Android get color as string value

Question

If i defined a color in resources

<resources>
    <color name="someColor">#123456</color>
</resources>

it's possible to set color by its id, like

view.setTextColor(R.color.someColor);

Is it also possible to get color string value from colors.xml?

Something like

colorStr = getColor(R.color.someColor);
// -> colorStr = "#123456"

If yes, can anybody give an example?

Thank you

Tanmay Mandal · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-17 09:32:08Z

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This is your answer

colorStr=getResources().getString(R.color.someColor);

you will get

 colorStr = "#123456"

answered Feb 17, 2011 at 9:32

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Tima Over a year ago

first, thank you. I did't thought to use getString for colors. It works, but instead of colorStr = "#123456" i'm getting "#ff123456", and this is not nice :(

scottyab Over a year ago

A simple substring of the returned color string to remove the Alpha works. getResources().getString(R.color.my_colour).substring(3);

Clive Jefferies Over a year ago

This is not working any more, error 'Expected resource of type String'

lordmegamax Over a year ago

@CliveJefferies You can add //noinspection ResourceType just above your statement.

18446744073709551615 Over a year ago

getResources().getString(0+R.color.someColor); works

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kodi · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-10 20:11:59Z

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Just for the sake of easy copypasta:

"#" + Integer.toHexString(ContextCompat.getColor(getActivity(), R.color.some_color));

Or if you want it without the transparency:

"#" + Integer.toHexString(ContextCompat.getColor(getActivity(), R.color.some_color) & 0x00ffffff);

edited Oct 10, 2017 at 20:11

answered Mar 17, 2015 at 11:06

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gattsbr Over a year ago

This worked great, however I needed to modify this by using '#' + Integer.toHexString(getResources().getColor(R.color.someColor); since later I was using it in Color.parseColor

Honghe.Wu Over a year ago

geColor() need api > 23

Wes Winn Over a year ago

You can use the deprecated getColor() no problem. Just delete the "getColor(...)" and type it out again, use intellisense to complete the method call with the Android deprecated getColor call and you're good.

AITAALI_ABDERRAHMANE Over a year ago

Integer.toHexString(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.black) & 0x00ffffff);

asish Over a year ago

This won't work if there is 0 at first of the hex color.

Florian M · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-19 13:33:03Z

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All of the solutions here using Integer.toHexString() break if you would have leading zeroes in your hex string. Colors like #0affff would result in #affff. Use this instead:

String.format("#%06x", ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.your_color) & 0xffffff)

or with alpha:

String.format("#%08x", ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.your_color) & 0xffffffff)

answered Oct 19, 2017 at 13:33

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Hadi Ahmadi Over a year ago

in Kotlin: String.format("#%06x", ContextCompat.getColor(context, color) and 0xffffff)

Darush · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-25 13:59:41Z

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The answers provided above are not updated.

Please try this one

String colorHex = "#" + Integer.toHexString(ContextCompat.getColor(getActivity(), R.color.dark_sky_blue) & 0x00ffffff);

edited Sep 25, 2017 at 13:59

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answered Apr 19, 2016 at 9:17

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Francois Dec 18, 2024 at 14:47

This worked well for me

EMalik · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-20 02:47:57Z

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Cause getResources().getColor need api > 23. So this is better: Just for the sake of easy copy & paste:

Integer.toHexString( ContextCompat.getColor( getContext(), R.color.someColor ) );

Or if you want it without the transparency:`

Integer.toHexString( ContextCompat.getColor( getContext(), R.color.someColor ) & 0x00ffffff );

edited Sep 20, 2016 at 2:47

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answered Aug 19, 2016 at 9:33

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EMalik Over a year ago

ContextCompat.getColor does not take 3 arguments

Behrouz.M Over a year ago

@Nashe it is 2 arguments, not 3!

Carlos Galindo · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-27 17:45:11Z

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It works for me!

String.format("#%06x", ContextCompat.getColor(this, R.color.my_color) & 0xffffff)

answered May 27, 2020 at 17:45

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Laurel · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-03 20:58:43Z

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For API above 21 you can use

getString(R.color.color_name);

This will return the color in a string format. To convert that to a color in integer format (sometimes only integers are accepted) then:

Color.parseColor(getString(R.color.color_name));

The above expression returns the integer equivalent of the color defined in color.xml file

edited Jun 3, 2016 at 20:58

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Tuan Nguyen · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-24 16:28:04Z

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Add @SuppressLint("ResourceType") if an error occurs. Like bellow.

private String formatUsernameAction(UserInfo userInfo, String action) {
        String username = userInfo.getUsername();
        @SuppressLint("ResourceType") String usernameColor = getContext().getResources().getString(R.color.background_button);
        return "<font color=\""+usernameColor+"\">" + username
                + "</font> <font color=\"#787f83\">" + action.toLowerCase() + "</font>";
    }

answered May 24, 2018 at 16:28

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Nick · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-17 09:32:53Z

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I don't think there is standard functionality for that. You can however turn the return in value from getColor() to hex and turn the hex value to string.

hex 123456 = int 1193046;

answered Feb 17, 2011 at 9:32

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dginelli · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-21 14:32:47Z

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This is how I've done it:

String color = "#" + Integer.toHexString(ContextCompat.getColor
(getApplicationContext(), R.color.yourColor) & 0x00ffffff);

answered Aug 21, 2016 at 14:32

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