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Reputation: 43

XML Button background color not changing

I have this XML tag:

<Button
        android:id="@+id/next"
        android:layout_width="305dp"
        android:layout_height="64dp"
        android:background="@color/colorTheme"
        style="@style/ButtonStyle"
        android:text="Next"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/imageViewFooterGetStarted"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.968" />

For some reason the background color of my button doesn't change. I've tried using only style.xml:

<style name="ButtonStyle" parent="android:Widget.Button">
        <item name="android:background">@drawable/btn_get_started</item>
        <item name="android:textColor">@color/colorTheme</item>
    </style>

And still has the default purple color. android:background doesn't have any effect either. What could be causing the background color not to change?

Edit: I found the solution. Turns out android:background changes the color but only if <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatButton> tag is used instead of <button> tag

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1856

Answers (2)

Porony
Porony

Reputation: 1

screenshot Replace <Button... /> with <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatButton... /> in code of Activity_main.xml

Upvotes: 0

Himanshu Sharma
Himanshu Sharma

Reputation: 113

Try with AppCompatButtom instead of Button

Replace your Button With AppCompatButtom

 <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatButton
            android:id="@+id/next"
            android:layout_width="305dp"
            android:layout_height="64dp"
            android:background="@color/colorTheme"
            style="@style/ButtonStyle"
            android:text="Next"
            app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/imageViewFooterGetStarted"
            app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.968" />

Hope its work !!

Upvotes: 3

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