How to Change programmatically Edittext Cursor Color in android?

Question

In android we can change the cursor color via:

android:textCursorDrawable="@drawable/black_color_cursor".

How can we do this dynamically?

In my case I have set cursor drawable to white, but i need to change black How to do ?

    // Set an EditText view to get user input
    final EditText input = new EditText(nyactivity);
    input.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.black));

Answer 1

Using some reflection did the trick for me

Java:

// https://github.com/android/platform_frameworks_base/blob/kitkat-release/core/java/android/widget/TextView.java#L562-564
Field f = TextView.class.getDeclaredField("mCursorDrawableRes");
f.setAccessible(true);
f.set(yourEditText, R.drawable.cursor);

XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle" >

    <solid android:color="#ff000000" />

    <size android:width="1dp" />

</shape>

---

Here is a method that you can use that doesn't need an XML:

public static void setCursorColor(EditText view, @ColorInt int color) {
  try {
    // Get the cursor resource id
    Field field = TextView.class.getDeclaredField("mCursorDrawableRes");
    field.setAccessible(true);
    int drawableResId = field.getInt(view);

    // Get the editor
    field = TextView.class.getDeclaredField("mEditor");
    field.setAccessible(true);
    Object editor = field.get(view);

    // Get the drawable and set a color filter
    Drawable drawable = ContextCompat.getDrawable(view.getContext(), drawableResId);
    drawable.setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);
    Drawable[] drawables = {drawable, drawable};

    // Set the drawables
    field = editor.getClass().getDeclaredField("mCursorDrawable");
    field.setAccessible(true);
    field.set(editor, drawables);
  } catch (Exception ignored) {
  }
}

Answer 2

android:textCursorDrawable="@null"

Then in the application:

final EditText input = new EditText(nyactivity);
input.setTextColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.black));

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Answer 3

This is a rewritten version of the function from @Jared Rummler with a couple of improvements:

• Support for Android 4.0.x
• The special getDrawable(Context, int) function sience the getDrawable(int) is deprecated for API 22 and above.

private static final Field
        sEditorField,
        sCursorDrawableField,
        sCursorDrawableResourceField;

static {
    Field editorField = null;
    Field cursorDrawableField = null;
    Field cursorDrawableResourceField = null;
    boolean exceptionThrown = false;
    try {
        cursorDrawableResourceField = TextView.class.getDeclaredField("mCursorDrawableRes");
        cursorDrawableResourceField.setAccessible(true);
        final Class<?> drawableFieldClass;
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
            drawableFieldClass = TextView.class;
        } else {
            editorField = TextView.class.getDeclaredField("mEditor");
            editorField.setAccessible(true);
            drawableFieldClass = editorField.getType();
        }
        cursorDrawableField = drawableFieldClass.getDeclaredField("mCursorDrawable");
        cursorDrawableField.setAccessible(true);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        exceptionThrown = true;
    }
    if (exceptionThrown) {
        sEditorField = null;
        sCursorDrawableField = null;
        sCursorDrawableResourceField = null;
    } else {
        sEditorField = editorField;
        sCursorDrawableField = cursorDrawableField;
        sCursorDrawableResourceField = cursorDrawableResourceField;
    }
}

public static void setCursorColor(EditText editText, int color) {
    if (sCursorDrawableField == null) {
        return;
    }
    try {
        final Drawable drawable = getDrawable(editText.getContext(), 
                sCursorDrawableResourceField.getInt(editText));
        drawable.setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);
        sCursorDrawableField.set(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN
                ? editText : sEditorField.get(editText), new Drawable[] {drawable, drawable});
    } catch (Exception ignored) {
    }
}

private static Drawable getDrawable(Context context, int id) {
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
        return context.getResources().getDrawable(id);
    } else {
        return context.getDrawable(id);
    }
}

Answer 4

Kotlin version, works from api 14 to api 32

import android.content.Context
import android.content.res.ColorStateList
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable
import android.graphics.drawable.GradientDrawable
import android.graphics.drawable.VectorDrawable
import android.os.Build
import android.util.TypedValue
import android.widget.TextView
import androidx.annotation.ColorInt
import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat
import androidx.core.graphics.drawable.DrawableCompat
import androidx.vectordrawable.graphics.drawable.VectorDrawableCompat
import java.lang.reflect.Field

fun TextView.setCursorDrawableColor(@ColorInt color: Int) {
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
        textCursorDrawable = GradientDrawable(GradientDrawable.Orientation.BOTTOM_TOP, intArrayOf(color, color))
            .apply { setSize(2.spToPx(context).toInt(), textSize.toInt()) }
        return
    }

    try {
        val editorField = TextView::class.java.getFieldByName("mEditor")
        val editor = editorField?.get(this) ?: this
        val editorClass: Class<*> = if (editorField != null) editor.javaClass else TextView::class.java
        val cursorRes = TextView::class.java.getFieldByName("mCursorDrawableRes")?.get(this) as? Int ?: return

        val tintedCursorDrawable = ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, cursorRes)?.tinted(color) ?: return

        val cursorField = if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.P) {
            editorClass.getFieldByName("mDrawableForCursor")
        } else {
            null
        }
        if (cursorField != null) {
            cursorField.set(editor, tintedCursorDrawable)
        } else {
            editorClass.getFieldByName("mCursorDrawable", "mDrawableForCursor")
                ?.set(editor, arrayOf(tintedCursorDrawable, tintedCursorDrawable))
        }
    } catch (t: Throwable) {
        t.printStackTrace()
    }
}

fun Class<*>.getFieldByName(vararg name: String): Field? {
    name.forEach {
        try{
            return this.getDeclaredField(it).apply { isAccessible = true }
        } catch (t: Throwable) { }
    }
    return null
}

fun Drawable.tinted(@ColorInt color: Int): Drawable = when {
    this is VectorDrawableCompat -> {
        this.apply { setTintList(ColorStateList.valueOf(color)) }
    }
    Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP && this is VectorDrawable -> {
        this.apply { setTintList(ColorStateList.valueOf(color)) }
    }
    else -> {
        DrawableCompat.wrap(this)
            .also { DrawableCompat.setTint(it, color) }
            .let { DrawableCompat.unwrap(it) }
    }
}

fun Number.spToPx(context: Context? = null): Float {
    val res = context?.resources ?: android.content.res.Resources.getSystem()
    return TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP, this.toFloat(), res.displayMetrics)
}

Answer 5

We managed to do it by:

1. Creating a layout file with just an EditText and the cursor color set in xml on it.
2. Inflating it
3. Using the EditText as you would use a programmatically created one