How to change boxStrokeColor Of TextInputLayout in Android?

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I dynamically create textInputlayout and add it to my lienarlayot using the code below:

        LinearLayout.LayoutParams params = new 
        LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, 
        LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
        params.setMargins(10,10,10,10);
        til.setLayoutParams(params);
        til.setHint("Label");
        til.setId(i+1);
        TextInputEditText et = new TextInputEditText(til.getContext());  
        et.setSingleLine(true);
        til.addView(et);
        til.setBoxCornerRadii(R.dimen.CornerRadious,R.dimen.CornerRadious,R.dimen.CornerRadious,
        R.dimen.CornerRadious);
        information.addView(til);

I want to change boxStrokeColor , CursorColor and HintTextColor.

I use the following code block to change boxStrokeColor

 til.setBoxStrokeColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.white));

But that code block only change the boxStrokeColor of TextInputLayout (white) when I click the TextInputLayout ,without click it's color is black. How can I set it's color white ?

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2 Answers

You have to use a selector(ColorStateList) otherwise the single value will be applied to the box only if focused.

Use the method setBoxStrokeColorStateList

til.setBoxStrokeColorStateList(ContextCompat.getColorStateList(this.R.color.selector))

where the selector is something like:

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:color="@color/...." android:state_focused="true"/>
    <item android:color="@color/...." android:state_hovered="true"/>
    <item android:color="@color/...." android:state_enabled="false"/>
    <item android:color="@color/...."/>
</selector>

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Note: it requires at least the version 1.2.0 of material components library.

There is an alternative if you want to use a style defined in xml:

Define in attrs.xml a custom attribute:

<attr name="customTextInputStyle" format="reference" />

then in your theme add this attribute:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.MaterialComponents.*">
    <!-- ..... -->
    <item name="customTextInputStyle">@style/Widget.App.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox</item>
</style>

Now you can add all the properties in the new style:

<style name="Widget.App.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox" parent="Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox">
    <item name="boxStrokeColor">@color/boxstroke_selector</item>
    <!-- .... -->
    <item name="materialThemeOverlay">@style/ThemeOverlay.App.TextInputEditText.OutlinedBox</item>
</style>

<style name="ThemeOverlay.App.TextInputEditText.OutlinedBox"
    parent="ThemeOverlay.MaterialComponents.TextInputEditText.OutlinedBox">
    <!-- to change the cursor color -->
    <item name="colorControlActivated">@color/teal_200</item>
</style>

Finally create your TextInputLayout with:

TextInputLayout til = new TextInputLayout(this,null,R.attr.customTextInputStyle);

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user_20165620

I suggest to work with XML instead all in Code. You have to add this line in colors.xml file which will override the default color for the outline box.

Copy this line as it is. You can change color to what you want:

<color name="mtrl_textinput_default_box_stroke_color">#fff</color>

until now it will work, for more control on TextInputLayout you may add this style in styles.xml

<style name="TextInputLayoutStyle" parent="Widget.MaterialComponents.TextInputLayout.OutlinedBox.Dense">
    <item name="boxStrokeColor">#000</item>
    <item name="boxStrokeWidth">2dp</item>
    <item name="hintTextColor">#000</item>
    <item name="android:theme">@style/exampleCursor</item>
</style>

<style name="exampleCursor" parent="ThemeOverlay.MaterialComponents.TextInputEditText.OutlinedBox">
    <item name="colorControlActivated">@color/green</item>
</style>

Then add theme to TextInputLayout:

style="@style/TextInputLayoutStyle"
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