How to show the cursor color in edit text in kitkat?

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the cursor is not display in 4.4 in Edit text. My code is below of the xml :

 <EditText
                android:id="@+id/editextTitle"
                style="@style/WrapMid_edittext"
                android:hint="Search"
                android:singleLine="true" />

Explain your issue more specific – Emil Aug 12 '15 at 12:19 — Emil, Aug 12 '15 at 12:19
android:textCursorDrawable="@null" Use this in xml file – Prashant Maheshwari Andro Aug 12 '15 at 12:22 — Prashant Maheshwari Andro, Aug 12 '15 at 12:22
do you want to change the cursor color. – Arun Shankar Aug 12 '15 at 12:23 — Arun Shankar, Aug 12 '15 at 12:23
Thanks @PrashantMaheshwariAndro it works for me.. – Kuldip Sharma Aug 13 '15 at 04:41 — Kuldip Sharma, Aug 13 '15 at 04:41

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 12 '15 at 12:55

To change cursor color you need to create a drawable as below (cursor.xml):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<solid android:color="@color/cursor_color" />

<size android:width="1dp" />

and use it as

                <EditText
                android:id="@+id/editextTitle"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                style="@style/WrapMid_edittext"
                android:hint="Search"
                android:singleLine="true"
                android:textCursorDrawable="@drawable/cursor"/>

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 12 '15 at 12:25

You question is very general, you should be more specific but I guess that I understood what you meant in that question.

android:textCursorDrawable="@null"

Add this simple line and it should fix your problem. You could trick with this code and change the colour of the cursor as you prefer.

Look here if you want a reference guide and if you scroll down, I'd invite you to focus on this:

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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Your edit text should be like this

          <EditText
            android:id="@+id/editextTitle"
            style="@style/WrapMid_edittext"
            android:hint="Search"
            android:textCursorDrawable="@null"
            android:singleLine="true" />

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edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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How to show the cursor color in edit text in kitkat?

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