Set EditText cursor color

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I am having this issue where I am using the Android s Holo theme on a tablet project  However  I have a fragment on screen which has a white background  I am adding an EditText component on this fragment  I ve tried to override the theme by setting the background of the Holo Light theme resources  However  my text cursor  carat  remains white and hence  invisible on screen  I can spot it faintly in the edittext field      Does anyone know how I can get EditText to use a darker cursor color  I ve tried setting the style of the EditText to   android style Widget Holo Light EditText  with no positive result

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In Layout    lt EditText       android layout width  fill parent       android layout height  wrap content       android textCursorDrawable   drawable color cursor        gt    Then create drawalble xml  color cursor   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt shape xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android   gt       lt size android width  3dp    gt       lt solid android color   FFFFFF     gt   lt  shape gt    You have a white color cursor on EditText property

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If using style and implement      colorControlActivate   replace its value other that color white

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There is a new way to change cursor color in latest Appcompact v21 Just change colorAccent in style like this     lt style name  AppTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat Light DarkActionBar  gt       lt  -- Set theme colors from http   www google com design spec style color html color-color-palette-- gt        lt  -- colorPrimary is used for the default action bar background -- gt       lt item name  colorPrimary  gt  088FC9 lt  item gt        lt  -- colorPrimaryDark is used for the status bar -- gt       lt item name  colorPrimaryDark  gt  088FC9 lt  item gt        lt  -- colorAccent is used as the default value for colorControlActivated          which is used to tint widgets -- gt       lt  -- THIS IS WHAT YOU RE LOOKING FOR -- gt       lt item name  colorAccent  gt  0091BC lt  item gt    lt  style gt    Then apply this style on your app theme or activities   Update  this way only works on API 21    Update 2  I m not sure the minimum android version that it can work  Tested by android version   2 3 7 - didn t work 4 4 4 - worked 5 0 - worked 5 1 - worked

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Another simple solution would be to go to res values colors xml in your project folder and edit the value of the color accent to the color you prefer   lt color name  colorAccent  gt  000000 lt  color gt    The code above changes your cursor to black

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Pay attention to your colorAccent in your current Activity fragment Dialog  defined in Styles       cursor color is related to it

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After a lot of time spent trying all these technique in a Dialog  I finally had this idea   attach the theme to the Dialog itself and not to the TextInputLayout    lt style name  AppTheme Dialog  parent  Theme AppCompat Dialog  gt        lt item name  colorPrimary  gt  color colorPrimary lt  item gt       lt item name  colorPrimaryDark  gt  color colorWhite lt  item gt       lt item name  colorAccent  gt  color colorPrimary lt  item gt    lt  style gt    inside onCreate    public class myDialog extends Dialog    private Activity activity  private someVars   public PopupFeedBack Activity activity       super activity  R style AppTheme Dialog       setContentView R layout myView                cheers

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Here  Jared Rummler s programatic setCursorDrawableColor   version adapted to work also on Android 9 Pie    SuppressWarnings   JavaReflectionMemberAccess    deprecation    public static void setCursorDrawableColor EditText editText  int color         try           Field cursorDrawableResField   TextView class getDeclaredField  mCursorDrawableRes            cursorDrawableResField setAccessible true           int cursorDrawableRes   cursorDrawableResField getInt editText           Field editorField   TextView class getDeclaredField  mEditor            editorField setAccessible true           Object editor   editorField get editText           Class lt   gt  clazz   editor getClass            Resources res   editText getContext   getResources            if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES P                Field drawableForCursorField   clazz getDeclaredField  mDrawableForCursor                drawableForCursorField setAccessible true               Drawable drawable   res getDrawable cursorDrawableRes               drawable setColorFilter color  PorterDuff Mode SRC IN               drawableForCursorField set editor  drawable             else               Field cursorDrawableField   clazz getDeclaredField  mCursorDrawable                cursorDrawableField setAccessible true               Drawable   drawables   new Drawable 2               drawables 0    res getDrawable cursorDrawableRes               drawables 1    res getDrawable cursorDrawableRes               drawables 0  setColorFilter color  PorterDuff Mode SRC IN               drawables 1  setColorFilter color  PorterDuff Mode SRC IN               cursorDrawableField set editor  drawables                   catch  Throwable t            Log w TAG  t

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lt  -- Base application theme  -- gt   lt style name  AppTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat Light DarkActionBar  gt       lt  -- Customize your theme here  -- gt       lt item name  colorPrimary  gt  36f0ff lt  item gt       lt item name  colorPrimaryDark  gt  007781 lt  item gt       lt item name  colorAccent  gt  000 lt  item gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  AppTheme NoActionBar  gt       lt item name  windowActionBar  gt false lt  item gt       lt item name  windowNoTitle  gt true lt  item gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  AppTheme AppBarOverlay  parent  ThemeOverlay AppCompat Dark ActionBar    gt    lt style name  AppTheme PopupOverlay  parent  ThemeOverlay AppCompat Light    gt      change t he color of colorAccent in styles xm  that s it simple

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lt resources gt    lt  -- Base application theme  -- gt   lt style name  AppTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat Light  gt       lt  -- Customize your theme here  -- gt       lt item name  colorPrimary  gt  color colorPrimary lt  item gt       lt item name  colorPrimaryDark  gt  color colorPrimary lt  item gt       lt item name  colorAccent  gt  color colorAccent lt  item gt  -- change this one  lt  style gt      Go to styles xml and change the color accent and this will influence the cursor from the edittext box

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Its even easier than that      lt style name  MyTextStyle  gt       lt item name  android textCursorDrawable  gt  000000 lt  item gt   lt  style gt    This works in ICS and beyond  I haven t tested it in other versions

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that s called colorAccent in Android   go to res -  values -  styles xml add    lt item name  colorAccent  gt  FFFFFF lt  item gt    if not exists

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Late to the party Here s is my answer    This is for the people who are not looking to change the colorAccent in their parent theme but wants to change EditText attributes      This answer demos how to change                Bottom line color    Cursor color    Cursor pointer color  I used my custom image            of EditText using style applied to the Activity theme          lt android support v7 widget AppCompatEditText     android layout width  match parent      android layout height  wrap content      android text  Hey    gt    Example    lt style name  AppTheme EditText  parent   style Widget AppCompat EditText  gt       lt item name  android textColor  gt  color white lt  item gt       lt item name  android textColorHint  gt  8AFFFFFF lt  item gt       lt item name  android background  gt  drawable edit text background lt  item gt     background  bottom line at this case       lt item name  android textCursorDrawable  gt  color white lt  item gt      Cursor      lt item name  android textSelectHandle  gt  drawable my white icon lt  item gt     For pointer normal state and copy text state      lt item name  android textSelectHandleLeft  gt  drawable my white icon lt  item gt       lt item name  android textSelectHandleRight  gt  drawable my white icon lt  item gt   lt  style gt    Now create a drawable edit text background  add a resource xml for the background You can customize as you want    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt layer-list xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt       lt item         android bottom  0dp          android left  -3dp             android right  -3dp          android top  -3dp  gt            lt shape android shape  rectangle  gt               lt stroke                 android width  1dp                  android color   color white   gt           lt  shape gt       lt  item gt       lt  layer-list gt    Now as you did set this style in your Activity theme   Example     In your Activity you have a theme set this custom editText theme to that    lt style name  AppTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat Light DarkActionBar  gt       lt  -- Your Theme data -- gt       lt item name  editTextStyle  gt  style AppTheme EditText lt  item gt     inculude this  lt  style gt

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Use this  android textCursorDrawable   color white

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are you want specific color you must use AppCompatEditText then backround set null   works for me    lt android support v7 widget AppCompatEditText     android background   null      android textCursorDrawable   color cursorColor   gt    See this gist

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Edittext cursor color you want changes your color      lt EditText       android layout width  fill parent       android layout height  wrap content       android textCursorDrawable   drawable color cursor        gt    Then create drawalble xml  color cursor   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt shape xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android   gt       lt size android width  3dp    gt       lt solid android color   FFFFFF     gt   lt  shape gt

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I found the answer     I ve set the Theme s editText style to    lt item name  android editTextStyle  gt  style myEditText lt  item gt    Then I ve used the following drawable to set the cursor       lt style name  myEditText  parent   android style Widget Holo Light EditText  gt       lt item name  android background  gt  android drawable editbox background normal lt  item gt       lt item name  android textCursorDrawable  gt  android drawable my cursor drawable lt  item gt       lt item name  android height  gt 40sp lt  item gt   lt  style gt       android textCursorDrawable is the key here

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It appears as if all the answers go around the bushes   In your EditText  use the property    android textCursorDrawable   drawable black cursor    and add the drawable black cursor xml to your resources  as follows    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt shape xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  android shape  rectangle   gt       lt size android width  1dp    gt       lt solid android color   000000   gt   lt  shape gt    This is also the way to create more diverse cursors  if you need

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editcolor xml   android textCursorDrawable   drawable editcolor   In xml file set color code of edittext background color

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For anyone that needs to set the EditText cursor color dynamically  below you will find two ways to achieve this     First  create your cursor drawable    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt shape xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android shape  rectangle   gt        lt solid android color   ff000000    gt        lt size android width  1dp    gt    lt  shape gt    Set the cursor drawable resource id to the drawable you created  https   github com android platform frameworks base blob kitkat-release core java android widget TextView java L562-564  source     try       Field f   TextView class getDeclaredField  mCursorDrawableRes        f setAccessible true       f set yourEditText  R drawable cursor     catch  Exception ignored          To just change the color of the default cursor drawable  you can use the following method   public static void setCursorDrawableColor EditText editText  int color        try           Field fCursorDrawableRes                TextView class getDeclaredField  mCursorDrawableRes            fCursorDrawableRes setAccessible true           int mCursorDrawableRes   fCursorDrawableRes getInt editText           Field fEditor   TextView class getDeclaredField  mEditor            fEditor setAccessible true           Object editor   fEditor get editText           Class lt   gt  clazz   editor getClass            Field fCursorDrawable   clazz getDeclaredField  mCursorDrawable            fCursorDrawable setAccessible true            Drawable   drawables   new Drawable 2           Resources res   editText getContext   getResources            drawables 0    res getDrawable mCursorDrawableRes           drawables 1    res getDrawable mCursorDrawableRes           drawables 0  setColorFilter color  PorterDuff Mode SRC IN           drawables 1  setColorFilter color  PorterDuff Mode SRC IN           fCursorDrawable set editor  drawables         catch  final Throwable ignored

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The only valid answer should be to change the theme of the activity    lt item name  colorAccent  gt  000000 lt  item gt  You should not use the android textCursorDrawable to  null because this only concerns the cursor itself but not the pin below the cursor if you want to drag that cursor  The theming solution is the most serious one

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For me I modified both the AppTheme and a value colors xml   lt style name  AppTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat Light DarkActionBar  gt       lt  -- Customize your theme here  -- gt       lt item name  colorControlNormal  gt  color yellow lt  item gt       lt item name  colorAccent  gt  color yellow lt  item gt   lt  style gt    Here is the colors xml   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt resources gt       lt color name  yellow  gt  B7EC2A lt  color gt   lt  resources gt    I took out the android textCursorDrawable attribute to  null that I placed inside the editText style  When I tried using this  the colors would not change

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Wow I am real late to this party but it has had activity 17 days ago It would seam we need to consider posting what version of Android we are using for an answer so as of now this answer works with Android 2 1 and above  Go to RES VALUES STYLES and add the lines of code below and your cursor will be black       lt style name  AppTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat NoActionBar  gt       lt  -- lt style name  AppTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat Light NoActionBar  gt -- gt       lt  -- Customize your theme here  -- gt       lt item name  colorControlActivated  gt  color color Black lt  item gt       lt  --Sets COLOR for the Cursor in EditText  -- gt   lt  style gt    You will need a this line of code in your RES COLOR folder    lt color name  color Black  gt  000000 lt  color gt    Why post this late   It might be nice to consider some form of categories for the many headed monster Android has become

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Setting the android textCursorDrawable attribute to  null should result in the use of android textColor as the cursor color   Attribute  textCursorDrawable  is available in API level 12 and higher

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you can use code below in layout  android textCursorDrawable   color red          android textColor   color black

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