Change background color of edittext in android

Question

If I change the background color of my EditText using the below code, it looks like the box is shrunken and it doesn\'t maintain the ICS theme of a blue bottom

Answer 1

Here the best way

First : make new xml file in res/drawable name it rounded_edit_text then paste this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
    android:shape="rectangle" android:padding="10dp">
    <solid android:color="#F9966B" />
    <corners
        android:bottomRightRadius="15dp"
        android:bottomLeftRadius="15dp"
        android:topLeftRadius="15dp"
        android:topRightRadius="15dp" />
</shape>

Second: in res/layout copy and past following code (code of EditText)

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/txtdoctor"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="30dp"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:background="@drawable/rounded_edit_text"
    android:ems="10" >
    <requestFocus />
</EditText>

Answer 2

one line of lazy code:

mEditText.getBackground().setColorFilter(Color.RED, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP);

Answer 3

I worked out a working solution to this problem after 2 days of struggle, below solution is perfect for them who want to change few edit text only, change/toggle color through java code, and want to overcome the problems of different behavior on OS versions due to use setColorFilter() method.

    import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.PorterDuff;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat;
import android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import com.newco.cooltv.R;

public class RqubeErrorEditText extends AppCompatEditText {

  private int errorUnderlineColor;
  private boolean isErrorStateEnabled;
  private boolean mHasReconstructedEditTextBackground;

  public RqubeErrorEditText(Context context) {
    super(context);
    initColors();
  }

  public RqubeErrorEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    super(context, attrs);
    initColors();
  }

  public RqubeErrorEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
    super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
    initColors();
  }

  private void initColors() {
    errorUnderlineColor = R.color.et_error_color_rule;

  }

  public void setErrorColor() {
    ensureBackgroundDrawableStateWorkaround();
    getBackground().setColorFilter(AppCompatDrawableManager.getPorterDuffColorFilter(
        ContextCompat.getColor(getContext(), errorUnderlineColor), PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN));
  }

  private void ensureBackgroundDrawableStateWorkaround() {
    final Drawable bg = getBackground();
    if (bg == null) {
      return;
    }
    if (!mHasReconstructedEditTextBackground) {
      // This is gross. There is an issue in the platform which affects container Drawables
      // where the first drawable retrieved from resources will propogate any changes
      // (like color filter) to all instances from the cache. We'll try to workaround it...
      final Drawable newBg = bg.getConstantState().newDrawable();
      //if (bg instanceof DrawableContainer) {
      //  // If we have a Drawable container, we can try and set it's constant state via
      //  // reflection from the new Drawable
      //  mHasReconstructedEditTextBackground =
      //      DrawableUtils.setContainerConstantState(
      //          (DrawableContainer) bg, newBg.getConstantState());
      //}
      if (!mHasReconstructedEditTextBackground) {
        // If we reach here then we just need to set a brand new instance of the Drawable
        // as the background. This has the unfortunate side-effect of wiping out any
        // user set padding, but I'd hope that use of custom padding on an EditText
        // is limited.
        setBackgroundDrawable(newBg);
        mHasReconstructedEditTextBackground = true;
      }
    }
  }

  public boolean isErrorStateEnabled() {
    return isErrorStateEnabled;
  }

  public void setErrorState(boolean isErrorStateEnabled) {
    this.isErrorStateEnabled = isErrorStateEnabled;
    if (isErrorStateEnabled) {
      setErrorColor();
      invalidate();
    } else {
      getBackground().mutate().clearColorFilter();
      invalidate();
    }
  }
}

Uses in xml

<com.rqube.ui.widget.RqubeErrorEditText
            android:id="@+id/f_signup_et_referral_code"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/referral_iv"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/referral_iv"
            android:ems="10"
            android:hint="@string/lbl_referral_code"
            android:imeOptions="actionNext"
            android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
            android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_sp_16"
            android:theme="@style/EditTextStyle"/>

Add lines in style

<style name="EditTextStyle" parent="android:Widget.EditText">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/txt_color_change</item>
    <item name="android:textColorHint">@color/et_default_color_text</item>
    <item name="colorControlNormal">@color/et_default_color_rule</item>
    <item name="colorControlActivated">@color/et_engagged_color_rule</item>
  </style>

java code to toggle color

myRqubeEditText.setErrorState(true);
myRqubeEditText.setErrorState(false);

Answer 4

You should use style instead of background color. Try searching holoeverywhere then I think this one will help you solve your problem

Using holoeverywhere

just change some of the 9patch resources to customize the edittext look and feel.

Answer 5

This is my working solution

View view = new View(getApplicationContext());
view.setBackgroundResource(R.color.background);
myEditText.setBackground(view.getBackground());

Answer 6

The color you are using is white "#ffffff" is white so try a different one change in the values if you want until you get your need from this link Color Codes and it should go fine