How To Change Highlight Color On Edittext Field

Below is a screen shot of a custom edit text field i have in my android app. While you are type a given word, the text for the word you are currently typing highlights in grey and

Solution 1:

I was able to change the highlight of my edit text by adding this line to my themes.xml file:

<item name="android:textColorHighlight">@color/m_highlight_blue</item>

Solution 2:

Simple, just use TextHightLight Property in XML Mode

android:textColorHighlight="#ff0000"

or add this in your theme

<item name="android:textColorHighlight">"#ff0000"</item>

[Image attached here is because for a comment below]

and when i do, this is how it looks

Solution 3:

And if you have to change the Marker handle then you should change

<item name="colorAccent">@color/edittext_handle_selection</item>
<item name="android:textColorHighlight">@color/edittext_selection</item>

Solution 4:

In code:

et.setHighlightColor(ContextCompat.getColor(getContext(), R.color.highlight));

Solution 5:

You should use android:textColorHighlight in the EditText element in you layout xml file