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Setting TextView color to a <selector> programmatically

I have the following selector defined in an XML file under res/color/redeemlist_item_color.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

      <item android:state_pressed="true"
            android:color="#FFFFFF" /> <!-- pressed -->

      <item android:state_selected="true"
            android:color="#FFFFFF" /> <!-- focused -->

      <item android:color="#000000" /> <!-- default -->

   </selector>

I also have a TextView in a ListView item layout. When I set android:textColor on this TextView to the above selector in XML, then the color changes correctly when the item is selected. However, I am trying to set this resource programmatically in the following way:

holder.label.setTextColor(R.color.redeemlist_item_color);

When set in this way, the color no longer changes. Can a selector be assigned to a TextView in this way?

Solution

  • I think you might need to add findViewById or something of that variety

    Edit: the above is incorrect as per my comment the proper answer is 

    setTextColor(getResources().getColorStateList(R.color.redeemlist_item_color));