how to change highlight color on editText field

Question

Below is a screen shot of a custom edit text field i have in my android app. While you are type a given word, the text for the word you are currently typing highlights in grey and shows the text as black, until you hit the space bar at which time the text turns white as expected. Is there a way to change the color of the highlight and the text that is highlighted?

my edit text xml looks like this

 <EditText
                    android:id="@+id/searchField"
                    android:layout_width="160dp"
                    android:layout_height="44dp"
                    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
                    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="60dp"
                    android:background="@null"
                    android:cursorVisible="true"
                    android:ems="10"
                    android:textColor="@color/white"
                    android:textColorHighlight ="#ff0000"
                    android:textCursorDrawable="@null" >
                </EditText>

the whole layout

<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:map="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >

    <!--
         As the main content view, the view below consumes the entire
         space available using match_parent in both dimensions.
    -->

    <RelativeLayout
        android:id="@+id/content_frame"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="#fff" >



        <fragment
            android:id="@+id/map"
            android:name="com.sapientnitro.inhouse.drop.components.DRPCustomMapFragment"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent" />



        <ImageButton
            android:id="@+id/btn_center_local"
            android:layout_width="44dp"
            android:layout_height="44dp"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
            android:layout_marginBottom="50dp"
            android:layout_marginRight="15dp"
            android:background="@drawable/btn_center_on_local_up" />

        <RelativeLayout
            android:id="@+id/top_bar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="70dp"
            android:background="#ddffffff" >

            <ImageButton
                android:id="@+id/btn_menu"
                android:layout_width="40dp"
                android:layout_height="40dp"
                android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
                android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
                android:layout_marginRight="12dp"
                android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/btn_search"
                android:background="@drawable/btn_menu_up" />


            <ImageButton
                android:id="@+id/btn_create"
                android:layout_width="40dp"
                android:layout_height="40dp"
                android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
                android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
                android:layout_marginLeft="12dp"
                android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/btn_search"
                android:background="@drawable/btn_create_up" />

            <ImageButton
                android:id="@+id/btn_search"
                android:layout_width="40dp"
                android:layout_height="40dp"
                android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
                android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
                android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
                android:background="@drawable/btn_search_up" />
        </RelativeLayout>

        <LinearLayout
            android:id="@+id/search"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:background="#ddffffff"
            android:orientation="vertical" >

            <RelativeLayout
                android:id="@+id/search_bar"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="70dp"
                android:background="#dd00cccb" >

                <ImageView
                    android:id="@+id/searchBox"
                    android:layout_width="238dp"
                    android:layout_height="44dp"
                    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
                    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
                    android:src="@drawable/search_field" />

                <ImageView
                    android:id="@+id/clear"
                    android:layout_width="25dp"
                    android:layout_height="25dp"
                    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
                    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="220dp"
                    android:src="@drawable/btn_clear_field" />

                <EditText
                    android:id="@+id/searchField"
                    android:layout_width="160dp"
                    android:layout_height="44dp"
                    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
                    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="60dp"
                    android:background="@null"
                    android:cursorVisible="true"
                    android:ems="10"
                    android:textColor="@color/white"
                    android:textColorHighlight ="@color/white"
                    android:textCursorDrawable="@null" >
                </EditText>

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/cancelBTN"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                    android:layout_marginRight="16dp"
                    android:textColor="@color/white"
                    android:textSize="22dp"
                    android:text="@string/cancel" />

            </RelativeLayout>

            <ScrollView
                android:id="@+id/search_results_container"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="fill_parent"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:paddingTop="2dp"
                android:scrollbars="none" >

                <LinearLayout
                    android:id="@+id/search_results_content"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:orientation="vertical" >

                    <RelativeLayout
                        android:id="@+id/header_artists"
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="50dp"
                        android:background="#dd00cccb" />

                    <HorizontalScrollView
                        android:id="@+id/results_artists"
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="150dp" />

                    <RelativeLayout
                        android:id="@+id/header_followers"
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="50dp"
                        android:background="#dd00cccb" />

                    <HorizontalScrollView
                        android:id="@+id/results_followers"
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="150dp" />

                    <RelativeLayout
                        android:id="@+id/header_places"
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="50dp"
                        android:background="#dd00cccb" />

                    <HorizontalScrollView
                        android:id="@+id/results_places"
                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
                        android:layout_height="150dp" />
                </LinearLayout>
            </ScrollView>
        </LinearLayout>
    </RelativeLayout>


    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/left_drawer"
        android:layout_width="255dp"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="start"
        android:background="#dd00cccb"
        android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
        android:divider="@android:color/transparent"
        android:dividerHeight="0dp"
        android:listSelector="@drawable/selector_transparent" />

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/right_drawer"
        android:layout_width="255dp"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="end"
        android:background="#dd00cccb"
        android:choiceMode="singleChoice"
        android:divider="@android:color/transparent"
        android:dividerHeight="0dp"
        android:listSelector="@drawable/selector_transparent" />

</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

Answer 1

通过将此行添加到我的 themes.xml 文件中，我能够更改编辑文本的突出显示：

<item name="android:textColorHighlight">@color/m_highlight_blue</item>

Answer 2

Simple, just use TextHightLight Property in XML Mode

android:textColorHighlight="#ff0000"

or add this in your theme

<item name="android:textColorHighlight">"#ff0000"</item>

[Image attached here is because for a comment below]

and when i do, this is how it looks

Answer 3

And if you have to change the Marker handle then you should change

<item name="colorAccent">@color/edittext_handle_selection</item>
<item name="android:textColorHighlight">@color/edittext_selection</item>

Answer 4

在代码中：

et.setHighlightColor(ContextCompat.getColor(getContext(), R.color.highlight));

Answer 5

您应该在布局 xml 文件的 EditText 元素中使用android:textColorHighlight

Answer 6

In material design you will get the default ascent color in style so the all text selection and other theme would be according to that color. You can change this ascent color in following way -

Go to the style.xml and change the following color -

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item> // Replace this color with your own choice
    </style>

Answer 7

you should use a selector to change text colors`:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<!-- Pressed State -->
<item android:state_pressed="true"
    android:color="#FF0000" />
<!-- Focused State -->
<item android:state_focused="true"
    android:color="#FF0000" />
<!-- Default State -->
<item android:color="#FFFFFF" />

And then set your textColor property to @drawable/selector_name

Answer 8

使用此代码，可能对您有所帮助

android:textColorHighlight="your color code"

Answer 9

well there's a simpler way to do it...I was here to look for an answer, but im answering my own answer.

If you go to the attractions place go all the way down to the letter T and there should be an TextColorHighlight but if you don't see it the there should be ones that aren't fully shown so go hover over them and then the full word will show the showed be little color icons beside them you should press them and select your color. And then go to your code and enter TextColorHighlight Press Tab and then enter the name of the color, then run it!

Hope that this worked out for you, sorry I couldn't add any pictures of how'd it would of looked. Oh and maybe you're wondering why didn't it automatically do that then have me do it? Now im wondering that too, ill try to see what i can do