Can't change Radio Button color on Android

Question

I\'m using Android Studio. I need to change the color of the Radio Button, after changing the Button Tint Color value to the one I need it works on the preview, but whenever

Answer 1

This can be done in two ways (to support pre-Lollipop):

1. Use AppCompatRadioButton:

   AppCompatRadioButton radioButton;
   // now use following methods to set tint colour
   radioButton.setSupportButtonTintMode();
   radioButton.setSupportButtonTintList();
   

2. Apply this as style to your RadioButton in your XML:

   <style name="RadioButton.Login" parent="Widget.AppCompat.CompoundButton.RadioButton">
       <item name="android:textColor">@android:color/white</item>
       <item name="buttonTint">@android:color/white</item>
   </style>
   

Answer 2

If you want to change the color, but not change colorControlActivated and colorControlNormal for the entire app, you can override your apptheme just for the radio button by creating a new style:

<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatRadioButton
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
    android:theme="@style/RadioButtonTheme"
    android:id="@+id/radioButton"/>



<style name="RadioButtonTheme" parent="@style/AppTheme">
    <item name="colorControlActivated">@color/colorAccent</item>
    <item name="colorControlNormal">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
</style>