Android get color as string value

Question

If i defined a color in resources

    #123456

it\'s possible

Answer 1

For API above 21 you can use

getString(R.color.color_name);

This will return the color in a string format. To convert that to a color in integer format (sometimes only integers are accepted) then:

Color.parseColor(getString(R.color.color_name));

The above expression returns the integer equivalent of the color defined in color.xml file

Answer 2

The answers provided above are not updated.

Please try this one

String colorHex = "#" + Integer.toHexString(ContextCompat.getColor(getActivity(), R.color.dark_sky_blue) & 0x00ffffff);

Answer 3

I don't think there is standard functionality for that. You can however turn the return in value from getColor() to hex and turn the hex value to string.

hex 123456 = int 1193046;

Answer 4

This is how I've done it:

String color = "#" + Integer.toHexString(ContextCompat.getColor
(getApplicationContext(), R.color.yourColor) & 0x00ffffff);

Answer 5

If you don't want to use ContextCompat or SuppressLint, simply add a string resource right under your color.

Instead of

<color name="text_color">#FFFFFF</color>

Use

<color name="text_color">#FFFFFF</color>
<string name="text_color_string">#FFFFFF</string>

Your code does get more repetitive but it's much cleaner. Besides, forgeting to updating the string after changing color is almost impossible since they are right next to each other.

Answer 6

This is your answer

colorStr=getResources().getString(R.color.someColor);

you will get

 colorStr = "#123456"