Changing tint color of Android EditText programmatically

Question

I am trying to change the tinting color of an EditText View programmatically during runtime. Basically i want to change what you would usually apply as ?attr/colorControlNormal like in the default background drawable.

Changing the background tint does not correctly apply by just setting a new ColorsStateList with one color:

editText.setBackgroundTintList( ColorStateList.valueOf( color ) );

For one the result is applied to all EditText although the tint list is applied and internally mutates the drawable. Also the alpha as specified in the default background 1 is visible at the beginning.

Here is the outcome of setting the tint color on just the first EditText:

So my question would be: How can I properly apply the tint programmatically to an EditText?

Answer 1

This works for me:

editText.getBackground().setColorFilter(getResources().getColor(R.color.your_color),                                         PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP); 

Source: Changing EditText bottom line color with appcompat v7

Answer 2

With the newly introduced android.support.v4.graphics.drawable.DrawableCompat#setTint setting the color is now possible.