How to set a background color for linear layout programatically?

Question

How to set a background color for linear layout programatically? I tried following code but not working:

LinearLayout footer = new LinearLayout(activity);
footer.setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(ViewGroup.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT, 8));
footer.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("##ffb5d6e1"));
((LinearLayout)v).addView(footer);

Answer 1

I think your issue is in your line here:

footer.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("##ffb5d6e1"));

Remove the extra '#' symbol so that it is:

footer.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#b5d6e1"));

I also removed the 'ff' because you were essentially setting the opacity to 100%, which is done by default if you just only use six character long hex values.