How to set the text color of TextView in code

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In XML  we can set a text color by the textColor attribute  like android textColor   FF0000   But how do I change it by coding   I tried something like   holder text setTextColor R color Red     Where holder is just a class and text is of type TextView  Red is an RGB value   FF0000  set in strings   But it shows a different color rather than red  What kind of parameter can we pass in setTextColor    In documentation  it says int  but is it a resource reference value or anything else

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You can do this only from an XML file too.

Create a color.xml file in the values folder:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <color name="textbody">#ffcc33</color>

</resources>

Then in any XML file, you can set color for text using,

android:textColor="@color/textbody"

Or you can use this color in a Java file:

final TextView tvchange12 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView2);
//Set color for textbody from color.xml file
tvchange1.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.textbody));

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I was doing this for a TextView in a ViewHolder for a RecyclerView  I m not so sure why  but it didn t work for me in the ViewHolder initialization   public ViewHolder View itemView        super itemView       textView    TextView  itemView findViewById R id text view       textView setTextColor context getResources   getColor R color myColor           Other stuff     But when I moved it to the onBindViewHolder  it worked fine   public void onBindViewHolder ViewHolder holder  int position          Other stuff     holder textView setTextColor context getResources   getColor R color myColor        Hope this helps someone

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Using Adapter you can set the text color by using this code   holder text view    TextView  convertView findViewById R id text view   holder text view setTextColor Color parseColor   FF00FF

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if you want to give color code directly then use  textView setTextColor Color parseColor   ffffff       or if you want to give color code from colors folder then use  textView setTextColor R color white

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holder userType setTextColor context getResources   getColor                      R color green

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And another one    TextView text    TextView  findViewById R id text   text setTextColor Color parseColor   FFFFFF

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textView setTextColor ContextCompat getColor getApplicationC  ontext   R color col  orWhite       In the colors xml file  write in the code below    lt color name  colorWhite  gt  FFFFFF lt  color gt

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I did this way  Create a XML file  called Colors in res values folder   My Colors xml        lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt resources gt       lt color name  vermelho debito  gt  cc0000 lt  color gt       lt color name  azul credito  gt  4c4cff lt  color gt       lt color name  preto bloqueado  gt  000000 lt  color gt       lt color name  verde claro fundo lista  gt  CFDBC5 lt  color gt       lt color name  branco  gt  ffffff lt  color gt       lt color name  amarelo corrige  gt  cccc00 lt  color gt       lt color name  verde confirma  gt  66b266 lt  color gt   lt  resources gt    To get this colors from the xml file  I ve used this code   valor it s a TextView  and ctx it s a Context object  I m not using it from an Activity  but a BaseAdapter to a ListView  That s why I ve used this Context Object   valor setTextColor ctx getResources   getColor R color azul credito      Hope it helps

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You should use   holder text setTextColor Color RED       You can use various functions from the Color class to get the same effect of course     Color parseColor  Manual   like LEX uses   text setTextColor Color parseColor   FFFFFF      Color rgb and Color argb  Manual rgb   Manual argb   like Ganapathy uses   holder text setTextColor Color rgb 200 0 0    holder text setTextColor Color argb 0 200 0 0     And of course  if you want to define your color in an XML file  you can do this    lt color name  errorColor  gt  f00 lt  color gt    because the getColor   function is deprecated1  you need to use it like so   ContextCompat getColor context  R color your color    You can also insert plain HEX  like so   myTextView setTextColor 0xAARRGGBB     Where you have an alpha-channel first  then the color value    Check out the complete manual of course  public class Color extends Object     1This code used to be in here as well   textView setTextColor getResources   getColor R color errorColor      This method is now deprecated in Android M  You can however use it from the contextCompat in the support library  as the example now shows

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I believe that if you want to specify a color as a resource  in the XML file   you ll have to provide its ARGB value  not simply the RGB value    Try changing your color value to  FFFF0000  It should give you RED

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For providing rgb values  text setTextColor Color rgb 200 0 0    For parsing the color from a hex value  text setTextColor Color parseColor   FFFFFF

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Similarly  I was using color xml    lt color name  white  gt  ffffff lt  color gt       lt color name  black  gt  000000 lt  color gt       For setting the TextView background like   textView setTextColor R color white     I was getting a different color  but when I used the below code I got the actual color   textView setTextColor Color parseColor   ff6363

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Try this   textView setTextColor getResources   getColor R color errorColor  null

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Try using the following code    holder text setTextColor Color parseColor  F00

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use the following code in layout xml   lt TextView  android id    id textView1      android layout width  wrap content      android layout height  wrap content   android text   string add  android layout marginTop  16dp  android textAppearance    android attr textAppearanceMedium  android textColor   25383C  android textSize  13sp    gt    lt TextView         android id    id textView1          android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android text   string add          android layout marginTop  16dp          android textAppearance   android attr textAppearanceMedium          android textColor   25383C          android textSize  13sp    gt

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In order to set color of a TextView  TextView setTextColor R color YOURCOLOR  is not enough   It has to be used like this      TextView myText    TextView  findViewById R id YoutTextViewID    myText setTextColor getResources   getColor R color YOURCOLOR     OR  myText setTextColor Color parseColor   54D66A

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text setTextColor getResource   getColor R color black   you have create black color in color xml   OR  text setTextColor Color parseColor   000000    here type desired hexcode  OR  text setTextColor Color BLACK  you can use static color fields

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TextView text   new TextView context   text setTextColor Color parseColor  any hex value of a color       Above code is working on my side  Here text is a TextView on which color is needed to be set

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getColor   is depreceted  So try this way    tv title setTextColor ContextCompat getColor getApplicationContext    R color sf white

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I normally do this for any views   myTextView setTextColor 0xAARRGGBB     where    AA defines alpha  00 for transparent  FF for opaque  RRGGBB defines the normal HTML color code  like FF0000 for red

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holder text setTextColor Color rgb 200 0 0      or  myTextView setTextColor 0xAARRGGBB

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If you plan to use setTextAppearance you should know that it will overwrite the text color with the style inherited from the theme  So if you want to use both  set the color afterwards   This works   textView setTextAppearance context  android R style TextAppearance Medium   textView setTextColor Color RED     While this will cause your textcolor to be for instance white for dark theme  or black for the light theme    textView setTextColor Color RED   textView setTextAppearance context  android R style TextAppearance Medium     Contrary to this in XML the order is arbitrary

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Use   TextView tv   new TextView this   tv setTextColor Color rgb 285 0 0

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You can use  holder text setTextColor Color rgb 200 0 0      You can also specify what color you want with Transparency   holder text setTextColor Color argb 0 200 0 0      a for Alpha  Transparent  value r-red  g-green  b-blue

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textViewStatus setTextColor res getColor R color green

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text1 setTextColor Color parseColor   000000

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You can use textView setTextColor Color BLACK  to use any of the in-built colors of the Color class   You can also use textView setTextColor Color parseColor hexRGBvalue   to define custom colors

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TextView textresult    TextView findViewById R id textView1   textresult setTextColor Color GREEN

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There are many different ways to set color on text view    Add color value in studio res- values- colors xml as   lt color name  color purple  gt  800080 lt  color gt    Now set the color in xml or actvity class as  text setTextColor getResources   getColor R color color purple   If you want to give color code directly use below Color parseColor code  textView setTextColor Color parseColor   ffffff         You can also use RGB   text setTextColor Color rgb 200 0 0     Use can also use direct hexcode for textView  You can also insert plain HEX  like so   text setTextColor 0xAARRGGBB    You can also use argb with alpha values      text setTextColor Color argb 0 200 0 0      a for Alpha  Transparent  v  And if you re using the Compat library you can do something like this     text setTextColor ContextCompat getColor context  R color color purple

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From API 23 onward  getResources   getColor   is deprecated    Use this instead   textView setTextColor ContextCompat getColor getApplicationContext    R color color black

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Try this   TextView textview    TextView  findViewById R id textview    textview  setTextColor Color parseColor   85F85F

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If you still want to specify your colors in your XML file    lt color name  errorColor  gt  f00 lt  color gt    Then reference it in your code with one of these two methods   textView setTextColor getResources   getColor R color errorColor  getResources   newTheme            or  textView setTextColor getResources   getColor R color errorColor  null      The first is probably preferable if you re compiling against Android M  however the theme you pass in can be null  so maybe that s easier for you   And if you re using the Compat library you can do something like this  textView setTextColor ContextCompat getColor context  R color errorColor

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Kotlin Extension Solution  Add these to make changing text color simpler  For setting ColorInt  myView textColor   Color BLACK    or Color parseColor   000000    etc   var TextView textColor  Int get     currentTextColor set  ColorInt color        setTextColor color      For setting ColorRes  myView setTextColorRes R color my color   fun TextView setTextColorRes  ColorRes colorRes  Int        val color   ContextCompat getColor context  colorRes      setTextColor color

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If you are in an adapter and still want to use a color defined in resources you can try the following approach   holder text setTextColor holder text getContext   getResources   getColor R color myRed

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In Adapter you can set the text color by using this code   holder my text view    TextView  convertView findViewById R id my text view   holder my text view setTextColor Color parseColor   FFFFFF

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