Can not set background color of android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar

Question

I create app from the template with Design Support Library and gonna change the color of the android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar to pure red.

    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
        android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:background="#ff0000"
        app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />

It works, but color is D62628 instead FF0000. What's wrong?

Update: Ok, I try to do it via colorPrimary. Set color in colors.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <color name="colorPrimary">#ffff0000</color>
    <color name="colorPrimaryDark">#303F9F</color>
    <color name="colorAccent">#FF4081</color>
</resources>

The same history:

you are passing '#ffff0000' put this '#ff0000' and then check — Aman Jham, Oct 23 '15 at 05:53

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 23 '15 at 05:34

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:local="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"

    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
    android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
    local:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
    local:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />

and add in ur color.xml

<resources>
    <color name="colorPrimary">#FF0000</color>


</resources>

answered Oct 23 '15 at 05:34

Shivanshu Verma

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So, I have #25183d in styles and #1B152D on screenshot. Who changes the color?? – tse Oct 23 '15 at 05:39
which background color u wants to set mention that at YOUR_COLOR – Shivanshu Verma Oct 23 '15 at 05:40
@color/colorPrimary addd this instead of adding hashcode in style.xml – Shivanshu Verma Oct 23 '15 at 05:42
which hashcode u want to set in your Toolbar background ? – Oct 23 '15 at 05:45
@Harshad I want to get #ff0000. – tse Oct 23 '15 at 05:51
The main problem for me that designers give me the color of toolbar, but I can not set it. I could recalculate if it required, but what is the rule? – tse Oct 23 '15 at 05:53
let me explain... if u wants to set a background color in a toolbar then u should set it in #ffff0000, tag – Shivanshu Verma Oct 23 '15 at 06:00
i tried ur colorcode in my app\s toolbar tatz working fine for me. – Shivanshu Verma Oct 23 '15 at 06:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 23 '15 at 05:56

Do it like this in your onCreate() method.

@Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
            Window window = getWindow();
            window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS);
            window.clearFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TRANSLUCENT_STATUS);
            window.setStatusBarColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorPrimary));
        } 
        setContentView(R.layout.your_layout);
.
.
.
}

What you are putting in your **colorPrimary**. What is the hash code?? — Pankaj, Oct 23 '15 at 06:18

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 23 '15 at 07:03

The answer will be not about Android, it will be about the tools. Color picker in Android Studio takes wrong color. As I understand it takes color from screen, that affected by calibration settings, not from screenshot.

When I picked color inside the Gimp editor, it shows me the same color that I set in styles.xml

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/wrs_color_primary</item>
    ...
</style>
<color name="wrs_color_primary">#ff9900</color>

Can not set background color of android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar

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