How to use selector to tint ImageView?

Question

I want to tint my tabhost's icons using XML, instead of doing it programmatically (I wasn't able to do that anyway)...

I found this thread on SO: Android imageview change tint to simulate button click

That seems to be a pretty good solution, but I wasn't able to adapt it correctly in my project... I did the following changes:

public class TintableImageView extends ImageView {
    private ColorStateList tint;

    public TintableImageView(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    //this is the constructor that causes the exception
    public TintableImageView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        init(context, attrs, 0);
    }

    public TintableImageView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
        init(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    //here, obtainStyledAttributes was asking for an array
    private void init(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        TypedArray a = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, new int[]{R.styleable.TintableImageView_tint}, defStyle, 0);
        tint = a.getColorStateList(R.styleable.TintableImageView_tint);
        a.recycle();
    }

    @Override
    protected void drawableStateChanged() {
        super.drawableStateChanged();
        if (tint != null && tint.isStateful())
            updateTintColor();
    }

    public void setColorFilter(ColorStateList tint) {
        this.tint = tint;
        super.setColorFilter(tint.getColorForState(getDrawableState(), 0));
    }

    private void updateTintColor() {
        int color = tint.getColorForState(getDrawableState(), 0);
        setColorFilter(color);
    }

}

I also wasn't able to reference @drawable/selector.xml at android:tint, so I did this at colors.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<color name="azulPadrao">#2e7cb4</color>
<drawable name="tab_icon_selector">@drawable/tab_icon_selector</drawable>
</resources>

My selector:

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

<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_selected="true" android:tint="#007AFF" />
<item android:state_focused="true" android:tint="#007AFF" />
<item android:state_pressed="true" android:tint="#007AFF" />
<item android:tint="#929292" />
</selector>

My tab layout:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@+id/TabLayout"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
          android:gravity="center" android:background="@drawable/tab_bg_selector">

<com.myapp.TintableImageView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/imageView" android:layout_gravity="center" android:tint="@drawable/tab_icon_selector"/>
<TextView android:id="@+id/TabTextView" android:text="Text"
          android:layout_width="wrap_content"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textColor="@drawable/tab_text_selector"
          android:textSize="10dip"
          android:textStyle="bold" android:layout_marginTop="2dip"/>

</LinearLayout>

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance

EDIT

I was getting a NumberFormatException for using android:tint, when the correct was app:tint (after setting xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/com.myapp")... but now I think I'm using my selector in a wrong way, because the icons are all black, no matter the state... I've tried setting <drawable name="tab_icon_selector">@drawable/tab_icon_selector</drawable> from within colors.xml, didn't work

Answer 1

If you're in API 21+ you can do this easily in XML with a selector and tint:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_activated="true">
        <bitmap android:src="@drawable/ic_settings_grey"
                android:tint="@color/primary" />
    </item>

    <item android:drawable="@drawable/ic_settings_grey"/>
</selector>