Change Chip Widget style programmatically not working - Android

Question

I'm doing a list with Chips. I want this chips can be selected, so, taking a look to https://material.io/develop/android/components/chip/ I see I can have a "Choice Chip".

As I need to create and add dynamically I have to configure with specific colors, color ripplem, ...

So what I have to configure it is:

val chip = Chip(context, null, R.style.CustomChipChoice)             chip.isClickable = true             chip.isCheckable = true             chip.isCheckedIconVisible=false             chip.height = ScreenUtils.dpToPx(40)             chip.chipCornerRadius = (ScreenUtils.dpToPx(20)).toFloat()             chip.chipStrokeWidth = (ScreenUtils.dpToPx(2)).toFloat()             chip.setTextAppearanceResource(R.style.ChipTextStyle)             return chip 

What I try with R.style.CustomChipChoice is:

CustomChipChoice style

<style name="CustomChipChoice" parent="@style/Widget.MaterialComponents.Chip.Choice">         <item name="chipBackgroundColor">@color/background_color_chip_state_list</item>         <item name="chipStrokeColor">@color/background_color_chip_state_list</item>         <item name="rippleColor">@color/topic_social_pressed</item> </style> 

background_color_chip_state_list

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">     <item android:color="@color/topic_social_selected" android:state_checked="true" />     <item android:color="@color/topic_social_pressed" android:state_pressed="true" />     <item android:color="@color/topic_unselected_background" /> </selector> 

stroke_color_chip_state_list

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">     <item android:color="@color/topic_social_pressed" android:state_checked="true"/>     <item android:color="@color/grey_material2" android:state_checked="false"/> </selector> 

As you can see, I make the chip, clickable and checkable (hiding the check icon I don't need).

But when I test it, the colors are not set. The chips just look as default colors (grey's scale)

Where can I apply or how, this custom style?

P.S:

I have done a fast test, to see if my CustomStyle was malformed/etc..

I added a view via xml and worked perfectly...

<android.support.design.chip.Chip                 android:id="@+id/test"                 android:layout_width="wrap_content"                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"                 style="@style/CustomChipChoice"                 android:checkable="true"                 android:clickable="true"                 app:checkedIconVisible="false"                 android:text="Chip Test"/> 

Answer 1

You can't use the constructor val chip = Chip(context, null, R.style.CustomChipChoice) because the 3rd parameter isn't the style but the attribute in the theme as R.attr.chipStyle.
The Chip hasn't a constructor with 4 parameters as other components because it extends AppCompatCheckbox which does not support a 4 parameter constructor.

However you can use something different.
1st option:

Just use a xml layout (single_chip_layout.xml) to define the single Chip with your favorite style:

<com.google.android.material.chip.Chip     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     style="@style/CustomChipChoice"     ... /> 

with

<style name="CustomChipChoice" parent="@style/Widget.MaterialComponents.Chip.Choice"> ... </style> 

Then instead of val chip = Chip(context, null, R.style.CustomChipChoice) use:

val chip = layoutInflater.inflate(R.layout.single_chip_layout, chipGroup, false) as Chip 

In java:

Chip chip =           (Chip) getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.single_chip_layout, chipGroup, false); 

2nd option:

Another option is to use the setChipDrawable method to override the ChipDrawable inside the Chip:

  Chip chip = new Chip(this);   ChipDrawable chipDrawable = ChipDrawable.createFromAttributes(this,       null,       0,       R.style.Widget_MaterialComponents_Chip_Choice);   chip.setChipDrawable(chipDrawable); 

Answer 2

In order to set the chip style in code you can try the following:

val chip = Chip(context) val drawable = ChipDrawable.createFromAttributes(context, null, 0, R.style.Widget_MaterialComponents_Chip_Choice) chip.setChipDrawable(drawable)