Change "on" color of a Switch

Question

I'm using a standard Switch control with the holo.light theme in a ICS app.

I want to change the highlighted or on state color of the Toggle Button from the standard light blue to green.

This should be easy, but I can't seem to work out how to do it.

Answer 1

As of now it is better to use SwitchCompat from the AppCompat.v7 library. You can then use simple styling to change the color of your components.

values/themes.xml:

<style name="Theme.MyTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
    <!-- colorPrimary is used for the default action bar background -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/my_awesome_color</item>

    <!-- colorPrimaryDark is used for the status bar -->
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/my_awesome_darker_color</item>

    <!-- colorAccent is used as the default value for colorControlActivated,
         which is used to tint widgets -->
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/accent</item>

    <!-- You can also set colorControlNormal, colorControlActivated
         colorControlHighlight, and colorSwitchThumbNormal. -->

</style>

ref: Android Developers Blog

EDIT:

The way in which it should be correctly applied is through android:theme="@style/Theme.MyTheme" and also this can be applied to parent styles such as EditTexts, RadioButtons, Switches, CheckBoxes and ProgressBars:

<style name="My.Widget.ProgressBar" parent="Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar">

<style name="My.Widget.Checkbox" parent="Widget.AppCompat.CompoundButton.CheckBox">