get background color from textview without using ColorDrawable (API 11)

Question

How can i get the backround color of a textview using only API 9?

I basicly want to do this but only using API 9

int intID = (ColorDrawable) textView.getBackground().getColor();

Gopal Gopi · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-15T10:04:30.920

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try this...

public static int getBackgroundColor(TextView textView) {
    ColorDrawable drawable = (ColorDrawable) textView.getBackground();
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
        return drawable.getColor();
    }
    try {
        Field field = drawable.getClass().getDeclaredField("mState");
        field.setAccessible(true);
        Object object = field.get(drawable);
        field = object.getClass().getDeclaredField("mUseColor");
        field.setAccessible(true);
        return field.getInt(object);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        // TODO: handle exception
    }
    return 0;
}

edited Feb 15 '14 at 10:04

answered Feb 15 '14 at 09:57

Gopal Gopi

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Thanks that works. I had to add the @SuppressLint("NewApi") on the methode now that im only using API 9 – Nicolas Ørskov Skaanild Feb 15 '14 at 10:27
Fails on API > 21 – EmmanuelMess Apr 20 '17 at 02:38

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 17 '14 at 11:41

Great answer! I just wanted to add that the private field mState has two color fields:

mUseColor
mBaseColor

For getting the color the above code is great but if you want to set the color, you have to set it to the both fields due to problems in StateListDrawable instances:

    final int color = Color.RED;
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) {
        drawable.setColor(color);
    } else {
        try {
            final Field stateField = drawable.getClass().getDeclaredField(
                    "mState");
            stateField.setAccessible(true);
            final Object state = stateField.get(drawable);

            final Field useColorField = state.getClass().getDeclaredField(
                    "mUseColor");
            useColorField.setAccessible(true);
            useColorField.setInt(state, color);

            final Field baseColorField = state.getClass().getDeclaredField(
                    "mBaseColor");
            baseColorField.setAccessible(true);
            baseColorField.setInt(state, color);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Cannot set color to the drawable!");
        }
    }

Hope this was helpful! :)

get background color from textview without using ColorDrawable (API 11)

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