Custom attr get color returns invalid values

I have a custom view in which i want to set the color of a textview.

I have

attrs.xml

<declare-styleable name="PropertyView">
    <attr name="propertyTitle" format="string" localization="suggested" />
    <attr name="showTitle" format="boolean" />
    <attr name="propertyTextColor" format="color" />
    <attr name="propertyTextSize" format="dimension" />
</declare-styleable>

I set it in the layout file

<com.something.views.PropertyView
    android:id="@+id/dwf_rAwayTeamTimePenaltyInput"
    style="@style/mw"
    propertyview:propertyTextSize="16sp"
    propertyview:propertyTitle="@string/AwayTeam"
    propertyview:showTitle="true"
    propertyview:propertyTextColor="@color/textLight" />

And in my code I set it

    TypedArray a = context.getTheme().obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.PropertyView, 0, 0);

    showTitle = a.getBoolean(R.styleable.PropertyView_showTitle, false);
    String title = a.getString(R.styleable.PropertyView_propertyTitle);
    float textSize = a.getDimension(R.styleable.PropertyView_propertyTextSize, -1);
    int color = a.getColor(R.styleable.PropertyView_propertyTextColor, -1);
    textSize = textSize / getResources().getDisplayMetrics().scaledDensity;
    if(BuildConfig.DEBUG) Log.e(getClass().getName(), "Color set to: " + color);

    setShowTitle(showTitle);
    setTitle(title);
    if(textSize >= 0) mTitleTextView.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP, textSize);
    if(color != -1) mTitleTextView.setTextColor(color);

    a.recycle();

But color keeps returning -1. I also tried to set color to #000 When i do that i get a value of -16777216

I also tried a.getInteger and a.getInt

Anyone experience with this problem or suggestions?

Solution, thanks to Alex Fu

getColor cannot handle references

It is working now with

ColorStateList color = a.getColorStateList(R.styleable.PropertyView_propertyTextColor);
mTitleTextView.setTextColor(color);

Solution

You are using a reference to a color in your example, however according to your attrs.xml file, that property must be of a color type, not a reference. This is probably the reason why when you used a hex color code it worked, but using a reference returned -1.

If you do change the format to a reference, you should also change the method to retrieve it from a.getColor() to a.getColorStateList().