Change background color of edittext in android

Question

If I change the background color of my EditText using the below code, it looks like the box is shrunken and it doesn't maintain the ICS theme of a blue bottom border that exists for a default EditText.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="#99000000"
    >
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/id_nick_name"
        android:layout_marginTop="80dip"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="#ffffff"  
    />
    <LinearLayout 
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
             android:layout_marginTop="10dip"
             android:layout_marginLeft="20dip"
             android:layout_marginRight="20dip"
            android:orientation="horizontal"
            android:layout_below="@+id/id_nick_name">  
        <Button 
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="add"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            />
         <Button 
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="cancel"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            />
    </LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

Here is what it looks like:

Answer 1

The color you are using is white "#ffffff" is white so try a different one change in the values if you want until you get your need from this link Color Codes and it should go fine

Answer 2

The simplest solution I have found is to change the background color programmatically. This does not require dealing with any 9-patch images:

((EditText) findViewById(R.id.id_nick_name)).getBackground()
    .setColorFilter(Color.<your-desi‌​red-color>, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);

Source: another answer

Answer 3

I create color.xml file, for naming my color name (black, white...)

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <resources>
    <color name="white">#ffffff</color>
    <color name="black">#000000</color>
 </resources>

And in your EditText, set color

<EditText
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="asdsadasdasd"
        android:textColor="@color/black"
        android:background="@color/white"
        />

or use style in you style.xml:

<style name="EditTextStyleWhite" parent="android:style/Widget.EditText">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/black</item>
    <item name="android:background">@color/white</item>
</style>

and add ctreated style to EditText:

 <EditText
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="asdsadasdasd"
        style="@style/EditTextStyleWhite"
        />

Answer 4

What you should do is to create a 9 patch image for edittext and set that image as edit text background. You can create 9 patches using this website

I am attaching a sample 9 patch image for your reference.Use it as edittext background and you will get an idea.Right click the image and select "save image as". When you save the image dont forget to give its extension as "9.png"

Answer 5

I worked out a working solution to this problem after 2 days of struggle, below solution is perfect for them who want to change few edit text only, change/toggle color through java code, and want to overcome the problems of different behavior on OS versions due to use setColorFilter() method.

    import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.PorterDuff;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat;
import android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatDrawableManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatEditText;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import com.newco.cooltv.R;

public class RqubeErrorEditText extends AppCompatEditText {

  private int errorUnderlineColor;
  private boolean isErrorStateEnabled;
  private boolean mHasReconstructedEditTextBackground;

  public RqubeErrorEditText(Context context) {
    super(context);
    initColors();
  }

  public RqubeErrorEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    super(context, attrs);
    initColors();
  }

  public RqubeErrorEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
    super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
    initColors();
  }

  private void initColors() {
    errorUnderlineColor = R.color.et_error_color_rule;

  }

  public void setErrorColor() {
    ensureBackgroundDrawableStateWorkaround();
    getBackground().setColorFilter(AppCompatDrawableManager.getPorterDuffColorFilter(
        ContextCompat.getColor(getContext(), errorUnderlineColor), PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN));
  }

  private void ensureBackgroundDrawableStateWorkaround() {
    final Drawable bg = getBackground();
    if (bg == null) {
      return;
    }
    if (!mHasReconstructedEditTextBackground) {
      // This is gross. There is an issue in the platform which affects container Drawables
      // where the first drawable retrieved from resources will propogate any changes
      // (like color filter) to all instances from the cache. We'll try to workaround it...
      final Drawable newBg = bg.getConstantState().newDrawable();
      //if (bg instanceof DrawableContainer) {
      //  // If we have a Drawable container, we can try and set it's constant state via
      //  // reflection from the new Drawable
      //  mHasReconstructedEditTextBackground =
      //      DrawableUtils.setContainerConstantState(
      //          (DrawableContainer) bg, newBg.getConstantState());
      //}
      if (!mHasReconstructedEditTextBackground) {
        // If we reach here then we just need to set a brand new instance of the Drawable
        // as the background. This has the unfortunate side-effect of wiping out any
        // user set padding, but I'd hope that use of custom padding on an EditText
        // is limited.
        setBackgroundDrawable(newBg);
        mHasReconstructedEditTextBackground = true;
      }
    }
  }

  public boolean isErrorStateEnabled() {
    return isErrorStateEnabled;
  }

  public void setErrorState(boolean isErrorStateEnabled) {
    this.isErrorStateEnabled = isErrorStateEnabled;
    if (isErrorStateEnabled) {
      setErrorColor();
      invalidate();
    } else {
      getBackground().mutate().clearColorFilter();
      invalidate();
    }
  }
}

Uses in xml

<com.rqube.ui.widget.RqubeErrorEditText
            android:id="@+id/f_signup_et_referral_code"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
            android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/referral_iv"
            android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/referral_iv"
            android:ems="10"
            android:hint="@string/lbl_referral_code"
            android:imeOptions="actionNext"
            android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
            android:textSize="@dimen/text_size_sp_16"
            android:theme="@style/EditTextStyle"/>

Add lines in style

<style name="EditTextStyle" parent="android:Widget.EditText">
    <item name="android:textColor">@color/txt_color_change</item>
    <item name="android:textColorHint">@color/et_default_color_text</item>
    <item name="colorControlNormal">@color/et_default_color_rule</item>
    <item name="colorControlActivated">@color/et_engagged_color_rule</item>
  </style>

java code to toggle color

myRqubeEditText.setErrorState(true);
myRqubeEditText.setErrorState(false);

Answer 6

You should use style instead of background color. Try searching holoeverywhere then I think this one will help you solve your problem

Using holoeverywhere

just change some of the 9patch resources to customize the edittext look and feel.