How to set paint.setColor(R.color.white)

Question

I have a custom View that uses Paint and Canvas to draw objects. My question is how to set:

int color = R.color.white;
paint.setColor(color);

from my /res/valuse/color.xml which includes resources like

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <color name="white">#FFFFFF</color>
    <color name="black">#000000</color>
    ...
</resources>

score 65 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 14 '18 at 10:22

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int color = ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.white);
paint.setColor(color);

The setColor() method takes a color number as int value, but not a resource id which is an int as well.

edited Feb 14 '18 at 10:22

Johnny Five

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answered Oct 15 '12 at 15:59

olshevski

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[Resources documentation](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/res/Resources.html#getColor(int)) says _This method was deprecated in API level 23_, see this [answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/31590927/4281182). – Selçuk Cihan Jan 30 '16 at 17:43
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Agree, this is an important notice. – olshevski Feb 24 '16 at 20:07
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@SelçukCihan, I edited this answer according to your comment. – Johnny Five Feb 14 '18 at 09:44

Vasil Valchev · Answer 2 · 2018-04-18T13:13:45.677

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first get your color from xml file

int color = context.getResources().getColor(R.color.colorPrimary); // old

is deprecated now, use this instead

int color = ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.colorPrimary); // new

set color

paint.setColor(color);

xml file preview: res/values/color.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <color name="colorPrimary">#3F51B5</color>
    <color name="colorPrimaryDark">#303F9F</color>
    <color name="colorAccent">#FF4081</color>
</resources>

edited Apr 18 '18 at 13:13

answered Mar 21 '16 at 21:55

Vasil Valchev

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Thank you! Saved me from hours of searching the web dealing with API compatibility issues here. – Mitselplik May 30 '16 at 17:06

score 11 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 23 '12 at 09:39

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Try using color.white:

paint.setColor(Color.white)

edited Nov 23 '12 at 09:39

splash

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answered Nov 23 '12 at 09:19

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hmm ... looks like this doesn't answer the question (at least not how I understand it :-) - which is about how to access a custom color declared in the resources (vs. a pre-defined color) – kleopatra Nov 23 '12 at 09:39
This does not answer the question, which is to get the int value of a color predefinied from *resources* for use with paint.setColor(...). And it should be Color.WHITE (all caps), not Color.white. Completely useless. – ONE Jun 24 '19 at 02:48

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 09 '20 at 12:21

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paint.setColor(Color.parseColor("#FFFFFF"))

answered Aug 09 '20 at 12:21

Michael Rhodes

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 15 '20 at 14:15

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Set any color

paint.setColor( Color.rgb(R, G, B) )

edited Jan 15 '20 at 14:15

Dharman

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answered Jan 15 '20 at 11:45

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How to set paint.setColor(R.color.white)

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