getColor(int id) deprecated on Android 6.0 Marshmallow (API 23)

Question

The Resources.getColor(int id) method has been deprecated.

@ColorInt
@Deprecated
public int getColor(@ColorRes int id) throws NotFoundException          


        

Answer 1

For all the Kotlin users out there:

context?.let {
    val color = ContextCompat.getColor(it, R.color.colorPrimary)
    // ...
}

Answer 2

If you don't necessarily need the resources, use parseColor(String):
Color.parseColor("#cc0066")

Answer 3

In Kotlin, you can do:

ContextCompat.getColor(requireContext(), R.color.stage_hls_fallback_snackbar)

if requireContext() is accessible from where you are calling the function. I was getting an error when trying

ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.stage_hls_fallback_snackbar)

Answer 4

I don't want to include the Support library just for getColor, so I'm using something like

public static int getColorWrapper(Context context, int id) {
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
        return context.getColor(id);
    } else {
        //noinspection deprecation
        return context.getResources().getColor(id);
    }
}

I guess the code should work just fine, and the deprecated getColor cannot disappear from API < 23.

And this is what I'm using in Kotlin:

/**
 * Returns a color associated with a particular resource ID.
 *
 * Wrapper around the deprecated [Resources.getColor][android.content.res.Resources.getColor].
 */
@Suppress("DEPRECATION")
@ColorInt
fun getColorHelper(context: Context, @ColorRes id: Int) =
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 23) context.getColor(id) else context.resources.getColor(id);

Answer 5

In Your RecyclerView in Kotlin

inner class ViewHolder(itemView: View) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(itemView) {
    fun bind(t: YourObject, listener: OnItemClickListener.YourObjectListener) = with(itemView) {
        textViewcolor.setTextColor(ContextCompat.getColor(itemView.context, R.color.colorPrimary))
        textViewcolor.text = t.name
    }
}