Possible to get color with string?

Question

In my values folder I have my_colors.xml:

<resources>
    <!-- Orange -->
    <color name="orangePrimary">#f6a02d</color>
    <color name="orange1">#e3952a</color>
    <color name="orange2">#da8f28</color>
    <color name="orange3">#d08926</color>
</resources>

Is there a way to get these colors just with the string of its name? Something like view.setBackgroundColor.getColor("orange1");

For images you have this getResources().getIdentifier("my_image", "drawable", getPackageName());

Hope you guys know what I mean. Greetings.

Answer 1

Have you tried the following:

// java
Resources res = context.getResources();
String packageName = context.getPackageName();

int colorId = res.getIdentifier("my_color", "color", packageName);
int desiredColor = res.getColor(colorId);

// kotlin
val res: Resources = context.getResources()
val packageName: String = context.getPackageName()

val colorId: Int = res.getIdentifier("my_color", "color", packageName)
val desiredColor: Int = res.getColor(colorId)

Hope it helps!

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Note: This is deprecated, instead you could do the following, which handles both pre and post Marshmallow (API 23):

// java
Resources res = context.getResources();
String packageName = context.getPackageName();

int colorId = res.getIdentifier("my_color", "color", packageName);
int desiredColor = ContextCompat.getColor(context, colorId);

// kotlin
val res: Resources = context.getResources()
val packageName: String = context.getPackageName()

val colorId: Int = res.getIdentifier("my_color", "color", packageName)
val desiredColor: Int = ContextCompat.getColor(context, colorId)