What to use instead of getResources().getColor() because this is now deprecated

In this blog,
I have talked about what to use instead of a deprecated function of getColor.
getResources().getColor(R.color.color_name) is deprecated in API level 23.

So, we can use getColor(int, Theme) instead.

you can use the ContextCompat.getColor() which is part of the Support V4 Library (so it will work for all the previous API).

ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.your_color);

1	ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.your_color);

instead of

getResources().getColor(R.color.color_name)

1	getResources().getColor(R.color.color_name)

getColor method

int getColor (Context mContext, int id)

1	int getColor (Context mContext, int id)

Returns a color connected with a particular resource ID.

Aman Gupta 22 December 2016

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3 comments

Cryptonix Jan 28, 2017 at 5:44 am

Thanks this was very useful 🙂

Android Developer Jul 23, 2018 at 12:16 pm

What’s the use of the theme, though?

Ricardo Mar 11, 2021 at 10:06 pm

Many thanks for solving as fast as light 🙂

What to use instead of getResources().getColor() because this is now deprecated

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