Change foreground color of a layout programmatically

Question

I want to change the foreground color of a linearlayout. This is my code:layout.setForeground(new ColorDrawable(getResources().getColor(R.color.svbackclr))); But this call require minimum api level 23.So how to do the same on pre 23 api.

Answer 1

As @Gaurav suggested FrameLayout you can use the forground color by programatically in the following way

int color = R.color.black_trans_60;
frm.setForeground(new ColorDrawable(ContextCompat.getColor(mContext, color)));