Android TextView created dynamically becomes gray

Question

So I have a LinearLayout then inside is a ScrollView then inside is another RelativeLayout and finally inside is another LinearLayout with id mylinearlayout.

I want to create TextView's dynamically it works fine, but the text seems to be disabled like GRAY color. Although i didn't set any color.. Here's my code:

final LinearLayout linlayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.mylinearlayout);
final TextView tv = new TextView(getApplicationContext());                          
tv.setTextSize(20);
tv.isEnabled();
tv.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
if(orderstatus.equals("Pending")) {
    tv.setText("OrderID: "+orderid + "\n"+"OrderDate: " + orderdate + "\n"  +"OrderStatus: "+orderstatus + " \n\n");
    tv.setId(i + 5);
    linlayout.addView(tv);
}

i tried it but no changes at all, I even tried to change it to red but still gray. — Duckbenok, Feb 02 '16 at 18:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 31 '16 at 20:39

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You doing well, but miss one moment. When you add view into layout, view automaticly sets color from current system styles. If you need to change color of your text, do this:

tv.setTextColor(YOUR_COLOR);

answered Jan 31 '16 at 20:39

GIGAMOLE

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 31 '16 at 20:56

Use this code

linlayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.mylinearlayout);
TextView tv = new TextView(getApplicationContext());
tv.setTextSize(20);
tv.isEnabled();
tv.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
if(orderstatus.equals("Pending"))
{
tv.setText("OrderID: "+orderid + "\n"+"OrderDate: " + orderdate + "\n"  +"OrderStatus: "+orderstatus + " \n\n");
tv.setId(i + 5);
tv.setTextColor(Color.BLACK);
linlayout.addView(tv);
}

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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Your TextView text may grey because it's using the system Theme rather than your Activity's. You could try passing this instead of getApplicationContext() in your TextView() constructor. This is true for Toast objects, for example, and may also apply to widgets.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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answered Jan 31 '16 at 21:23

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thanks for the reply but when I use 'this' i get undefined error and when i use getApplicationContext(), R.style.AppTheme i also get error – Duckbenok Feb 02 '16 at 18:29

Android TextView created dynamically becomes gray

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