of a TextView, TextView.setTextColor(R.color.YOURCOLOR) is not enough!

It has to be used like this –

TextView myText = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.YoutTextViewID);

myText.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.YOURCOLOR);

OR

myText.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#54D66A"));