Change the color of the cursor of an EditText in Android across all the sdk

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I want to change the android's edittext cursor color on all devices. How do I do that?

score 19 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '14 at 20:58

i had to use a drawable like this:

mycursor.xml:

      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" >
        <size android:width="1dp" />
        <solid android:color="@android:color/holo_blue_light"/> 
<!--make sure its a solid tag not stroke or it wont work -->
    </shape>

in my edit text i set the cursor drawable attributes like this:

                            <EditText
                            android:id="@+id/et_details"
                            android:layout_width="match_parent"
                            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                            android:cursorVisible="true"
                           android:textCursorDrawable="@drawable/mycursor"  
                            />

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 15 '12 at 09:40

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The way to get it across all platforms is as such.

1 - Open your layout.xml in your layout folder. Find the edit text and set

android:cursorVisible="true"

this will set the cursor for devices lower that os version 11

2 - Create your cursor_drawable.xml in the drawable folder

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" >
    <size android:width="1dp" />
    <stroke android:color="@color/black"/>
</shape>

3 - Create a folder layout-v11

4 - Copy your layout.xml into the layout-v11

5 - Find your edit text and set android:textCursorDrawable="@drawable/cursor_drawable"

This will make a cursor be shown on all devices and OS.

answered Oct 15 '12 at 09:40

Aiden Fry

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Hi aiden, im also having same issue.. im developing app with 2.2 api build. when i do as you said im getting error in xml file at android:textCursorDrawable has no reference ... Pls let me know how to solve it.... – praveenb Apr 09 '13 at 09:57
That also requires the Holo Theme, and hence Android 4.0. Did you read that one? – Sky Kelsey May 23 '13 at 01:11
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I couldn't make it work nicely if gravity is set to right and hint is set to some value. Initially cursor is in front of hint and can't be moved/aligned to the right until you start typing then hint dissapears and cursor gets well aligned to the right. – Dragan Marjanović Jun 25 '13 at 19:48
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It seems you need to show the cursor – herbertD May 09 '14 at 08:54
Replace stroke by solid – e-info128 Jul 27 '15 at 02:52

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 17 '12 at 13:34

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Assign android:textCursorDrawable attribute to @null and set android:textColor as the cursor color.

answered Jul 17 '12 at 13:34

AkashG

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 28 '17 at 07:24

Create drawalble xml: edtcolor_cursor

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
        <size android:width="1dp" />
        <solid android:color="#FFFFFF"  />
    </shape>

<EditText  
    android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
    android:cursorVisible="true"
    android:textCursorDrawable="@drawable/edtcolor_cursor"
    />

score -1 · Answer 5 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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Refer to this link. You can try this to

android:textCursorDrawable

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Jul 17 '12 at 13:35

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I want that across all the versions. This attribute is avail only after Android 3.0 – Kishore Jul 17 '12 at 14:29

Change the color of the cursor of an EditText in Android across all the sdk

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