Android: textColor of disabled button in selector not showing?

Question

I am trying to make a button with a selector my button can have the following states:

• Enabled/Disabled
• Pressed/Not Pressed

According to the states mentioned above. I need to manipulate the button's:

• Text color
• background image

The button starts off my being disabled so it should have the disabled textColor and the disabled button background. But I can see the default textColor (specified in style) and NO background image!

Here is my selector button_selector.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <item android:state_pressed="false"
        android:state_enabled="false"
        android:textColor="#9D9FA2"
        android:drawable="@drawable/button" />    

    <item android:state_pressed="true"
        android:state_enabled="true"
        android:drawable="@drawable/button_pressed"/>

    <item android:state_pressed="true"
        android:state_enabled="false"
        android:textColor="#9D9FA2"
        android:drawable="@drawable/button"/>

    <item android:state_pressed="false"
        android:state_enabled="true"
        android:drawable="@drawable/button"/>    

</selector>

And here is my button declaration in the my layout.xml

    <Button android:id="@+id/reserve_button"
        android:text="@string/reserve_button"
        android:layout_width="120dp"
        android:layout_height="40dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="20dp"
        android:paddingRight="15dp"
        android:layout_gravity="left"
        style="@style/buttonStyle"
        android:background="@drawable/button_selector" />

And finally this is my style (where my default textColor is set)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

 <resources>

     <style name="buttonStyle">
      <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
      <item name="android:textColor">#282780</item>
      <item name="android:textSize">18sp</item>
     </style>

</resources>

Please help!

Answer 1

You need to also create a ColorStateList for text colors identifying different states.

Do the following:

1. Create another XML file in res\color named something like text_color.xml.

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
     <!-- disabled state -->
     <item android:state_enabled="false" android:color="#9D9FA2" /> 
     <item android:color="#000"/>
   </selector>
   

2. In your style.xml, put a reference to that text_color.xml file as follows:

   <style name="buttonStyle" parent="@android:style/Widget.Button">
     <item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
     <item name="android:textColor">@color/text_color</item>
     <item name="android:textSize">18sp</item>
   </style>
   

This should resolve your issue.