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zeus
zeus

Reputation: 12937

Applying an accent color to an EditText

Is it possible to apply an accent color to an particular EditText while others are unaffected ?

i have this :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>

  <!-- EditText on a blue background -->
  <style name="BlueBGTextView" parent="@android:style/Widget.Material.Light.EditText">
  </style>

  <!-- default EditText -->
  <style name="AppTheme.EditTextStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.Material.Light.EditText">
  </style>

  <!-- default Theme -->
  <style name="AppTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Material.Light.NoActionBar"> 
    <item name="android:editTextStyle">@style/AppTheme.EditTextStyle</item>
    <item name="android:colorAccent">#ff0288d1</item> <!-- use to setup the color of the text selection handles -->   
    <item name="@attr/BlueBGTextViewStyle">@style/BlueBGTextView</item>
  </style>

</resources>

but the problem is that <item name="android:colorAccent">#ff0288d1</item> is applied globally to all my edits. I would like to apply it only to the 

<style name="BlueBGTextView" parent="@android:style/Widget.Material.Light.EditText">
</style>

any idea how i can do this ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1641

Answers (2)

xbadal
xbadal

Reputation: 1375

try this, i have tested it on my system.

 <EditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="50dp"
        android:theme="@style/Edittext" />

declare your theme is styles.xml

<style name="Edittext" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">#ed2727</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">#ed2727</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">#ed2727</item>

    <item name="colorControlNormal">#ed2727</item>
    <item name="colorControlActivated">#ed2727</item>
    <item name="colorControlHighlight">#ed2727</item>

</style>

reference here

Upvotes: 1

Lokesh Desai
Lokesh Desai

Reputation: 2677

I have used like this hope this can help u

<style name="MyEditTextTheme">
    <!-- Used for the bottom line when not selected / focused -->
    <item name="colorControlNormal">#9e9e9e</item>
    <!-- colorControlActivated & colorControlHighlight use the colorAccent color by default -->
</style>

Now u can apply this theme to particular edittext

<EditText
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:theme="@style/MyEditTextTheme"/>

Upvotes: 1

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