Can't change Radio Button color on Android

Question

I'm using Android Studio. I need to change the color of the Radio Button, after changing the Button Tint Color value to the one I need it works on the preview, but whenever I launch the app on a device the button is the standard green/blue-ish color.

Is this some kind of device API level issue? If so, is it possible to change the color for older devices?

Answer 1

This can be done in two ways (to support pre-Lollipop):

1. Use AppCompatRadioButton:

   AppCompatRadioButton radioButton;
   // now use following methods to set tint colour
   radioButton.setSupportButtonTintMode();
   radioButton.setSupportButtonTintList();
   

2. Apply this as style to your RadioButton in your XML:

   <style name="RadioButton.Login" parent="Widget.AppCompat.CompoundButton.RadioButton">
       <item name="android:textColor">@android:color/white</item>
       <item name="buttonTint">@android:color/white</item>
   </style>
   

Answer 2

RadioButton raPrivate = (RadioButton) layout.findViewById(R.id.radioPrivate);
int textColor = Color.parseColor(#000000);
raPrivate.setButtonTintList(ColorStateList.valueOf(textColor));