How do I make an Android text view look like it's disabled?

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I'd like to be able to give any text view the same aspect as if it was disabled. Currently I am using a style that inherits TextAppearance and adds a gray text color, but I'd prefer using something built-in that would work flawlessly with any theme.

you can set android:background="#666" and text android:textColor="#333" which looks like disable textview. — MAC, May 31 '12 at 15:27
@gtumca-MAC: do you mean that I should customize the colors to look disabled, or that providing no values will make it look disabled? — Bastien Léonard, May 31 '12 at 15:32
Possible duplicate of [Android text view color doesn't change when disabled](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1342410/android-text-view-color-doesnt-change-when-disabled) — Fanglin, Mar 28 '18 at 21:46

score 18 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 21 '13 at 05:00

define a selector with a disable like color and use it in layouts like this

In a color file (eg res/color/example.xml):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_enabled="false" android:color="@color/disabled_color" />
    <item android:color="@color/normal_color"/>
</selector>

then in your layout:

<TextView
    android:text="whatever text you want"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:textColor="@color/example" />

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 31 '12 at 15:33

<TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:background="#666"
        android:textColor="#333"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:text="Medium Text"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />

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you can set android:background="#666"

and text android:textColor="#333" which looks like disable textview.

or any other combination of colors

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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This may be what you are looking for:

Android selector & text color

Basically, you have to use a selector as a color and then define a style that applies that text color.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered Jun 05 '12 at 14:18

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 20 '23 at 12:58

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android:alpha="0.33"

answered Jul 20 '23 at 12:58

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score -3 · Answer 5 · answered May 31 '12 at 15:26

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just try this

<TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:text="Large Text"
        android:enabled="false"    <--- Put this
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

answered May 31 '12 at 15:26

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I want to be able to be able to use “normal” events (long-press in my case), so IIRC this won't work. As I said in my question, I just want the “look” of a disabled text view. – Bastien Léonard May 31 '12 at 15:30

How do I make an Android text view look like it's disabled?

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