Android - how to disable / change editTexts 'Pin'

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How can I edit or disable the 'pin' for editTexts that appears when marking text? I was able to edit the underline & the cursor, but not that 'pin' because I didn't know how to call it. Image of the pin (pink) added.

refer to http://stackoverflow.com/a/12331404/4388512 – F43nd1r Feb 18 '16 at 17:01 — F43nd1r, Feb 18 '16 at 17:01

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 18 '16 at 17:01

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I think the colourAccent influences the colour of that pin, try changing the colour of colourAccent in color.xml

answered Feb 18 '16 at 17:01

Shashank Udupa

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 18 '16 at 17:03

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This 'pin' is called "text select handle" To change it you need to use these attributes: text_select_handle_left and text_select_handle_right

answered Feb 18 '16 at 17:03

drWisdom

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 18 '16 at 17:13

Add these drawables with customized design/color to your drawable folder and add to style

<style name="MyTheme" parent="@style/MyCustomTheme">
        <item name="android:textSelectHandle">@drawable/text_select_handle_middle</item>
        <item name="android:textSelectHandleLeft">@drawable/text_select_handle_left</item>
        <item name="android:textSelectHandleRight">@drawable/text_select_handle_right</item>
</style>

Android - how to disable / change editTexts 'Pin'

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