I added a progress bar to my activity using the following code:
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/linlaHeaderProgress"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:visibility="gone" >
<ProgressBar
android:id="@+id/pbHeaderProgress"
android:indeterminateOnly="true"
android:keepScreenOn="true"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</ProgressBar>
</LinearLayout>
Then I call it by:
progressbar = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.linlaHeaderProgress);
progressbar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
The progress bar is displayed and I want to change the color of it. By default the progress bar is displayed in grey color. Here is what I tried to change the color:
I created a xml file in drawables folder and named it as activityindicator.xml
The contents of this xml are:
<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:id="@android:id/secondaryProgress">
<color android:color="#f58233" />
</item>
<item android:id="@android:id/progress">
<color android:color="#f58233" />
</item>
</layer-list>
And I changed the layout file as:
<LinearLayout
android:id="@+id/linlaHeaderProgress"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:gravity="center"
android:progressDrawable="@drawable/activityindicator"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:visibility="gone" >
<ProgressBar
android:id="@+id/pbHeaderProgress"
android:indeterminateOnly="true"
android:keepScreenOn="true"
android:progressDrawable="@drawable/activityindicator"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" >
</ProgressBar>
</LinearLayout>
This is what I tried, but the color is not changing. Can anyone tell me what am I doing wrong?
I am using Lollipop version.
If you just want to change the colour, add a colour filter to your progress bar:
pbHeaderProgress.getIndeterminateDrawable().setColorFilter(Color.RED, Mode.MULTIPLY);
The Mode parameter, refers to the PorterDuff.Mode Values - available here.