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W1ll
Asked: 2020-03-09 13:00:57 +0800 CST 2020-03-09 13:00:57 +0800 CST

initial color of the edittext in Android

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In my application I am using EditTextPreference to request the user to enter an IP address, but in the XML file the initial value is defaultValue="192.168.1.0" and it has a light blue background as you can see in the image, I need to change the color only of this initial text and the background, can someone tell me how to do it in the XML?

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    <EditTextPreference
      android:defaultValue="192.168.1.0"
      android:digits="0123456789."
      android:inputType="number|numberDecimal"
      android:key="example_text"
      android:maxLines="1"
      android:selectAllOnFocus="true"
      android:singleLine="true"
      android:title="IP Address" />
android

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  1. Best Answer

    To change the color when selecting the content of the EditTexto EditTextPreferenceuse the property android:textColorHighlightand define the desired color:

    android:textColorHighlight="#00ff00"

    To change the color of the text use the property android:textColor: 

    android:textColor="#0000ff"

    According to the previous example, the color when selecting the text is green and the color of the text would be blue:

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