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Rockstar5645
Rockstar5645

Reputation: 4518

How to change background color of ImageButton in android

I have a search button and I want the background color to be a light blue. Here is my ImageButton

<ImageButton
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:src="@drawable/ic_search"
    android:background="@android:color/searchBlue"/>

I want the background color to be a light blue. But @android:color/searchBlue is highlighted red. Here is my colors.xml file 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <color name="loomiusBlue">#00A6FF</color>
    <color name="white">#FFFFFF</color>
    <color name="headBlue">#2196F3</color>
    <color name="searchBlue">#B3E5FC</color>
</resources>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1366

Answers (2)

Opiatefuchs
Opiatefuchs

Reputation: 9870

If the color searchBlue is defined by Yourself inside a color.xml, You have to use

android:background="@color/searchBlue"

instead. @android will refere to android resources and not your resources.

Upvotes: 1

wvdz
wvdz

Reputation: 16651

This is wrong, because this searches for this color resource in the core android resources, not your local resources:

android:background="@android:color/searchBlue"

This should work, if this color exists in your color.xml:

android:background="@color/searchBlue"

Upvotes: 1

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