How to get primary color of material theme in xml drawable?

Question

I'm trying to define round drawable which needs primary color of material theme. Here's my xml code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="oval" >
    <solid android:color="?attr/colorPrimary"></solid>
</shape>

But I'm getting InflateException. I've read that we can not use attributes in drawable xml. So any workaround for this ?

Answer 1

If you are using API 21 or greater, you should use:

<solid android:color="?android:colorPrimary"></solid>

For older APIs you should just type:

<solid android:color="?colorPrimary"></solid>

Answer 2

Is your colorPrimary stored in yours colors.xml? If so, just reference it like @color/colorPrimary.

If not, just define it in colors.xml and reference it. These are the default teal color of meterial straight from the source code. I think material_deep_teal_500 is what you are looking for.

<!-- Primary & accent colors -->

<color name="material_deep_teal_200">#ff80cbc4</color>
<color name="material_deep_teal_500">#ff009688</color>

<color name="material_blue_grey_800">#ff37474f</color>
<color name="material_blue_grey_900">#ff263238</color>
<color name="material_blue_grey_950">#ff21272b</color>