Changing Color property of an EditText view

[tomoshea]

Hi Erel,
When you set the Color property of EditText views it replaces the existing background with a solid color rectangle which make the views look bigger than the EditText views that were not changed. These throw the appearance out even though all have the same Height and width. Samsung Galaxy S3. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Tom

 

[Erel]

Most views background are made of 9 patch images. When you set the color property you actually assign a new ColorDrawable. It is not possible to change the color of the original images. Your only option is to create your own set of images.