Here is my selector
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_pressed="true" android:color="@color/black"/>
<item android:color="@color/white"/>
</selector>
apparently I cannot save it in the /drawable
folder as my android won't compile. Then if I create a /color
folder in res
I get a red mark from eclipse. So where do I save my selector so I can use it as the background color of a TextView (or really any other view).
I have a colors.xml
file in values, but how would I add a selector to it?
THE ACTUAL SOLUTION
I am posting this edit in case someone else needs help. I hope you this saves you some time.
For the correct answer, I did following
In strings.xml
<drawable name="black_drawable">@color/black</drawable>
<drawable name="white_drawable">@color/white</drawable>
In colors.xml
<color name="black">#000000</color>
<color name="white">#ffffff</color>
Then in the selector, I did
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:drawable="@drawable/black_drawable" android:state_pressed="true"/>
<item android:drawable="@drawable/white_drawable"/>
</selector>
The selector is saved in /drawable
as selector_black_white.xml
Last edit i messed up pretty in my previous edit sorry my bad this one is working now res/drawable
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@color/whiteColor"/>
<item android:drawable="@color/backColor"/>
</selector>
then on your res/value/string or create new values color
<color name="whiteColor">#000000</color>
<color name="backColor">#ffffff</color>