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Layout as selector item in Android

I need to use text view as CheckBox background and set different color for each state. Some how I managed to get it with Java. But I don't think it is the
proper way. Is there any other method to achieve this?

Implement onClickListener to your textview, something like:
int ispressed = 0;
TextView txtview = (TextView) findViewbyId(R.id.textview1);
txtview.setOnClickListener(new new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
if(ispressed=0){
//CHANGE BACKGROUND COLOR
ispressed=1;
}else{
//RESTORE BACKGROUND COLOR
}
}
});

Android View.getBackgroundColor #XXXXXXXX

The background color of my View is #FFFFFFFF. I want to get this through code. I do not want to just put #FFFFFFFF into the method because I will be changing the background through code, so this value will change all the time.
public void toggleEraser() {
ImageView btnEraser = (ImageView) this.findViewById(R.id.imgEraser);
ImageView btnBrush = (ImageView) this.findViewById(R.id.imgBrush);
if (erase) {
btnEraser.setImageResource(R.drawable.greyeraser);
btnBrush.setImageResource(R.drawable.brush);
} else {
btnEraser.setImageResource(R.drawable.eraser);
btnBrush.setImageResource(R.drawable.greybrush);
}
erase = !erase;
if (erase){
//Here is the problem
drawView.setColor(//drawView.getBackgroundColor());
}
else
drawView.setColor(brushColor);
drawView.setErase(erase);
}

store the color you want 0xFFFFFFFF in somevariable and then
change drawView.setColor( to drawView.setBackgroundColor(somevariable);

Check out this answer: Get the background color of a button in android. it is a little different but can lead you on the right path.

android working with Views

In my activity I have the following views
TextView player1;
TextView player2;
TextView player3;
TextView player4;
EditText player1name;
EditText player2name;
EditText player3name;
EditText player4name;
Each of the TextView's has the onclick listener applied to it. and so fires the OnClick function.
When we get to the onClick this is what i am currently doing:
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//the v variable is the clicked textview, in this case "player1"
//hide the textview and show the resultant edittext
v.setVisibility(View.GONE);
player1name.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
//set focus on edit text and when focus is lost hide it and set the textview text
player1name.requestFocus();
imm.showSoftInput(player1name, InputMethodManager.SHOW_FORCED);
player1name.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onFocusChange(View y, boolean x) {
v.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
player1name.setVisibility(View.GONE);
imm.hideSoftInputFromWindow(player1name.getWindowToken(), 0);
String name = player1name.getText().toString();
if (name.equals("")) {
v.setText("Player Name1");
} else {
v.setText(name);
}
}
});
}
However with this solution I will need to duplicate this code and change the view names for player2 - player2name, player3 - player3name etc
i can obviously grab the clicked TextView via v, however what i cant seem to do is grab its corresponding EditText.
i had thought of doing this:
View test = v + "name";
//then i replace all references to player1name with the test variable
but it doesnt work it wants me to convert View test; into a string
any suggestions?
EDIT: made it easier to understand my question

View test = v + "name";
will give a compile error. Because "v" is not a string type. and also even if it was String, test is not. This line is pretty wrong.
There a few options to achieve what you want,
You can use hashmap
Declare a global field for hashmap
private final HashMap<Integer,EditText> map = new HashMap<Integer,EditText>();
and in onCreate method put your textview id as key, and put your edittext variables in value.
player1name = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.player1name);
map.put(R.id.textView1, player1name);
// for the rest
in onClick method
EditText e = map.get(v.getId());
Then replace them with "e"
e.requestFocus(); //example

Will you please state your problem clearly? Currently, your language is very ambiguous and I can not figure out, exactly what are you looking for. It will help us to know your problem and in turn solve it.

How can I change Text of Textview from other funcion?

this is my first question so I hope to make it clear.
I have one textView with some numerical text and next to it one button with one click listener and what I want is that when you click on the button the numerical value (>=0) of the TextView decrements in one.
Here is part of my code:
TextView Counter = new TextView(this);
if (intSeries != 0)
Counter.setText(Integer.toString(intSeries));
else
Counter.setText("0");
Counter.setId(4);
tablaContador.addView(Counter,Tr);
Button Done = new Button(this);
Done.setText("-1");
if (intSeries != 0)
Done.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
else
Done.setVisibility(View.GONE);
Done.setId(6);
Done.setOnClickListener(this);
And this is the onClick funcion (part of it):
#Override
public void onClick(final View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
switch (v.getId()) {
case 6:{
TextView text = (TextView)findViewById(4);
int series = Integer.parseInt(text.getText().toString());
series--;
text.setText(series);
if (series==0){
Button boton = (Button)findViewById(6);
boton.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
}
}
}
The error is when I try to make the setText inside the onClick function, I hope it can be fixed or maybe recieve other idea to do it.
Thank you so much.

I would avoid all this hardcoding of Ids, use resources instead.
Your call to
text.setText(series)
is passing an int. The only valid setText(int resId) overload expects a resource associated with the int value, i.e. a string resource.
Convert your series value to a string.
Something like:
text.setText(Integer.toString(series));

You should setup series as an integer. And increase/descrease it as you wish. When you want to change the button's text convert the int to String.
Instead of:
text.setText(series);
use:
text.setText(String.valueOf(series));

Variablenames in java can't start with a capital letter. That is reserved for classnames.
Counter -> counter
Done -> done

I tried this and it worked:
//Create onClickListener
OnClickListener pickChoice = new OnClickListener()
{
public void onClick(View v)
{
TextView txt = (TextView) findViewById(4);
int number = Integer.valueOf(txt.getText().toString());
txt.setText(String.valueOf(number -1));
}
};
//Create layout
LinearLayout lnLayout = new LinearLayout(this);
lnLayout.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
TextView txt = new TextView(this);
txt.setId(4);
txt.setText("0");
lnLayout.addView(txt);
Button Done = new Button(this);
Done.setText("-1");
Done.setId(6);
Done.setOnClickListener(pickChoice);
lnLayout.addView(Done);
setContentView(lnLayout);
Where are you creating your button inside? an activity? the part where you pass the onClickListener to the button doesn't make sense, maybe the button is getting a wrong listener and gets you an error every time you press the button ?
The code should be easy to understand, if there is anything you need me to explain please ask :)

Select a part of TextView text

I want to grab Text when user click on the TextView
For Example :
TextView string = "this is a test for android and textView"
When user click on textview in android position grab android
Anyone have a solution for this ?

You can assign an onClick listener to the textview, make it final and then get its text.
final TextView txt = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txt);
txt.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
String getTxt = txt.getText().toString();
}
});

TextView text = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.yourTextViewId);
text.onClickListner(this);
#Override
public void onClick() {
String textOnTextView = text.getText().toString();
}

If you want to split lines and display them in different color then refer to following links.
Split text from string
Apply color to specific text

A button has onClick , I dont think that a TextView has onClick so that a user clicks it.
Correct me if i am wrong

If you want to select part of text, try to use EditText

This is not a solution for your need. But only one step to solution.
Use setTextIsSelectable(boolean) or the TextView_textIsSelectable XML attribute to make the TextView selectable (text is not selectable by default).
Using following code, I managed to get selected text as String. You need to first select string by dragging over it.
NB: you need minimum API 11 to use setTextIsSelectable(boolean)
TextView t1;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
t1=(TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView1);
t1.setTextIsSelectable(true);// IMPORTANT
t1.setText("This is Android program");
t1.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() {
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
switch(event.getAction()){
case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
int start=t1.getSelectionStart();
int end=t1.getSelectionEnd();
String sub=t1.getText().subSequence(start, end).toString();
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), sub, 1).show();
}
return true;
}
});
}