{"id":10137,"date":"2024-03-14T11:37:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T11:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-you-change-the-background-color-of-a-button-in-android\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T19:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T19:40:24","slug":"how-can-you-change-the-background-color-of-a-button-in-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-you-change-the-background-color-of-a-button-in-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Android Button Background Color"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To change the background color of a Button in Android, you can use the following method:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Set the background color of a Button in an XML layout file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">Button<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:id<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"@+id\/myButton\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:layout_width<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"wrap_content\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:layout_height<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"wrap_content\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:text<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Click Me\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:background<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"@color\/colorPrimary\"<\/span> \/&gt;<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, @color\/colorPrimary is a color resource that you can define in the res\/values\/colors.xml file.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Set the background color of a Button in Java code.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-type\">Button<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">myButton<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> findViewById(R.id.myButton);\r\nmyButton.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.colorPrimary));\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>resources for drawing<\/li>\n<li>XML file for selecting buttons<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">selector<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">xmlns:android<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"http:\/\/schemas.android.com\/apk\/res\/android\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">item<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:state_pressed<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"true\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:drawable<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"@color\/colorPrimaryDark\"<\/span> \/&gt;<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">item<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:drawable<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"@color\/colorPrimary\"<\/span> \/&gt;<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">selector<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Then set the background in the XML layout file for the Button.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">Button<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:id<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"@+id\/myButton\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:layout_width<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"wrap_content\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:layout_height<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"wrap_content\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:text<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Click Me\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">android:background<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"@drawable\/button_selector\"<\/span> \/&gt;<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To change the background color of a Button in Android, you can use the following method: Set the background color of a Button in an XML layout file. &lt;Button android:id=&#8221;@+id\/myButton&#8221; android:layout_width=&#8221;wrap_content&#8221; android:layout_height=&#8221;wrap_content&#8221; android:text=&#8221;Click Me&#8221; android:background=&#8221;@color\/colorPrimary&#8221; \/&gt; In this example, @color\/colorPrimary is a color resource that you can define in the res\/values\/colors.xml file. 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