Get color resource as string

Question

I'm trying to use Color.parseColor() on a color resource:

<color name="redish">#FF0000</color>

I've tried this, but it gives me the error Unknown color:

Color.parseColor(Integer.toHexString(context.getResources().getColor(R.color.redish)))

How do I convert the color resource to a String properly?

N J · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-12T10:36:26.667

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I think you missed #

Color.parseColor("#"+Integer.toHexString(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.redish)))

edited Mar 12 '17 at 10:36

answered Sep 05 '15 at 06:02

N J

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`Integer.toHexString(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.redish)` with recent versions this worked for me. – Carlo Espino Feb 18 '16 at 05:39
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getColor i deprecated...[more](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31590714/getcolorint-id-deprecated-on-android-6-0-marshmallow-api-23) – LukaszTaraszka Mar 12 '17 at 10:28

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 25 '17 at 14:03

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Updated answer:

String colorHex = "#" + Integer.toHexString(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.colorPrimary) & 0x00ffffff);

answered Sep 25 '17 at 14:03

Darush

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This worked for me when the accepted answer didn't. Thanks! – rjr-apps Jan 16 '18 at 20:58
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The accepted answer was not working for me, but this one does! Kudos! – PayToPwn Dec 02 '18 at 19:58

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 07 '17 at 23:09

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String colorString=getResources().getString(R.color.redish);

Try this

edited Mar 07 '17 at 23:09

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answered Sep 05 '15 at 05:54

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IntelliJ Amiya · Answer 4 · 2015-09-05T05:58:28.973

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context.getResources().getColor(R.color.redish));

edited Sep 05 '15 at 05:58

answered Sep 05 '15 at 05:57

IntelliJ Amiya

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`context` needs to be there... it's within an adapter. – user5294977 Sep 05 '15 at 05:57
where you store your color xml ? – IntelliJ Amiya Sep 05 '15 at 06:04

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 17 '16 at 08:09

I got a color stored in object (containing other fields). Also the colors were defined in xml file (colors.xml).
So wanted to set the background color of textview. I did it as follows:

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String color= res.colorName; // res is an object
int c = context.getResources().getIdentifier(color,"color", context.getPackageName());
textView.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#" + Integer.toHexString(context.getResources().getColor(c))));

If you are using the code in activity you can omit use of 'context' .

Here's another way of doing it:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13388493/how-can-i-convert-the-android-resources-int-to-a-string-eg-android-r-string-c/43621406#43621406 — user2288580, Apr 25 '17 at 21:41

Get color resource as string

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