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lilgodwin
lilgodwin

Reputation: 1108

android changing button colors turns button orange when clicking... why?

I've got some buttons that I want to change background colors upon clicking. As a quiz app, they'll turn red if the wrong one is clicked and green if the right one is clicked. I also wanted to reset the buttons back to default when the question is switched to repeat the process of selecting an answer.

My problem is when I went to implement:

buttonOne.setBackgroundResource(android.R.drawable.btn_default);
buttonTwo.setBackgroundResource(android.R.drawable.btn_default);
buttonThree.setBackgroundResource(android.R.drawable.btn_default);
buttonFour.setBackgroundResource(android.R.drawable.btn_default);

Which is supposed to reset the buttons back to default (right?). Now, when I click the buttons and hold them down the background is orange, and I have no idea why. Anyone know why this is?

I haven't set anything to orange so it seems quite random.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2069

Answers (3)

Bahadır Bulduk
Bahadır Bulduk

Reputation: 98

First, you need to create an xml file. For example:

  • Create colors.xml in res->values
  • Put colors code in this xml
<color name="orange">#FF9900</color>
<color name="green">#009900</color>
<color name="blue">#000099</color>
<color name="red">#bf360c</color>

  • Now, you can use the colors.

    buttonOne.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.green));

Upvotes: 0

JakeP
JakeP

Reputation: 1756

It's possible that the resource you're using is a set of drawables which has an "active" one set, like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <item android:drawable="@drawable/bar_bottom_home_active" android:state_pressed="true"/>
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/bar_bottom_home"/>

</selector>

That would explain different colour when you hold down the button.

Upvotes: 1

Mauricio Silva
Mauricio Silva

Reputation: 483

Try putting it this way:

buttonOne.setBackgroundColor(YOUR_COLOR_HERE);

In the color it's prefered to add it to your colors' xml file and refer to it

Upvotes: 0

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