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nuclear kote
nuclear kote

Reputation: 500

How to change editText background color (Android)?

I tried this:

rounded_textfield.xml:

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
       android:shape="rectangle" android:padding="10dp">
    <solid android:color="#EEEEEE"/>
    <corners
            android:bottomRightRadius="8dp"
            android:bottomLeftRadius="8dp"
            android:topLeftRadius="8dp"
            android:topRightRadius="8dp"/>
</shape>

activity.xml:

<EditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/searchField" android:layout_row="0" android:layout_column="0"
        android:drawableLeft="@drawable/search"
        android:background="@drawable/rounded_edittext" android:minHeight="50dp"/>

In the editor it's grey, but on the phone it's white.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 202

Answers (3)

Nigam Patro
Nigam Patro

Reputation: 2770

Your code is right, just clean the project. One thing you should remember that the different colors look different in different devices according to their display settings and their display screens.

Upvotes: 4

Vinay Pandravada
Vinay Pandravada

Reputation: 88

Create a file named custom_edit_text.xml and put it in xml folder in your res folder of your project.

Paste the following code there:

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" >
   <solid android:color="#ffffff" />
   <stroke android:width="1dip" android:color="#ffffff"/>
</shape>

Now just refer to this xml in your activty_main.xml file like this:

  <EditText

                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="35dp"
                android:layout_centerHorizontal="true
                android:background="@xml/custom_edit_text">

 </EditText>
For custom colors visit [this][1] link.

Cheers!

Upvotes: 0

Parth Bhayani
Parth Bhayani

Reputation: 1924

Try this,

<EditText
                    android:id="@+id/edtPassword"
                    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                    android:layout_height="40dp"
                    android:background="@drawable/rounded_corner"
                    android:ems="10"
                    android:hint="Enter Password"
                    android:inputType="textPassword"
                    android:paddingLeft="5dp"
                    android:paddingRight="5dp"
                    android:singleLine="true"
                    android:textColor="@android:color/white"
                    android:textColorHint="@android:color/white"
                    android:textSize="16sp" />

rounded_corner.xml

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

    <solid android:color="@android:color/transparent" />

    <corners
        android:bottomRightRadius="5dp"
        android:bottomLeftRadius="5dp"
        android:topLeftRadius="5dp"
        android:topRightRadius="5dp"/>

    <stroke
        android:width="1dp"
        android:color="@android:color/white" />

    <padding
        android:bottom="1dip" />

</shape>

Upvotes: 1

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