Android Question EditText Background color in the designer

[sirjo66]

Hello everyone,

in the designer, I have an EditText object, and I want to set text's background color property, but I don't find where I can set it.
I find Text Color and Hint Color, but where is Background Color property ???

I use this line in runtime code:

EditText1.Color = Colors.White

and it works, but how can I do it in the designer ??

Many thanks
Sergio

P.S.: I use B4A 4.00

 

[Erel]

Changing the Color property replaces the background drawable to be a simple ColorDrawable. This means that the EditText will no longer look like a standard EditText.
For that reason it is not available in the designer.

 

[sirjo66]

Many thanks.
I have an Activity with black background color, and I want an EditText with black forecolor and white background color. Is it possible by designer ??

Can you tell me web page where I can study "drawable" concept on B4A ??
I don't understand very well.

Thanks
Sergio

 

[Erel]

There is no simple way to change the EditText color. Not with the designer and not by code. The EditText is based on a nine-patch image so it is not possible to just change its color.

The simplest way to deal with the colors is to use the default colors. You can change to a light or dark theme in the manifest editor.

If you like you can replace the EditText background drawable with a different drawable that you provide. Search for BitmapDrawable.

 

[sirjo66]

many thanks !!