Apps text color and size coding

[pathanos]

I am trying to figure out how to change the color text in my app. Default is white, not so good with a white background. Any help would be great.

 

[jonbonazza]

In your layout XML, you can specify the attribute android:textColor="@color/whatever_color" for the TextView element.

In order to do this, however, you need to create a colors.xml file in your res/values folder and create a color element. Something like this:

<color name="red">#FF0000</color>

The "@color/xxx" part in the TextView attribute would be referenced using the string given to the name attribute in your color definition. So with the example I gave, you would use:

android:textColor="@color/red"

 

[pathanos]

Ok, that worked for the text. But how would I adjust the spinner text color? Maybe I'm not seeing my mistake in the code.

 

[jonbonazza]

Spinner text color? You mean in the collapsed spinner or in the dialog that is presented when the user clicks the spinner?

 

[pathanos]

All of the above actually. I wanted a white background, so i need some other color for all texts. Its a going to be a basic app with no fancy stuff. There will be no need for that.

 

[jonbonazza]

android - How to change the Spinner font color? - Stack Overflow