Android: How to set the colour of a Toast's text

Question

I am displaying a toast message as the result of an if statement using the following code:

Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Please Enter Price", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

It is displayed as white text on a white background, as such it can not be read! My question is, how can I change the colour of the toast's text?

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score 129 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 24 '12 at 15:03

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You can achieve this very easily, without creating a custom layout by modifying the default Toast :

Toast toast = Toast.makeText(this, resId, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
TextView v = (TextView) toast.getView().findViewById(android.R.id.message);
v.setTextColor(Color.RED);
toast.show();

You can find the layout used by the default toast view in the Android SDK :

$ANDROID-SDK$/platforms/android-8/data/res/layout/transient_notification.xml

answered Feb 24 '12 at 15:03

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You can also do `toast.getView().setBackgroundColor(Color.RED);` to set the background color of the entire Toast area. – Chris Mar 25 '13 at 19:51
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^- On my telephone that adds a background behind the default grey background, though. – Stephan Bijzitter Mar 02 '17 at 19:42
@Chris Nice find! However it gave my Toast corners. This kept the shape intact: toast.getView().setBackgroundTintList(ColorStateList.valueOf(Color.RED)); – einUsername Dec 14 '20 at 07:47

score 22 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 18 '17 at 11:05

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You can create a custom Toast view to suit your requirements. See the section titled "Creating a Custom Toast View" at http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/toasts.html

edited Dec 18 '17 at 11:05

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answered Jul 14 '11 at 02:01

Mandel

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score 16 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 14 '11 at 02:03

You may want to create a custom Toast

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          android:id="@+id/toast_layout_root"
          android:orientation="horizontal"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:layout_height="fill_parent"
          android:padding="10dp"
          android:background="#DAAA"
          >
<ImageView android:id="@+id/image"
           android:layout_width="wrap_content"
           android:layout_height="fill_parent"
           android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
           />
<TextView android:id="@+id/text"
          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="fill_parent"
          android:textColor="#FFF"
          />
</LinearLayout>

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LayoutInflater inflater = getLayoutInflater();
View layout = inflater.inflate(R.layout.toast_layout,
                           (ViewGroup) findViewById(R.id.toast_layout_root));

ImageView image = (ImageView) layout.findViewById(R.id.image);
image.setImageResource(R.drawable.android);
TextView text = (TextView) layout.findViewById(R.id.text);
text.setText("Hello! This is a custom toast!");

Toast toast = new Toast(getApplicationContext());
toast.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL, 0, 0);
toast.setDuration(Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
toast.setView(layout);
toast.show();

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score 9 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 11 '15 at 08:33

The simplest way to change the background color of a toast and the background color of a toast's text:

View view;
TextView text;
Toast toast;
toast.makeText(this, resId, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
view = toast.getView();
text = (TextView) view.findViewById(android.R.id.message);
text.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.black));
text.setShadowLayer(0,0,0,0);
view.setBackgroundResource(R.color.white);
toast.show();

Anatolii Shuba · Answer 5 · 2022-06-02T04:18:33.803

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Try to use Toasty library. It is really easy to use it - https://github.com/GrenderG/Toasty

edited Jun 02 '22 at 04:18

answered Jun 30 '17 at 16:00

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score 4 · Answer 6 · edited Aug 04 '14 at 15:36

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You can also use SpannableString. It can also color parts of the string.

SpannableString spannableString = new SpannableString("This is red text");
spannableString.setSpan(
                            new ForegroundColorSpan(getResources().getColor(android.R.color.holo_red_light)),
                            0,
                            spannableString.length(),
                            0);
Toast.makeText(this, spannableString, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

edited Aug 04 '14 at 15:36

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answered Aug 04 '14 at 15:17

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above single value **getColor(int)** method is deprecated so better to use double value method like **getColor(int,theme)**.EX:: **getColor(android.R.color.holo_red_light,getTheme())** – brahmy adigopula Aug 18 '16 at 12:24

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 08 '20 at 20:09

You can try this if you don't wish to use any custom libraries

 Toast toast=Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"This is advanced toast",Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
        View view=toast.getView();
        TextView  view1=(TextView)view.findViewById(android.R.id.message);
        view1.setTextColor(Color.YELLOW);
        view.setBackgroundResource(R.color.colorPrimary);
        toast.show();

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 07 '20 at 15:16

Here is an example in Kotlin, showing how you can change the background color of a toast and it's text color :

val toast = Toast.makeText(context, text, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
toast.view.background.setColorFilter(ContextCompat.getColor(context, 
R.color.white), PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN)
val textView = toast.view.findViewById(android.R.id.message) as TextView
textView.setTextColor(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.black))
toast.show()

Panagiotis Bougioukos · Answer 9 · 2021-03-03T20:18:46.103

The solution with setting a custom view on Toast is deprecated for API 30 and forward.

Documentation says

apps * targeting API level {@link Build.VERSION_CODES#R} or higher that are in the background * will not have custom toast views displayed.

The alternative is

Toast.makeText(applicationContext,
                HtmlCompat.fromHtml("<font color='red'>custom toast message</font>", HtmlCompat.FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY),
                Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()

Html color tag can also be 

For every modification that has to do with the text displayed the above solution would be enough. You can for example make the text bold by inserting my text or you maybe want to change the font-familywith  my text  For all those changes that solution will be enough.

If you want to modify the container though with properties like background-color the only alternative is to use Snackbar. View can not be modified for Toast anymore.

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Apr 17 '21 at 22:02

https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/toasts?hl=es-419#java

Context context = getApplicationContext();
CharSequence text = "Hello toast!";
int duration = Toast.LENGTH_SHORT;

Toast toast = Toast.makeText(context, text, duration);
toast.show();

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