[android] android set button background programmatically

I would like to know how to set the button color programatically? I have coded the following but fails:

Button11.setBackgroundColor(R.color.red);

Thanks!!

Old thread, but learned something new, hope this might help someone.

If you want to change the background color but retain other styles, then below might help.

button.getBackground().setColorFilter(ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.colorAccent), PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);

Further from @finnmglas, the Java answer as of 2021 is:

    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 29)
        btn.getBackground().setColorFilter(new BlendModeColorFilter(color, BlendMode.MULTIPLY));
    else
        btn.getBackground().setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);

You can set your desired color to the button programmatically like:

Button11.setBackgroundColor(Android.Graphics.Color.parseColor("#738b28"));

Also you can give the text color for a button like:

Button11.setTextColor(Android.Graphics.Color.parseColor("#FFFFFF"));

Using setBackgroundColor() affects the style. So, declare a new style of the same properties with respect to the previous button, with a a different color.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="@color/green"/>
<corners android:radius="10dp"/>
</shape>

Now, use OnClick method.

location.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {

            location.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.green);

        }
    });

this changes the button but looks similar to changing the background.

button.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.red);

Sets the background color for this view. Parameters: color the color of the background

R.color.red is a reference generated at the compilation in gen.

The answer you're looking for in 2020 and beyond:

• setColorFilter(color, mode) is deprecated since API 29 (as discussed here)
• button.setBackgroundColor(color) messes with the button style

Now the proper way to set a buttons color is using BlendModeColorFilter() (see documentation).

Usage:

btn.background.colorFilter = BlendModeColorFilter(color, BlendMode.MULTIPLY)

If you work with older APIs too:

fun setButtonColor(btn: Button, color: Int) {
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 29)
        btn.background.colorFilter = BlendModeColorFilter(color, BlendMode.MULTIPLY)
    else
        btn.background.setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY)
}

Please vote to help others finding this answer - it took me quite a while figuring this out ^^

I have found that Android Studio gives me a warning that getColor() is deprecated when trying to do this:

Button11.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.red))

So I found doing the method below to be the simple, up-to-date solution:

Button11.setBackgroundColor(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.red))

You want to avoid hard-coding in the color argument, as it is considered bad code style.

Edit: After using setBackgroundColor() with my own button, I saw that the internal button padding expanded. I couldn't find any way of changing it back to having both height and width set to "wrap_content". Maybe its a bug.

Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/32202256/6030520

For not changing the size of button on setting the background color:

button.getBackground().setColorFilter(button.getContext().getResources().getColor(R.color.colorAccent), PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);

this didn't change the size of the button and works with the old android versions too.