How to change colors of a Drawable in Android?

Question

I\'m working on an android application, and I have a drawable that I\'m loading up from a source image. On this image, I\'d like to convert all of the white pixels to a dif

Answer 1

If you have your drawable set to the ImageView you can do it with a 1 liner:

yourImageView.setColorFilter(context.getResources().getColor(R.color.YOUR_COLOR_HERE);

Answer 2

I was able to do this with the following code, which is taken from an activity (the layout is a very simple one, just containing an ImageView, and is not posted here).

private static final int[] FROM_COLOR = new int[]{49, 179, 110};
private static final int THRESHOLD = 3;

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.test_colors);

    ImageView iv = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.img);
    Drawable d = getResources().getDrawable(RES);
    iv.setImageDrawable(adjust(d));
}

private Drawable adjust(Drawable d)
{
    int to = Color.RED;

    //Need to copy to ensure that the bitmap is mutable.
    Bitmap src = ((BitmapDrawable) d).getBitmap();
    Bitmap bitmap = src.copy(Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888, true);
    for(int x = 0;x < bitmap.getWidth();x++)
        for(int y = 0;y < bitmap.getHeight();y++)
            if(match(bitmap.getPixel(x, y))) 
                bitmap.setPixel(x, y, to);

    return new BitmapDrawable(bitmap);
}

private boolean match(int pixel)
{
    //There may be a better way to match, but I wanted to do a comparison ignoring
    //transparency, so I couldn't just do a direct integer compare.
    return Math.abs(Color.red(pixel) - FROM_COLOR[0]) < THRESHOLD &&
        Math.abs(Color.green(pixel) - FROM_COLOR[1]) < THRESHOLD &&
        Math.abs(Color.blue(pixel) - FROM_COLOR[2]) < THRESHOLD;
}

Answer 3

It works for some simple drawables. I used it on a simple solid color rect shape with rounded corners and needed to change that color with different layouts.

Try this

android:backgroundTint="#101010"

Answer 4

It's very very simple when you use a library to do that for you. Try this library

You can call like this:

Icon.on(holderView).color(R.color.your_color).icon(R.mipmap.your_icon).put();

Answer 5

In your Activity you can tint your PNG image resources with a single colour:

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    myColorTint();
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
}

private void myColorTint() {
    int tint = Color.parseColor("#0000FF"); // R.color.blue;
    PorterDuff.Mode mode = PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP;
    // add your drawable resources you wish to tint to the drawables array...
    int drawables[] = { R.drawable.ic_action_edit, R.drawable.ic_action_refresh };
    for (int id : drawables) {
        Drawable icon = getResources().getDrawable(id);
        icon.setColorFilter(tint,mode);
    }
}

Now when you use the R.drawable.* it should be coloured with the desired tint. If you need additional colours then you should be able to .mutate() the drawable.

Answer 6

Short example to change drawable color according to isWorking field.

My shape xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
    <solid android:color="@android:color/holo_blue_bright" />
    <corners android:radius="30dp" />
    <size
        android:height="15dp"
        android:width="15dp" />
</shape>

My method to change:

private Drawable getColoredDrawable(int drawableResId, boolean isworking) {
    Drawable d = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.shape);
    ColorFilter filter = new LightingColorFilter(
            isworking ? Color.GREEN : Color.RED,
            isworking ? Color.GREEN : Color.RED);
    d.setColorFilter(filter);
    return d;
}

Example of usage:

text1.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(getColoredDrawable(R.drawable.shape, isworking()), null, null, null);