setTextColor on Android 5.1

Question

Why only on Android 5.1 or above setTextColor method doesn't works?

TextView TextView32 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView32);
TextView32.setText(String.valueOf(LikesNumber2));
SendLikes2.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.likeyes);
TextView32.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#ffffff"));

Strange, but on Android 4.4 and above 30 mobile phones with variable versions textColor changes. Where is a mistake?

XML:

<RelativeLayout                
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:layout_marginBottom="7dp">

     <Button
            android:layout_width="50dp"
            android:layout_height="50dp"
            android:id="@+id/SendLikesHe"
            android:background="@drawable/likezero"
            android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
            android:layout_marginTop="15dp"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

     <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:id="@+id/textView32"
            android:textColor="#fffb0049"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
            android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
            android:layout_marginBottom="14dp"
            android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/SendLikesHe" />

     <TextView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceSmall"
            android:text="Like"
            android:id="@+id/textView67_onn"
            android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
            android:textSize="13sp"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="false"
            android:layout_below="@+id/SendLikesHe"
            android:textColor="#FB0049" />
</RelativeLayout>

Use `ContextCompat.getColor()`, see [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/31590927/4908802). — yennsarah, Jan 14 '16 at 06:42

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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You can use

TextViewObj.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.Color_Name));

Or use ContextCompat

TextViewObj.setTextColor(ContextCompat.getColor(context,R.color.Color_Name));

getColor(int id) deprecated on Android 6.0 Marshmallow (API 23)

Hope this helps .

edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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answered Jan 14 '16 at 06:37

IntelliJ Amiya

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Thanks for your help, but i think problem is in ImageView. It can impose the text (i dont know how i can say it in english - something like "you cann't see text because imageview on them"). So problem isn't solved – androidFan Jan 21 '16 at 20:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 14 '16 at 06:56

You are trying

 TextView32.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#ffffff"));

which is WHITE color. Is your background color not a white??

Try to set background color gray(#808080) or other and set color as,

TextViewObj.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.Color_Name));

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 11 '16 at 07:19

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textView.setTextColor(Color.parseColor("#DD1515"));

Above line should work fine. tested in 4.4, 5.1, 6.0

edited Jul 11 '16 at 07:19

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answered Jan 18 '16 at 12:27

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