how to change SeekBar color in android? (Programmatically)

Question

I made an equalizer to go with my app but I am not sure how I can change the seekbar's thumb and progress color. It seems to be pink by default and that doesn't fit my app's aesthetics.

 SeekBar seekBar = new SeekBar(this);

        seekBar.setId(i);

        seekBar.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
        seekBar.setMax(upperEqualizerBandLevel - lowerEqualizerBandLevel);

        seekBar.setProgress(mEqualizer.getBandLevel(equalizerBandIndex));
        //seekBar.setBackgroundColor(Color.DKGRAY);
        //seekBar.setDrawingCacheBackgroundColor(Color.DKGRAY);

Answer 1

While using a style is a good idea, it does not provide much flexibility specially if you want to assign the colors programmatically I suggest:

//for the progress seekBar.getProgressDrawable().setColorFilter(mThemeColor,PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP); //for the thumb handle seekBar.getThumb().setColorFilter(mThemeColor, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP);

Answer 2

To change the color of the Seekbar thumb, create a new style in style.xml

<style name="SeekBarColor"
  parent="Widget.AppCompat.SeekBar"> 
  <item name="colorAccent">@color/your_color</item> 
</style>

Finally in the layout:

<SeekBar
  android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content"
  android:theme="@style/SeekBarColor" />

To change the Seekbar progress color, use this in Java Class.

seekBar.getProgressDrawable().setColorFilter("yourcolor", PorterDuff.Mode.MULTIPLY);

Both these will work for API>16.

Edit

To change SeekBar thumb color by Java code.

 seekBar.getProgressDrawable().setColorFilter(getResources().getCo‌​lor(R.color.your_color‌​), PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP);