How to get color of Toolbar's/ActionBar's text color programmatically?

Question

I'm trying to get toolbar's textColor using this method:

private int getToolbarTextColor() {

    int toolbarTextColor;
    TypedArray typedArray = getTheme().obtainStyledAttributes(new int[]{R.attr.titleTextColor});

    try {
        toolbarTextColor = typedArray.getColor(0, Color.TRANSPARENT);
    } catch (UnsupportedOperationException e) {
        toolbarTextColor = Color.TRANSPARENT;
    } finally {
        typedArray.recycle();
    }

    return toolbarTextColor;
}

but it returns 0. What is the problem in my code? What attribute should I use? Is there another better way to get it?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 26 '16 at 23:16

Here is a method that uses reflection for obtaining a Toolbar title TextView's color:

@ColorInt public static int getToolbarTitleTextColor(Toolbar toolbar) {
try {
  Field f = toolbar.getClass().getDeclaredField("mTitleTextView");
  f.setAccessible(true);
  TextView mTitleTextView = (TextView) f.get(toolbar);
  if (mTitleTextView != null) {
    return mTitleTextView.getCurrentTextColor();
  }
} catch (Exception  e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
}

return 0;}

Thanks, but I think there should be an attribute which presents the color. — h.nodehi, Aug 28 '16 at 01:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 12 '18 at 14:45

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val a = TintTypedArray.obtainStyledAttributes(context, null, R.styleable.Toolbar, R.attr.toolbarStyle, 0);

title.setTextColor(a.getColor(R.styleable.Toolbar_titleTextColor, -0x1))
subtitle.setTextColor(a.getColor(R.styleable.Toolbar_titleTextColor, -0x1))

(Kotlin)

answered Oct 12 '18 at 14:45

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there is a warning that says the resource Toolbar_titleTextColor is marked as private using material library. Any idea? – Leandro Ocampo Nov 11 '19 at 12:53

How to get color of Toolbar's/ActionBar's text color programmatically?

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