Button Press,Text Color

Question

I need to change Button Color(normal/pressed) using Selector

res/color/test_color_button.xml

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_pressed="true" android:color="@color/button_focused"/>
<item android:state_pressed="false" android:color="@color/button_font"/>
<item android:color="@color/button_font"/>
</selector>

in code class MyButton (its extended from class Button) and I used following code to set text color

 //at Constructor 
 this.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.text_color_button));

But my problem is ,Button alwas shows default color

Look at this http://stackoverflow.com/a/8147889/964741 – RajaReddy PolamReddy Oct 29 '14 at 09:11 — RajaReddy PolamReddy, Oct 29 '14 at 09:11

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 29 '14 at 09:15

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You need to create a ColorStateList object

XmlResourceParser parser = getResources().getXml(R.color.test_color_button);
ColorStateList colorStateList = ColorStateList.createFromXml(getResources(), parser);
this.setTextColor(colorStateList);

answered Oct 29 '14 at 09:15

Blackbelt

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`getColor` returns an `int`, not a `ColorStateList` – Blackbelt Oct 29 '14 at 09:24
you are welcome. The other answer are correct too, you want to set it in the xml, *not* programmatically – Blackbelt Oct 29 '14 at 09:26

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 29 '14 at 09:25

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try to set the selector to the background like this:

<Button
   android:id="@+id/button1"
   android:layout_width="wrap_content"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content"
   android:background="@drawable/button_bg" />

edited Oct 29 '14 at 09:25

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answered Oct 29 '14 at 09:19

balaji koduri

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i know that,i want to set style(font,color,background etc) to all buttons,so i created own button programmatically.thanks for your answer – Nooh Oct 29 '14 at 09:32

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 29 '14 at 09:27

Why changing colors,lets do a complete new attractive thing.... I am sure you will like it

Create an xml file in your drawable folder named as button_bg.xml like the following

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/button_pressed" android:state_pressed="true" />

    <item android:drawable="@drawable/button" />

</selector>

where button_pressed and button are the images which you want to show on button pressed and normal state of button

Set the background of the button as button_bg.xml like the following

<Button
   android:id="@+id/button1"
   android:layout_width="250dp"
   android:layout_height="70dp"
   android:layout_marginLeft="360dp"
   android:layout_marginTop="520dp"
   android:background="@drawable/button_bg"  <!--like this-->
   android:text="Login"
   android:textColor="#ffffff"
   android:textSize="30dp" />

and enjoy!

i want change backgroud on button press ,its works fine – Nooh Oct 29 '14 at 09:16 — Nooh, Oct 29 '14 at 09:16

Button Press,Text Color

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