How to change textColor on press Even in Android?

Question

Is it possible to change the text color of a textview if the textview is pressed? I want to achieve a flashing effect with the color change only lasting as long as the button is pressed.

I know how to change the background of the textview with a selector list and the correct state but how can I change the color of text if the user pushes a button or a simple textview?

Answer 1

myTextView.setTextColor( 0xFFFF0000 )

Answer 2

you can change it using the setTextColor(ColorStateList) method

myTextView.setTextColor(myColorStates);

Answer 3

search for color selector to use in the

android:setTexColor

attr

Answer 4

You can define a selector for colors as well. A short example that only distinguishes between pressed and all other states is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector
   xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"&gt;
   <item
      android:state_pressed="true"
      android:color="#FFFFFF" />
   <item
      android:color="#4C566C" />
</selector>

For a full documentation on the selector see this unofficial documentation.

Put every color selector in a single file and put this files in a directory called color in the resources folder of your project.