Change foreground color of a layout programmatically

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I want to change the foreground color of a linearlayout. This is my code:layout.setForeground(new ColorDrawable(getResources().getColor(R.color.svbackclr))); But this call require minimum api level 23.So how to do the same on pre 23 api.

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 10 '16 at 06:01

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As @Gaurav suggested FrameLayout you can use the forground color by programatically in the following way

int color = R.color.black_trans_60;
frm.setForeground(new ColorDrawable(ContextCompat.getColor(mContext, color)));

answered Nov 10 '16 at 06:01

Raju

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this is not working in Api 16 and as it requires api 23. – Vivek Barai Nov 17 '17 at 12:07

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 10 '16 at 05:53

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I suggest to use FrameLayout In this you can use setForeground()

On any API level

answered Nov 10 '16 at 05:53

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 10 '16 at 06:03

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This is a documentation bug . setForeground() existed on FrameLayout from API Level 1; it is only on View as of API Level 23.

So it best to extend FrameLayout

answered Nov 10 '16 at 06:03

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Change foreground color of a layout programmatically

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