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Hi Kotlin folks! I’m trying to parse a hexadecimal color. Input is `String` like `"0xFF3F51B5"` and I need to use it in `button.setBackgroundColor(int: Int)`. I’ve tried `Integer.decode(hexString)` and `hexString.toInt(radix = 16)` but no success. Looks like there’s an overflow:

<https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-4749>

Please help. Thanks :slightly_smiling_face:

The largest an `Int` can hold is 7FFFFFFF. What’s the source of your string? It looks like it might be “Red Green Blue alpha” - but probably the button doesn’t accept alpha?

Yes you’re right. This works in Java but not in Kotlin.

<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38175798/write-a-hexadecimal-integer-literal-equal-to-int-min-value-in-kotlin/38177864>