How do I create ColorStateList programmatically?

Question

See http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#state_above_anchor for a list of available states.

If you want to set colors for disabled, unfocused, unchecked states etc. just negate the states:

int[][] states = new int[][] {
    new int[] { android.R.attr.state_enabled}, // enabled
    new int[] {-android.R.attr.state_enabled}, // disabled
    new int[] {-android.R.attr.state_checked}, // unchecked
    new int[] { android.R.attr.state_pressed}  // pressed
};

int[] colors = new int[] {
    Color.BLACK,
    Color.RED,
    Color.GREEN,
    Color.BLUE
};

ColorStateList myList = new ColorStateList(states, colors);

Sometimes this will be enough:

int colorInt = getResources().getColor(R.color.ColorVerificaLunes);
ColorStateList csl = ColorStateList.valueOf(colorInt);

The first dimension is an array of state sets, the second ist the state set itself. The colors array lists the colors for each matching state set, therefore the length of the colors array has to match the first dimension of the states array (or it will crash when the state is "used"). Here and example:

ColorStateList myColorStateList = new ColorStateList(
                        new int[][]{
                                new int[]{android.R.attr.state_pressed}, //1
                                new int[]{android.R.attr.state_focused}, //2
                                new int[]{android.R.attr.state_focused, android.R.attr.state_pressed} //3
                        },
                        new int[] {
                            Color.RED, //1
                            Color.GREEN, //2
                            Color.BLUE //3
                        }
                    );

hope this helps.

EDIT example: a xml color state list like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_pressed="true" android:color="@color/white"/>
    <item android:color="@color/black"/>
</selector>

would look like this

ColorStateList myColorStateList = new ColorStateList(
        new int[][]{
                new int[]{android.R.attr.state_pressed},
                new int[]{}
        },
        new int[] {
                context.getResources().getColor(R.color.white),
                context.getResources().getColor(R.color.black)
        }
);

Here's an example of how to create a ColorList programmatically in Kotlin:

val colorList = ColorStateList(
        arrayOf(
                intArrayOf(-android.R.attr.state_enabled),  // Disabled
                intArrayOf(android.R.attr.state_enabled)    // Enabled
        ),
        intArrayOf(
                Color.BLACK,     // The color for the Disabled state
                Color.RED        // The color for the Enabled state
        )
)

Unfortunately none of the solutions works for me.

1. If you don't set pressed state at first it won't detect it.
2. If you set it, then you need to define empty state to add default color

ColorStateList themeColorStateList = new ColorStateList(
        new int[][]{
                new int[]{android.R.attr.state_pressed},
                new int[]{android.R.attr.state_enabled},
                new int[]{android.R.attr.state_focused, android.R.attr.state_pressed},
                new int[]{-android.R.attr.state_enabled},
                new int[]{} // this should be empty to make default color as we want
        },
        new int[]{
                pressedFontColor,
                defaultFontColor,
                pressedFontColor,
                disabledFontColor,
                defaultFontColor
        }
);

This is constructor from source code:

/**
 * Creates a ColorStateList that returns the specified mapping from
 * states to colors.
 */
public ColorStateList(int[][] states, int[] colors) {
    mStateSpecs = states;
    mColors = colors;

    if (states.length > 0) {
        mDefaultColor = colors[0];

        for (int i = 0; i < states.length; i++) {
            if (states[i].length == 0) {
                mDefaultColor = colors[i];
            }
        }
    }
}