How do I change the text color of a Button?

Question

How do I change the text color of a Button?

Answer 1

try this:

button.setTextColor(getApplication().getResources().getColor(R.color.red)); //TAKE DEFAULT COLOR

or

button.setTextColor(0xff0000); //SET CUSTOM COLOR 

or

button.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#ff0000")); 

and in xml :

<Button android:id="@+id/mybtn" 
        android:text="text textx "  
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
        android:textStyle="bold" 
        android:textColor="#ff0000" />  <-- SET TEXT COLOR HERE -->

Answer 2

Use the android:textColor property.

<Button
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="Hello World"
    android:textColor="@android:color/white" />

Answer 3

Use: android:textColor="#FFFFFF" on the xml configuration,

or on the activity itself by calling

button.setTextColor(0xFFFFFF);

(FFFFFF is the color white).

For more color codes: here

Answer 4

button.setTextColor(ContextCompat.getColor(getApplicationContext(), R.color.red));

this work too

Answer 5

You can use the android textColor for foreground and for background color of button, text view or any other element see code example

        <Button
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Button"
        android:background="#ffb6c1"
        android:textColor="#fff"
        />

any hexadecimal color code can be written for making interactive view.

Answer 6

An easy way to do this is by defining the color you want in res/values/colors.xml in this way:

<color name="colorCyan">#00BCD4</color>

and the button should look this way:

<Button
    android:id="@+id/m_button"
    android:text="MY BUTTON"
    android:textColor="@color/colorAccent"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@color/colorCyan"/>

Answer 7

Here's an approach with slightly less code that uses the implied Context of the current Activity.

button.setTextColor(getColor(R.color.colorPrimary));

I have not tested this with all API targets, but it is working for 28.