1 min readFeb 18, 2020
Thanks Nick Butcher for this nice series of articles. One question:
If my colors.xml follow this naming pattern:
colorBackground
colorSurface
colorOnSurface
colorPrimary
colorOnPrimary
colorSecondary
colorOnSecondary
colorPrimaryButton
colorOnPrimaryButton
colorSecondaryButton
colorOnSecondaryButton
colorOnSecondaryButtonVariant
textColorPrimary
textColorSecondary
textColorSecondaryVariant
colorError
colorOnError
rippleOnSecondaryColor
separatorColor
...
And then use like this:
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:color="@color/colorPrimaryButton" android:state_enabled="true"/>
<item android:alpha="0.38" android:color="@color/colorPrimaryButton"/>
</selector>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:color="@color/colorOnPrimaryButton" android:state_enabled="true"/>
<item android:alpha="0.38" android:color="@color/colorOnPrimaryButton"/>
</selector>
styles.xml
<style name="App.Widget.Button.Primary">
<item name="backgroundTint">@color/selector_for_btn_primary_background</item>
<item name="android:textColor">@color/selector_for_btn_primary_text</item>
</style>
Do I benefit from custom attributes?
Thanks.