How to change the track color of a SwitchCompat

Question

I've tried using the following link to change the color of a SwitchCompat:

How to change the color of a SwitchCompat

Notice the low constrast in my switch:

But after changing all relevant color values the track (the brighter grey) of the SwitchCompat remains the same. I don't want to change the appearance except the color. The thumb is in pink, and I want the track to have some contrast. Did I miss to define a value in my styles.xml?

I tried these values (random non-white colors):

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/first</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/second</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/third</item>
   ...
    <item name="colorControlActivated">@color/first</item>
    <item name="colorControlHighlight">@color/first</item>
    <item name="colorControlNormal">@color/second</item>
    <item name="colorSwitchThumbNormal">@color/second</item>
    <item name="colorButtonNormal">@color/second</item>
...>

Answer 1

I had same probrem and solved it.

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
   ...
   <!-- Active thumb color & Active track color(30% transparency) -->
   <item name="colorControlActivated">@color/theme</item>
   <!-- Inactive thumb color -->
   <item name="colorSwitchThumbNormal">@color/grey300</item>
   <!-- Inactive track color(30% transparency) -->
   <item name="android:colorForeground">@color/grey600</item>
   ...
</style>

I read app compat code, and understand it.

android.support.v7.internal.widget.TintManager.java

private ColorStateList getSwitchTrackColorStateList() {
    if (mSwitchTrackStateList == null) {
        final int[][] states = new int[3][];
        final int[] colors = new int[3];
        int i = 0;

        // Disabled state
        states[i] = new int[] { -android.R.attr.state_enabled };
        colors[i] = getThemeAttrColor(android.R.attr.colorForeground, 0.1f);
        i++;

        states[i] = new int[] { android.R.attr.state_checked };
        colors[i] = getThemeAttrColor(R.attr.colorControlActivated, 0.3f);
        i++;

        // Default enabled state
        states[i] = new int[0];
        colors[i] = getThemeAttrColor(android.R.attr.colorForeground, 0.3f);
        i++;

        mSwitchTrackStateList = new ColorStateList(states, colors);
    }
    return mSwitchTrackStateList;
}