I need a button to change to two different colors when clicked

Question

Here is my code and I need a comparison function to replace true so it can set different colors. I've tried getBackground() with many errors and I have tried other options on Stack here with no success.

  private fun makeColored(view: View) {
        when (view.id) {

               
            R.id.box_one_text -> if (true) view.setBackgroundColor(Color.DKGRAY) else view.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE)

see this : [link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3882064/how-to-change-color-of-button-in-android-when-clicked) — Mahmoud, Sep 11 '20 at 04:19

Favour Felix Chinemerem · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-11T05:02:57.103

To the best of my knowledge, this is the answer I could provide although there might be better answers.

button.tag = "DEFAULT"
button.setOnClickListener { view ->
    makeColored(view)
}

Your makeColored function should be:

private fun makeColored(view: View) {
    when (view.tag) {
        "DEFAULT" -> {
            view.setBackgroundColor(Color.GREEN)
            view.tag = Color.GREEN
        }
        Color.RED -> {
            view.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLUE)
            view.tag = Color.BLUE
        }
        Color.BLUE -> {
            view.setBackgroundColor(Color.GREEN)
            view.tag = Color.GREEN
        }
        Color.GREEN -> {
            view.setBackgroundColor(Color.RED)
            view.tag = Color.RED
        }
    }
}

This was what I was looking for. Thank you! – Steve McCluskey Sep 11 '20 at 15:51 — Steve McCluskey, Sep 11 '20 at 15:51

I need a button to change to two different colors when clicked

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