EditText - Text selection background color change programmatically

Question

I am working on dynamic theme apply on Android application concept. I am applying theme color programmatically for all UI. I want to change EditText selection background color programmatically.

Any help would be much appreciated. I want to change textselection highlight color.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/29795507/8117793 Check this answer — Tomin B Azhakathu, Feb 05 '18 at 06:02
@TominB I need to change color of text background and not about handle. — Samir Bhatt, Feb 05 '18 at 06:03
https://stackoverflow.com/a/48616746/8117793 Try this.. Hope this may solve your proble — Tomin B Azhakathu, Feb 05 '18 at 06:09

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 05 '18 at 06:10

2

Background color as you mentioned in your question is known as HighlightColor for EditText.

Try this,

et.setHighlightColor(ContextCompat.getColor(getContext(), R.color.highlight));

answered Feb 05 '18 at 06:10

Kuls

2,047
21
39

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 05 '18 at 06:14

1

To highlight the selection Use setHighlightColor feature in the code for the EditText. It is not background color. Its HighLightColor.

IN CODE

editTextName.setHighlightColor(ContextCompat.getColor(getContext(), R.color.highlight));

edited Feb 05 '18 at 06:14

Pravin Pawar

2,559
3
34
40

answered Feb 05 '18 at 06:08

Tomin B Azhakathu

2,656
1
19
28

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 05 '18 at 06:09

1

If you have EditText with name editText use setHighlightColor() method:

editText.setHighlightColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.some_color);

answered Feb 05 '18 at 06:09

godot

3,422
6
25
42

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 05 '18 at 06:02

0

Don't know whether is this you are looking for , but why don't you try:

textView.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorID));

answered Feb 05 '18 at 06:02

Janitha Prabath Madushanka

197
5
14

1

I do not want to set background color. I want to set color which display on text selection. Please read my question carefully – Samir Bhatt Feb 05 '18 at 06:03
1

[link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20639594/how-to-change-highlight-color-on-edittext-field) try this out , Sorry for the inconvenience @Samir – Janitha Prabath Madushanka Feb 05 '18 at 06:07
Kindly edit answer. `setHighlightColor` – IntelliJ Amiya Feb 05 '18 at 06:21

EditText - Text selection background color change programmatically

4 Answers4