Set background color of the material chip programmatically

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Chip chip = new Chip(context);
chip.setBackgroundcolor(getResources().getColor(R.color.blue));

The above line gives the error:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Do not set the background resource; Chip manages its own background drawable.

score 30 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 15 '19 at 13:17

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For Kotlin, you should use this:

chip.chipBackgroundColor = ColorStateList.valueOf(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.yourColor))

For Java:

chip.setChipBackgroundColor(ColorStateList.valueOf(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.yourColor)));

edited Dec 15 '19 at 13:17

Mertcan Seğmen

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answered Mar 10 '19 at 00:27

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score 28 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:12

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You can set background color of material chip by following line (Kotlin)

chip.chipBackgroundColor = getColorStateList(/*your preferred color*/)

answered Nov 20 '18 at 13:12

Ravi Kumar

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the following line worked for me Chip.setChipBackgroundColorResource(R.color.colorBlue); – Ganesh Acharya Nov 21 '18 at 10:07

score 8 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 03 '20 at 19:10

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Use the method setChipBackgroundColorResource:

chip.setChipBackgroundColorResource(R.color.chip_selector_color);

Otherwise use the method setChipBackgroundColor

chip.setChipBackgroundColor(AppCompatResources.getColorStateList(context, R.color.chip_selector_color));

edited Mar 03 '20 at 19:10

Ljdawson

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answered Oct 05 '19 at 10:01

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score 6 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 09 '20 at 22:48

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Try this:

chip.setChipBackgroundColor(getResources().getColorStateList(R.color.Green));

edited Jun 09 '20 at 22:48

Xenolion

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answered Nov 21 '18 at 04:38

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This method is deprecated, please use `chip.setChipBackgroundColor(ColorStateList.valueOf(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.white)));` instead – Amitoj Dec 05 '21 at 16:04

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 31 '22 at 05:26

use backgroundTint in xml

            <com.google.android.material.chip.Chip
                android:id="@+id/timetext_id"
                android:layout_width="0dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginHorizontal="40dp"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:backgroundTint="#39b8db"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:padding="5dp"
                android:text="Time"
                android:textAlignment="center"
                android:textColor="@color/white" />

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 29 '22 at 08:33

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In Kotlin

chip.chipBackgroundColor = ContextCompat.getColorStateList(this.context,R.color.**yourcolorid**)

answered Dec 29 '22 at 08:33

Narendra_Nath

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Set background color of the material chip programmatically

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