Get background color of a Layout

I want to find the background color of a Layout from my code. Is there any way to find it? something like linearLayout.getBackgroundColor()?

How do you get the background color on a view?

To get background color of a Layout: LinearLayout lay = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R. id. lay1); ColorDrawable viewColor = (ColorDrawable) lay.

How do I change the default background color in Android Studio?

Create background color. By default each activity in Android has a white background. To change the background color, first add a new color definition to the colors. xml file in the values resource folder like the following.

This can only be accomplished in API 11+ if your background is a solid color.

int color = Color.TRANSPARENT; Drawable background = view.getBackground(); if (background instanceof ColorDrawable)     color = ((ColorDrawable) background).getColor();