Set textColor programmatically using the attribute from attrs.xml file

Question

I have a RecyclerView where the text colour is to be set according to the priority received. Meaning if the priority is equal to 1 (which is high), the text color is RED, else the text color will follow the DEFAULT color (which is either android:textColorPrimary or android:textColorSecondary). But I have trouble getting the value from the attr file.

Below is my attempt to get it work in code RecyclerViewAdapter file

@Override
public ViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
    context = parent.getContext();
    View itemView = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext()).inflate(R.layout.recycler_view_layout,
            parent, false);

    TextView projectTextView = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.text_project);
    TextView timeTextView = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.text_time);

    return new ViewHolder(itemView, projectTextView, timeTextView,
            new ViewHolder.OnItemClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onItemClick(int position) {
            RecyclerViewAdapter.this.itemClickListener.onItemClick(filteredList.get(position));
        }
    });
}

@Override
public void onBindViewHolder(ViewHolder holder, int position) {
    final Message message = filteredList.get(position); //my Message object

    holder.projectTextView.setText(message.getProject());
    holder.timeTextView.setText(message.getTime());

    //Get attribute colour from attr file
    TypedValue typedValue = new TypedValue();
    int[] attrs = new int[]{android.R.attr.textColorPrimary, android.R.attr.textColorSecondary};
    TypedArray a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(typedValue.data, attrs);
    int txtColorPrimary = a.getDimensionPixelSize(0, -1);
    int txtSecondaryPrimary = a.getDimensionPixelSize(1, -1);
    a.recycle();

    //Set the text colour to red if the priority is high ("1")
    if(message.getPriority().equals("1")){
        holder.projectTextView.setTextColor(Color.RED);
        holder.timeTextView.setTextColor(Color.RED);
    }else{
        //Else set the text colour to default colour
        holder.projectTextView.setTextColor(txtColorPrimary); //<-- this is not working
        holder.timeTextView.setTextColor(txtSecondaryPrimary); //<-- this is not working
    }


}

Below is the code in attrs.xml which I am trying to get the value from

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <declare-styleable name="Theme">
        <!-- The most prominent text color.  -->
        <attr name="textColorPrimary" format="reference|color" />
        <!-- Secondary text color. -->
        <attr name="textColorSecondary" format="reference|color" />
        <!-- Tertiary text color. -->
        <attr name="textColorTertiary" format="reference|color" />
    </declare-styleable>
</resources>

I only know how to set it in layout but I am not sure how to do it in java code.

android:textColor="?android:textColorPrimary"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:paddingStart="16dp" android:paddingLeft="16dp"
    android:paddingEnd="16dp" android:paddingRight="16dp"
    android:paddingTop="16dp"
    android:paddingBottom="16dp">


        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/text_project"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
            android:textColor="?android:textColorPrimary"
            android:maxLines="1"
            android:ellipsize="end"/>

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/text_time"
            android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
            android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@id/text_project"
            android:layout_toEndOf="@id/text_project"
            android:textStyle="italic"
            android:textColor="?android:textColorSecondary"
            android:maxLines="1"
            android:ellipsize="end"
            android:gravity="end"/>


</RelativeLayout>

I do apologise if my code seems wrong. I admit I am not really good with android code and it may seem silly to do it this way but I do appreciate the advice given in solving this.