Set background color of the material chip programmatically

Question

Chip chip = new Chip(context);
chip.setBackgroundcolor(getResources().getColor(R.color.blue));

The above line gives the error:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Do not set the background resource; Chip manages its own background drawable.

Answer 1

You can set background color of material chip by following line (Kotlin)

chip.chipBackgroundColor = getColorStateList(/*your preferred color*/)

Answer 2

For Kotlin, you should use this:

chip.chipBackgroundColor = ColorStateList.valueOf(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.yourColor))

For Java:

chip.setChipBackgroundColor(ColorStateList.valueOf(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.yourColor)));

Answer 3

Use the method setChipBackgroundColorResource:

chip.setChipBackgroundColorResource(R.color.chip_selector_color);

Otherwise use the method setChipBackgroundColor

chip.setChipBackgroundColor(AppCompatResources.getColorStateList(context, R.color.chip_selector_color));

Answer 4

• Try this:

chip.setChipBackgroundColor(getResources().getColorStateList(R.color.Green));