I am having this issue where I am using the Android's Holo theme on a tablet project. However, I have a fragment on screen which has a white background. I am adding an EditText component on this fragment. I've tried to override the theme by setting the background of the Holo.Light theme resources. However, my text cursor (carat) remains white and hence, invisible on screen (I can spot it faintly in the edittext field..).
Does anyone know how I can get EditText to use a darker cursor color? I've tried setting the style of the EditText to "#android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.EditText" with no positive result.
Setting the android:textCursorDrawable attribute to #null should result in the use of android:textColor as the cursor color.
Attribute "textCursorDrawable" is available in API level 12 and higher
In Layout
<EditText
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textCursorDrawable="#drawable/color_cursor"
/>
Then create drawalble xml: color_cursor
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<size android:width="3dp" />
<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
</shape>
You have a white color cursor on EditText property.
It appears as if all the answers go around the bushes.
In your EditText, use the property:
android:textCursorDrawable="#drawable/black_cursor"
and add the drawable black_cursor.xml to your resources, as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" >
<size android:width="1dp" />
<solid android:color="#000000"/>
</shape>
This is also the way to create more diverse cursors, if you need.
There is a new way to change cursor color in latest Appcompact v21
Just change colorAccent in style like this:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Set theme colors from http://www.google.com/design/spec/style/color.html#color-color-palette-->
<!-- colorPrimary is used for the default action bar background -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#088FC9</item>
<!-- colorPrimaryDark is used for the status bar -->
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#088FC9</item>
<!-- colorAccent is used as the default value for colorControlActivated
which is used to tint widgets -->
<!-- THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR -->
<item name="colorAccent">#0091BC</item>
</style>
Then apply this style on your app theme or activities.
Update: this way only works on API 21+
Update 2: I'm not sure the minimum android version that it can work. Tested by android version:
2.3.7 - didn't work
4.4.4 - worked
5.0 - worked
5.1 - worked
I found the answer :)
I've set the Theme's editText style to:
<item name="android:editTextStyle">#style/myEditText</item>
Then I've used the following drawable to set the cursor:
`
<style name="myEditText" parent="#android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.EditText">
<item name="android:background">#android:drawable/editbox_background_normal</item>
<item name="android:textCursorDrawable">#android:drawable/my_cursor_drawable</item>
<item name="android:height">40sp</item>
</style>
`
android:textCursorDrawable is the key here.
For anyone that needs to set the EditText cursor color dynamically, below you will find two ways to achieve this.
First, create your cursor drawable:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" >
<solid android:color="#ff000000" />
<size android:width="1dp" />
</shape>
Set the cursor drawable resource id to the drawable you created (https://github.com/android/platform_frameworks_base/blob/kitkat-release/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java#L562-564">source)):
try {
Field f = TextView.class.getDeclaredField("mCursorDrawableRes");
f.setAccessible(true);
f.set(yourEditText, R.drawable.cursor);
} catch (Exception ignored) {
}
To just change the color of the default cursor drawable, you can use the following method:
public static void setCursorDrawableColor(EditText editText, int color) {
try {
Field fCursorDrawableRes =
TextView.class.getDeclaredField("mCursorDrawableRes");
fCursorDrawableRes.setAccessible(true);
int mCursorDrawableRes = fCursorDrawableRes.getInt(editText);
Field fEditor = TextView.class.getDeclaredField("mEditor");
fEditor.setAccessible(true);
Object editor = fEditor.get(editText);
Class<?> clazz = editor.getClass();
Field fCursorDrawable = clazz.getDeclaredField("mCursorDrawable");
fCursorDrawable.setAccessible(true);
Drawable[] drawables = new Drawable[2];
Resources res = editText.getContext().getResources();
drawables[0] = res.getDrawable(mCursorDrawableRes);
drawables[1] = res.getDrawable(mCursorDrawableRes);
drawables[0].setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);
drawables[1].setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);
fCursorDrawable.set(editor, drawables);
} catch (final Throwable ignored) {
}
}
Late to the party,Here's is my answer,
This is for the people who are not looking to change the colorAccent in their parent theme,but wants to change EditText attributes!
This answer demos how to change ......
Bottom line color
Cursor color
Cursor pointer color (I used my custom image).......... of EditText using style applied to the Activity theme.
<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Hey" />
Example:
<style name="AppTheme.EditText" parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.EditText">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/white</item>
<item name="android:textColorHint">#8AFFFFFF</item>
<item name="android:background">#drawable/edit_text_background</item> // background (bottom line at this case)
<item name="android:textCursorDrawable">#color/white</item> // Cursor
<item name="android:textSelectHandle">#drawable/my_white_icon</item> // For pointer normal state and copy text state
<item name="android:textSelectHandleLeft">#drawable/my_white_icon</item>
<item name="android:textSelectHandleRight">#drawable/my_white_icon</item>
</style>
Now create a drawable(edit_text_background) add a resource xml for the background!You can customize as you want!
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:bottom="0dp"
android:left="-3dp"
android:right="-3dp"
android:top="-3dp">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<stroke
android:width="1dp"
android:color="#color/white"/>
</shape>
</item>
</layer-list>
Now as you did set this style in your Activity theme.
Example :
In your Activity you have a theme,set this custom editText theme to that.
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Your Theme data -->
<item name="editTextStyle">#style/AppTheme.EditText</item> // inculude this
</style>
Edittext cursor color you want changes your color.
<EditText
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:textCursorDrawable="#drawable/color_cursor"
/>
Then create drawalble xml: color_cursor
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<size android:width="3dp" />
<solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
</shape>
Wow I am real late to this party but it has had activity 17 days ago
It would seam we need to consider posting what version of Android we are using for an answer so as of now this answer works with Android 2.1 and above
Go to RES/VALUES/STYLES and add the lines of code below and your cursor will be black
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
<!--<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">-->
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorControlActivated">#color/color_Black</item>
<!--Sets COLOR for the Cursor in EditText -->
</style>
You will need a this line of code in your RES/COLOR folder
<color name="color_Black">#000000</color>
Why post this late ? It might be nice to consider some form of categories for the many headed monster Android has become!
For me I modified both the AppTheme and a value colors.xml
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorControlNormal">#color/yellow</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/yellow</item>
</style>
Here is the colors.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<color name="yellow">#B7EC2A</color>
</resources>
I took out the android:textCursorDrawable attribute to #null that I placed inside the editText style. When I tried using this, the colors would not change.
Use this
android:textCursorDrawable="#color/white"
<resources>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item> -- change this one
</style>
Go to styles.xml and change the color accent and this will influence the cursor from the edittext box
The only valid answer should be to change the theme of the activity:
<item name="colorAccent">#000000</item>
You should not use the android:textCursorDrawable to #null because this only concerns the cursor itself but not the pin below the cursor if you want to drag that cursor. The theming solution is the most serious one.
Here #Jared Rummler's programatic setCursorDrawableColor() version adapted to work also on Android 9 Pie.
#SuppressWarnings({"JavaReflectionMemberAccess", "deprecation"})
public static void setCursorDrawableColor(EditText editText, int color) {
try {
Field cursorDrawableResField = TextView.class.getDeclaredField("mCursorDrawableRes");
cursorDrawableResField.setAccessible(true);
int cursorDrawableRes = cursorDrawableResField.getInt(editText);
Field editorField = TextView.class.getDeclaredField("mEditor");
editorField.setAccessible(true);
Object editor = editorField.get(editText);
Class<?> clazz = editor.getClass();
Resources res = editText.getContext().getResources();
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.P) {
Field drawableForCursorField = clazz.getDeclaredField("mDrawableForCursor");
drawableForCursorField.setAccessible(true);
Drawable drawable = res.getDrawable(cursorDrawableRes);
drawable.setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);
drawableForCursorField.set(editor, drawable);
} else {
Field cursorDrawableField = clazz.getDeclaredField("mCursorDrawable");
cursorDrawableField.setAccessible(true);
Drawable[] drawables = new Drawable[2];
drawables[0] = res.getDrawable(cursorDrawableRes);
drawables[1] = res.getDrawable(cursorDrawableRes);
drawables[0].setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);
drawables[1].setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);
cursorDrawableField.set(editor, drawables);
}
} catch (Throwable t) {
Log.w(TAG, t);
}
}
We can do it in meterial theme as following:
<style name="Theme.App" parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.DayNight.NoActionBar">
...
<item name="android:colorControlNormal">#ff0000</item>
<item name="android:colorControlActivated">#ff0000</item>
<item name="android:colorControlHighlight">#ff0000</item>
...
</style>
And if you want to change checkbox and radio colors too, add the following line:
<item name="colorAccent">#ff0000</item>
I've tested in Android API 21+
that's called colorAccent in Android.
go to res -> values -> styles.xml add
<item name="colorAccent">#FFFFFF</item>
if not exists.
editcolor.xml
android:textCursorDrawable="#drawable/editcolor"
In xml file set color code of edittext background color
After a lot of time spent trying all these technique in a Dialog, I finally had this idea : attach the theme to the Dialog itself and not to the TextInputLayout.
<style name="AppTheme_Dialog" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Dialog">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorWhite</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorPrimary</item>
</style>
inside onCreate :
public class myDialog extends Dialog {
private Activity activity;
private someVars;
public PopupFeedBack(Activity activity){
super(activity, R.style.AppTheme_Dialog);
setContentView(R.layout.myView);
....}}
cheers :)
Pay attention to your colorAccent in your current Activity/fragment/Dialog, defined in Styles... ;)
cursor color is related to it.
Another simple solution would be to go to res>values>colors.xml in your project folder and edit the value of the color accent to the color you prefer
<color name="colorAccent">#000000</color>
The code above changes your cursor to black.
Its even easier than that.
<style name="MyTextStyle">
<item name="android:textCursorDrawable">#000000</item>
</style>
This works in ICS and beyond. I haven't tested it in other versions.
are you want specific color you must use AppCompatEditText then backround set null
works for me
<android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText
android:background="#null"
android:textCursorDrawable="#color/cursorColor"/>
See this gist
In API 21 and above:
<com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
style="#style/Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox"
android:theme="#style/CursorColor">
// In colors.xml
<style name="CursorColor">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/black</item>
</style>>
<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
<!-- Customize your theme here. -->
<item name="colorPrimary">#36f0ff</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#007781</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#000</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>
<style name="AppTheme.AppBarOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />
<style name="AppTheme.PopupOverlay" parent="ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />
change t he color of colorAccent in styles.xm, that's it simple
If using style and implement
colorControlActivate
replace its value other that color/white.
you can use code below in layout
android:textCursorDrawable="#color/red"
android:textColor="#color/black
<style name="CustomTheme" parent="AppTheme">
<item name="colorAccent">#color/yourColor</item>
</style>
Add this in styles and then in the Edittext set the theme as follows:
android:theme="#style/CustomTheme"
And thats it!
I am trying to set custom color for Tab text in one of my android application but instead change its setting white color for it. Other tab text is going changed but not changing only for selected Tab.
My Style for Tab is like below
<style name="MineCustomTabText"
parent="TextAppearance.Design.Tab">
<item name="tabSelectedTextColor">#000</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/TextColorLite</item>
<item name="android:textSize">#dimen/textPageCount</item>
</style>
I am using it in My Layout XML is like below
<android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
android:id="#+id/tabs"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
app:tabGravity="fill"
app:tabTextAppearance="#style/MineCustomTabText"
app:tabMode="fixed"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
You can see I have set black color for selected tab in style but its showing only white color. Let me know what I am missing. Thanks
Try this following code:
Add this style into your TabLayout
<android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
style="#style/MyCustomTabLayout"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
Add this style into your Style.xml
<style name="MyCustomTabLayout" parent="Widget.Design.TabLayout">
<!--<item name="tabMaxWidth">#dimen/tab_max_width</item>-->
<item name="tabIndicatorColor">#color/appcolor</item>
<item name="tabIndicatorHeight">2dp</item>
<item name="tabPaddingStart">10dp</item>
<item name="tabPaddingEnd">10dp</item>
<item name="tabBackground">#color/lightblue</item>
<item name="tabTextAppearance">#style/MyCustomTabTextAppearance</item>
<item name="tabSelectedTextColor">#color/appcolor</item>
</style>
<style name="MyCustomTabTextAppearance" parent="TextAppearance.Design.Tab">
<item name="android:textSize">15sp</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/black</item>
<item name="textAllCaps">true</item>
</style>
Another way to change programmatically:
tabLayout.setSelectedTabIndicatorColor(Color.parseColor("#FF0000"));
tabLayout.setSelectedTabIndicatorHeight((int) (5 * getResources().getDisplayMetrics().density));
tabLayout.setTabTextColors(Color.parseColor("#727272"), Color.parseColor("#ffffff"));
I hope this will help you
Add tab_text_color.xml in drawable folder like below
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item
android:state_selected="true"
android:color="#color/text_tab_selected" />
<item
android:state_selected="false"
android:color="#color/text_tab_unselected" />
</selector>
then in style.xml do this and check
<style name="CustomTabPageIndicator.Text" parent="android:TextAppearance.Medium">
<item name="android:textColor">#drawable/tab_text_color</item>
...
</style>
As you can see from the image below, I'm using the time picker in my app.
I need to change the color but don't know how...
Thanks for the help.
This can be easily achieved from xml (5.0+ only)
v21/themes.xml
<style name="Theme"
parent="MyTheme.Base">
<item name="android:dialogTheme">#style/Theme.Dialog</item> <!-- TimePicker dialog -->
<item name="android:alertDialogTheme">#style/Theme.Dialog</item> <!-- Alert dialog -->
</style>
<style name="Theme.Dialog"
parent="android:Theme.Material.Light.Dialog">
<item name="android:colorAccent">#color/...</item>
<item name="android:colorPrimary">#color/...</item>
<item name="android:colorPrimaryDark">#color/...</item>
</style>
Edit
Please note that as of Android Support Library 22.1.0 there is a new AppCompatDialog available! http://android-developers.blogspot.de/2015/04/android-support-library-221.html
Try this code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="TimePicker" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.Dialog">
<item name="android:windowIsFloating">true</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/primary</item>
<item name="colorControlActivated">#color/secondary</item>
<item name="android:colorPrimary">#color/primary</item>
<item name="android:colorPrimaryDark">#color/primary</item>
<item name="android:buttonBarNegativeButtonStyle">#style/DatePickerTheme.ButtonBarButtonStyle</item>
<item name="android:buttonBarPositiveButtonStyle">#style/DatePickerTheme.ButtonBarButtonStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="DatePickerTheme.ButtonBarButtonStyle" parent="Widget.MaterialComponents.Button.TextButton.Dialog">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/primary</item>
</style>
</resources>
The first one is colorAccent, the second is colorControlActivated and the last one does not belong to the timepicker, it belongs to dialog so you should apply the an style similar to this post
I'm having the same issue as this thread: Android Material Design Inline Datepicker issue, but I am not using an XML layout, instead I'm building the DatePicker programmatically.
This is the code I am using but is not working
DatePicker dpView = new DatePicker(ctx);
dpView.setCalendarViewShown(false);
dpView.setSpinnersShown(true);
how can I make it work?
If you have to set it up programmatically in a DatePickerFragment just set this:
DatePickerDialog dialog = new DatePickerDialog(getActivity(),android.R.style.Theme_Holo_Dialog_MinWidth, this, year, month, day);
with whatever style you like.
The problem in Android 5.0 is the "mode" which determines whether to use a calendar or not is read at construct time, and in code you can't set the mode until after it has been constructed, thus it's too late. (Source is here: DatePicker Source Code)
My solution was to create my own reusable DatePicker layout that specifies the "no calendar" mode, and construct my DateTimes programmatically with that layout instead of Android's default.
Bottom line is, create a "DatePicker.axml" file, put it in the resources folder, and paste the following as its contents:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<DatePicker xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:calendarViewShown="false"
android:datePickerMode="spinner"/>
and declare it wherever you need in code like this:
LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.From( Activity );
DatePicker datePicker = (DatePicker)inflater.Inflate( Resource.Layout.DatePicker, null );
Adding to the answer from user Luismi:
The theme Theme.Holo.Dialog or Theme.Holo.Dialog.MinWidth might cause problems like two boxes drawn around the date picker.
Instead you should the theme Theme.Holo.Dialog.NoFrame to prevent this. The theme might not be accessable from your code, so just create your own theme:
<style name="DatePickerDialogTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.Dialog">
<item name="android:windowBackground">#android:color/transparent</item>
<item name="android:windowFrame">#null</item>
<item name="android:windowContentOverlay">#null</item>
<item name="android:windowAnimationStyle">#null</item>
<item name="android:backgroundDimEnabled">false</item>
<item name="android:windowIsTranslucent">true</item>
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="android:windowCloseOnTouchOutside">false</item>
</style>
Edit: The better way to fix this problem is to use the SpinnerDatePicker library that recreates the old design.
I simply changed my AppTheme(v21) style and worked:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="colorControlActivated">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="android:timePickerDialogTheme">#style/PickerDialogCustom</item>
<item name="android:datePickerDialogTheme">#style/PickerDialogCustom</item>
<item name="alertDialogTheme">#style/AlertDialogCustom</item>
</style>
<style name="PickerDialogCustom" parent="AlertDialogCustom">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="android:textColorPrimary">#color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorControlNormal">#color/greyLight500</item>
<item name="android:layout_margin">2dp</item>
<item name="android:datePickerMode">spinner</item>
</style>
<style name="AlertDialogCustom" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.Dialog.Alert">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="android:positiveButtonText">#color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="android:negativeButtonText">#color/greyDark200</item>
<item name="buttonBarNegativeButtonStyle">#style/negativeButton</item>
<item name="android:datePickerStyle">#style/PickerDialogCustom</item>
</style>
I'm trying to change the style of a Button when someone clicks on it. I want to change both the background as the text colour. However, only the text color is changed. From that I conclude that the style is changed, but for some reason the background can't be overwritten.
I'm using this code in the onClick handler:
Button send_button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
send_button.setTextAppearance(context, R.style.activeButtonTheme);
The relevant styles in my styles.xml are:
<style name="buttonTheme">
<item name="android:background">#color/white</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/orange</item>
<item name="android:paddingTop">6dp</item>
<item name="android:paddingBottom">6dp</item>
<item name="android:layout_margin">2dp</item>
</style>
<style name="activeButtonTheme" parent="#style/buttonTheme">
<item name="android:background">#color/orange</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/white</item>
</style>
What's the problem here?
I do not want to set the background color from Java, I only want to change the style in Java.
Use selector for that purpose. Check this link for details(Custom background section) Regarding to your code, define appropriate selector.xml file in your resources directory, something like that:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="#drawable/drawable_for_dissabled_button" android:state_enabled="false"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/drawable_for_pressed_button" android:state_enabled="true" android:state_pressed="true"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/drawable_for_enabled_button" android:state_enabled="true" android:state_focused="true"/>
<item android:drawable="#drawable/drawable_for_enabled_button" android:state_enabled="true"/>
</selector>
Assign just created selector to the button in the layout file:
<Button android:id="#+id/your_button_id"
android:background="#drawable/selector" />