Set background color of the material chip programmatically

Question

Chip chip = new Chip(context);
chip.setBackgroundcolor(getResources().getColor(R.color.blue));

The above line gives the error:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Do not set the background resource; Chip manages its own background drawable.

Answer 1

You can set background color of material chip by following line (Kotlin)

chip.chipBackgroundColor = getColorStateList(/*your preferred color*/)

Answer 2

• Try this:

chip.setChipBackgroundColor(getResources().getColorStateList(R.color.Green));

Answer 3

In Kotlin

chip.chipBackgroundColor = ContextCompat.getColorStateList(this.context,R.color.**yourcolorid**)

Answer 4

For Kotlin, you should use this:

chip.chipBackgroundColor = ColorStateList.valueOf(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.yourColor))

For Java:

chip.setChipBackgroundColor(ColorStateList.valueOf(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.yourColor)));

Answer 5

use backgroundTint in xml

            <com.google.android.material.chip.Chip
                android:id="@+id/timetext_id"
                android:layout_width="0dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginHorizontal="40dp"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:backgroundTint="#39b8db"
                android:gravity="center"
                android:padding="5dp"
                android:text="Time"
                android:textAlignment="center"
                android:textColor="@color/white" />

Answer 6

Use the method setChipBackgroundColorResource:

chip.setChipBackgroundColorResource(R.color.chip_selector_color);

Otherwise use the method setChipBackgroundColor

chip.setChipBackgroundColor(AppCompatResources.getColorStateList(context, R.color.chip_selector_color));