Android - styling seek bar

Question

I would extract drawables and xml from Android source code and change its color to red. Here is example how I completed this for mdpi drawables:

Custom red_scrubber_control.xml (add to res/drawable):

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <item android:drawable="@drawable/red_scrubber_control_disabled_holo" android:state_enabled="false"/>
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/red_scrubber_control_pressed_holo" android:state_pressed="true"/>
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/red_scrubber_control_focused_holo" android:state_selected="true"/>
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/red_scrubber_control_normal_holo"/>
</selector>

Custom: red_scrubber_progress.xml

<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

    <item
        android:id="@android:id/background"
        android:drawable="@drawable/red_scrubber_track_holo_light"/>
    <item android:id="@android:id/secondaryProgress">
        <scale
            android:drawable="@drawable/red_scrubber_secondary_holo"
            android:scaleWidth="100%" />
    </item>
    <item android:id="@android:id/progress">
        <scale
            android:drawable="@drawable/red_scrubber_primary_holo"
            android:scaleWidth="100%" />
    </item>

</layer-list>

Then copy required drawables from Android source code, I took from this link

It is good to copy these drawables for each hdpi, mdpi, xhdpi. For example I use only mdpi:

Then using Photoshop change color from blue to red:

red_scrubber_control_disabled_holo.png:

red_scrubber_control_focused_holo.png:

red_scrubber_control_normal_holo.png:

red_scrubber_control_pressed_holo.png:

red_scrubber_primary_holo.9.png:

red_scrubber_secondary_holo.9.png:

red_scrubber_track_holo_light.9.png:

Add SeekBar to layout:

<SeekBar
    android:id="@+id/seekBar1"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:progressDrawable="@drawable/red_scrubber_progress"
    android:thumb="@drawable/red_scrubber_control" />

Result:

Android seekbar custom material style, for other seekbar customizations http://www.zoftino.com/android-seekbar-and-custom-seekbar-examples

<style name="MySeekBar" parent="Widget.AppCompat.SeekBar">
    <item name="android:progressBackgroundTint">#f4511e</item>
    <item name="android:progressTint">#388e3c</item>
    <item name="android:thumbTint">#c51162</item>
</style>

Upd: colorControlActivated is thumbTint now.

My answer is inspired from Andras Balázs Lajtha answer it allow to work without xml file

seekBar.getProgressDrawable().setColorFilter(Color.RED, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);
seekBar.getThumb().setColorFilter(Color.RED, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);

If you want exactly the same bar but in red, you can add a PorterDuff color filter programatically. You can get each drawable that you want to colorize through the methods of the ProgressBar base class. Then set a color filter for it.

mySeekBar.getProgressDrawable().setColorFilter(new PorterDuffColorFilter(srcColor, PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY));

If the wanted color adjustment can't be made through a Porter Duff filter, you can specify your own color filter.

Google have made this easier in SDK 21. Now we have attributes for specifying the thumb tint colors:

android:thumbTint
android:thumbTintMode
android:progressTint

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/AbsSeekBar.html#attr_android:thumbTint http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/AbsSeekBar.html#attr_android:thumbTintMode

Just replace color atributtes with your color

background.xml

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="line">

    <stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#D9D9D9"/>
    <corners android:radius="1dp" />

</shape>

progress.xml

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     android:shape="line">

    <stroke android:width="1dp" android:color="#2EA5DE"/>
    <corners android:radius="1dp" />

</shape>

style.xml

<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >

    <item
        android:id="@android:id/background"
        android:drawable="@drawable/seekbar_background"/>
    <item android:id="@android:id/progress">
        <clip android:drawable="@drawable/seekbar_progress" />
    </item>

</layer-list>

thumb.xml

<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="oval">

    <size android:height="30dp" android:width="30dp"/>
    <stroke android:width="18dp" android:color="#882EA5DE"/>
    <solid android:color="#2EA5DE" />
    <corners android:radius="1dp" />

</shape>