xamarin set view background color from a hex value

Question

How do i programatically set the background color of a view using xamarin from the hex value

For example

 view.BackgroundColor = Color.FromHex("#00162E");

possible duplicate of [How to get a Color from hexadecimal Color String](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5248583/how-to-get-a-color-from-hexadecimal-color-string) — Jason, Apr 16 '15 at 20:23

score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 17 '15 at 12:02

12

I believe you're looking for the ParseColor method that takes in a string and returns the integer color.

view.BackgroundColor = Android.Graphics.Color.ParseColor("#FF6A00");

Supported formats are:

#RRGGBB
#AARRGGBB
'red', 'blue', 'green', 'black', 'white', 'gray', 'cyan', 'magenta', 'yellow', 'lightgray', 'darkgray'

edited Apr 17 '15 at 12:02

Thomas

answered Apr 17 '15 at 11:51

ripple182

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

2

From their example.. I think you just need to drop the #.

view.BackgroundColor = Color.FromHex("FF6A00")

Depending on your target, you may want to try the parseColor method on the color class instead.

public static int parseColor (String colorString)

It claims to take hex values :

... formats are: #RRGGBB #AARRGGBB 'red', 'blue', 'green', 'black', 'white', 'gray', 'cyan', 'magenta', 'yellow', 'lightgray', 'darkgray'

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

Community

answered Apr 16 '15 at 19:56

LawfulEvil

I get an error saying Color does not contain a definition for FromHex. – CBaker Apr 16 '15 at 19:59
You are working cross platform or are you just targeting ios or android or something? – LawfulEvil Apr 16 '15 at 20:03
just targeting android. Im not using Xamarin Forms – CBaker Apr 16 '15 at 20:05
If you are not using forms you may want to take a look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5248583/how-to-get-a-color-from-hexadecimal-color-string – ClintL Apr 16 '15 at 20:36

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 19 '15 at 13:01

0

To change the color programatically of some text in the .xaml file you can do this, in for instance a switch loop:

FindViewById<TextView>(Resource.Id.->insert the id/name from the .xaml file <-).SetBackgroundColor(Color.Red);
break;

I hope it helps

answered Nov 19 '15 at 13:01

ToFo

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 17 '21 at 13:21

0

Worked for me this:

 BackgroundColor = Color.FromHex("#fcf2e4");

My Xamarin.Forms Version: 5.0.0.2012.

I found Code Here

answered Mar 17 '21 at 13:21

Gonçalo Garrido

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