how to change the color of the edittext text selection handles?

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i know this question was already answered but i can't find a solution that work.

on android > lolipop (21) is their any way to change the color of my text selection handles (without uploading new png image)?

i define this style

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

  <style name="AppEditTextStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.Material.Light.EditText">
    <item name="android:background">@null</item>    
    <item name="android:textCursorDrawable">@null</item> 
    <item name="android:drawableTint">#00ffffff</item>           
  </style>

  <style name="AppTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Material.Light.NoActionBar"> 
    <item name="android:editTextStyle">@style/AppEditTextStyle</item>
  </style>

</resources>

but it's not work, i receive : Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:drawableTint'.

but in the doc (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:drawableTint) it is clearly specified that android:drawableTint exist :( so i don't understand why i miss ?

Loki this might help you. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29795197/how-to-change-color-of-edittext-handlers — W4R10CK, Sep 18 '16 at 12:29
thanks W4R10CK but no :( i don't want to do @drawable/text_select_handle_middle because i know that on android > 21 their is a way to change the color wihtout uploading new drawables. i don't understand for now why #00ffffff return an error :( — zeus, Sep 18 '16 at 12:47
Possible duplicate of [How to change color of EditText handles?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29795197/how-to-change-color-of-edittext-handles) — Vadim Kotov, Mar 13 '19 at 15:55

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 13 '19 at 16:44

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In android lolipop and later the handles color is the accent color.

I suggest to read this:

Selection - Patterns - Material design guidelines

Here is the styles line:

<item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>

And set selection color like this:

android:textColorHighlight="@color/colorAccent"

edited Mar 13 '19 at 16:44

Vadim Kotov

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answered Sep 18 '16 at 13:12

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but when i do @color/colorAccent i receive No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'colorAccent' :( – zeus Sep 18 '16 at 14:45
can we add the @color/colorAccent only to one TextEdit instead of defining it globally ? – zeus May 26 '17 at 13:54
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`colorAccent` for handles will work only if set in Activity's theme – Vadim Kotov Mar 13 '19 at 16:43

how to change the color of the edittext text selection handles?

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