how to set an int color in a Text composable like we did in views? This was the old method for setti...

# compose

[Pablo]

how to set an int color in a Text composable like we did in views? This was the old method for setting the int color to a textview:

/**
 * Sets the text color for all the states (normal, selected,
 * focused) to be this color.
 *
 * @param color A color value in the form 0xAARRGGBB.
 * Do not pass a resource ID. To get a color value from a resource ID, call
 * {@link androidx.core.content.ContextCompat#getColor(Context, int) getColor}.
 *
 * @see #setTextColor(ColorStateList)
 * @see #getTextColors()
 *
 * @attr ref android.R.styleable#TextView_textColor
 */
@android.view.RemotableViewMethod
public void setTextColor(@ColorInt int color) {
    mTextColor = ColorStateList.valueOf(color);
    updateTextColors();
}

[Stylianos Gakis]

Try this: Text(..., color = colorResource(R.color.abcd))

[Pablo]

is not a resource

[Stylianos Gakis]

What do you have at hand right now for the color you mention?

[Pablo]

I did this previously

[Pablo]

tv.setTextColor(getColor());

[Stylianos Gakis]

What is getColor()

[Pablo]

returns a color represented by an int

[Pablo]

check the function

[Pablo]

public void setTextColor(@ColorInt int color) {
    mTextColor = ColorStateList.valueOf(color);
    updateTextColors();
}

[Pablo]

you can have colors like this

[Pablo]

color1=Color.argb(a, r, g, b);

[Pablo]

@ColorInt
public static int argb(
        @IntRange(from = 0, to = 255) int alpha,
        @IntRange(from = 0, to = 255) int red,
        @IntRange(from = 0, to = 255) int green,
        @IntRange(from = 0, to = 255) int blue) {
    return (alpha << 24) | (red << 16) | (green << 8) | blue;
}

[Pablo]

those are functions from android, not mine

[youssef hachicha]

use this Color(0xFFDA30F5).toArgb()

[Pablo]

why not simply this?

[Pablo]

color = Color(0x00000000)

[Pablo]

or

color = Color(0)

[Pablo]

it seems to compile

[Pablo]

maybe is what I was searching for

[Khubaib Khan]

Hey Pablo, setting color is similar to that. We need to use the Color(0XFF______). on the place of _. there should be your color. remember 0XFF is mandatory and after that you need to write the color code.

[Dan MacNeil]

Here is one way:

val myGreen = Color(0xff_00_bb_00)

Text(
    text = "Test",
    color = myGreen
)

[efemoney]

@Khubaib Khan I think it might be good to explain why “OxFF is mandatory”

[Khubaib Khan]

@efemoney right.