android:textColor not working for TextView

Question

android:textColor doesn't seem to work for TextView inside a nested LinearLayout. I had a look at the question at Textcolor selector not working. But it is also not working in my case. Following is my layout file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".CreateActivity">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:layout_marginTop="15dp">

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/lblTitle"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_gravity="end"
            android:layout_weight="0.9"
            android:hint="Title:"
            android:textAlignment="textEnd"
            android:textSize="24sp"
            android:textColor="#000000"/>

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/lblTitleEdit"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginStart="10dp"
            android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
            android:hint="Enter your title here"
            android:layout_weight="0.4"
            android:inputType="text"/>

    </LinearLayout>

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:orientation="horizontal"
        android:layout_marginTop="15dp">

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/lblVenue"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_gravity="end"
            android:layout_weight="0.9"
            android:hint="Venue:"
            android:textAlignment="textEnd"
            android:textSize="24sp"
            android:textColor="#000000"/>

        <EditText
            android:id="@+id/lblVenueEdit"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginStart="10dp"
            android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
            android:hint="Enter your venue here"
            android:layout_weight="0.4"
            android:inputType="text"/>

    </LinearLayout>
</LinearLayout>

Am I making any mistake here? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

You used hint as text here. So you have to apply color to your hint with the following code. or you can also change hint to text in your xml.

android:textColorHint="#000"