getResources getColor is deprecated

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Using   buildToolsVersion  22 0 1     targetSdkVersion 22 in my gradle file   I found that the useful getResources   getColor R color color name  is deprecated   What should I use instead

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You need to use ContextCompat getColor    which is part of the Support V4 Library  so it will work for all the previous API    ContextCompat getColor context  R color my color    As specified in the documentation   Starting in M  the returned color will be styled for the specified Context s theme   SO no need to worry about it   You can add the Support V4 library by adding the following to the dependencies array inside your app build gradle   compile  com android support support-v4 23 0 1

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well it s deprecated in android M so you must make exception for android M and lower  Just add current theme on getColor function  You can get current theme with getTheme     This will do the trick in fragment  you can replace getActivity   with getBaseContext    yourContext  etc which hold your current context  if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt   Build VERSION CODES M        yourTitle setTextColor getActivity   getResources   getColor android R color white  getActivity   getTheme       else       yourTitle setTextColor getActivity   getResources   getColor android R color white         p s   color is deprecated in M  but drawable is deprecated in L

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I found that the useful getResources   getColor R color color name  is deprecated    It is not deprecated in API Level 21  according to the documentation   It is deprecated in the M Developer Preview  However  the replacement method  a two-parameter getColor   that takes the color resource ID and a Resources Theme object  is only available in the M Developer Preview   Hence  right now  continue using the single-parameter getColor   method  Later this year  consider using the two-parameter getColor   method on Android M devices  falling back to the deprecated single-parameter getColor   method on older devices

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It looks like the best approach is to use    ContextCompat getColor context  R color color name    eg   yourView setBackgroundColor ContextCompat getColor applicationContext                              R color colorAccent     This will choose the Marshmallow two parameter method or the pre-Marshmallow method appropriately

[android] getResources().getColor() is deprecated

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