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MUZ140820 Immaculate Ncube
4,611 PointsA bit confused on how i can change the button background color
please help
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" >
<Button
android:id="@+id/saveButton"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:text="@string/save_label"
android:background="@drawable/button_custom"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item
android:drawable="@android:color/darker_gray"
android:state_pressed="true"/>
<item
android:drawable="@android:color/holo_blue_light"
android:state_focused="true"/>
<item android:drawable="@android:color/holo_red_light"
android:background="@android:color/white"/>
</selector>
1 Answer
Kristian Terziev
28,449 PointsYou've oriented yourself right, but your code isn't quite there yet. It's logical to change the color in the button's normal state. Therefore your code is in the right place. It's just that it should be only one line:
<item android:drawable="@android:color/white" />