I'd like to dynamically change the background color of a progress bar in android. I followed the "bonus" part near the end of the page of this tutorial:
http://colintmiller.com/2010/10/how-to-add-text-over-a-progress-bar-on-android/
It changes the color, but only once. If called more than once, the progress bar disappears. Here's the code.
Here's the progress bar definition:
<ProgressBar android:id="@+id/progress_bar" android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" style="@android:style/Widget.ProgressBar.Horizontal"
android:layout_marginRight="5dp" />
This is the drawable definition in res/drawable/green_progress.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="@android:id/background">
<shape>
<corners android:radius="5dip" />
<gradient
android:startColor="#ff9d9e9d"
android:centerColor="#ff5a5d5a"
android:centerY="0.75"
android:endColor="#ff747674"
android:angle="270"
/>
</shape>
</item>
<item android:id="@android:id/secondaryProgress">
<clip>
<shape>
<corners android:radius="5dip" />
<gradient
android:startColor="#80ffd300"
android:centerColor="#80ffb600"
android:centerY="0.75"
android:endColor="#a0ffcb00"
android:angle="270"
/>
</shape>
</clip>
</item>
<item
android:id="@android:id/progress">
<clip>
<shape>
<corners
android:radius="5dip" />
<gradient
android:startColor="@color/greenStart"
android:centerColor="@color/greenMid"
android:centerY="0.75"
android:endColor="@color/greenEnd"
android:angle="270"
/>
</shape>
</clip>
</item>
</layer-list>
Ene entries to rex/values/colors.xml:
<color name="greenStart">#ff33dd44</color>
<color name="greenMid">#ff0A8815</color>
<color name="greenEnd">#ff1da130</color>
And finally, in the code:
m_bar.setProgressDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.green_progress));
Again, the problem is it works the first time, but then makes the bar disappear.