Android view background color in runtime

Question

I would like to set the background color of some views in run-time (I'm getting the color from a server request). All these views have a default color, and if I get a color from the server I would like to change it all at once. Is there a way it will happen automatically by setting a parameter, or the only way I can do it is by calling setBackground for each of the views. Thanks

Answer 1

Create for every view type a class that extends a corresponding class( BkgEditText extends EditText or BkgView extends View ) and change the background color to the custom one in constructor. This way, the view will have the desired color when added from xml or code.