Android Question EditText Default Color

[tomoshea]

Hi Erel,
I have an Edittext view where the background color changes based on a calculation.
It can change from Default to Red and vice versa.
Is it possible to change the background to the default so that the border reappears?
In other words how do I change it back to default with the border in code?
Thanks,
Kind Regards
Tom

 

[Mahares]

You can use the tag property of the edittext to store the original background color. See example below:

Dim btn As Button
Dim et As EditText
 
btn.initialize("btn")
btn.Text="Click me"
Activity.AddView(btn,0,0,20%x,75dip)
et.Initialize("et")
et.Typeface=Typeface.DEFAULT_BOLD
et.TextSize= 18
et.TextColor=Colors.Yellow
et.Tag=et.Background 'Store original color in tag in activity_Create
et.InputType=et.INPUT_TYPE_DECIMAL_NUMBERS
Activity.AddView(et,40%x,0,20%x,75dip)
 
 
 
Sub btn_Click
If IsNumber(et.Text) AND et.Text > 10Then
  et.Color=Colors.Red
Else
  et.background=et.Tag
EndIf
End Sub

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[tomoshea]

Thanks Mahares

 

[stu14t]

I think I'm missing something here. I get an error if I use the code above.

I've tried to implement this but the Edittext.Bacground is expecting an integer and not a color.drawable. What have I done wrong?

 

[Erel]

EditText.Background expects a Drawable not an integer.

 

[stu14t]

My fault. I was trying to set Color to Background instead of background to background