Setting background color

[neri4488]

When I set the background color like any other view i.e android:background="@color/white" , it does not show up.
How can you set background color??

[szirakim]

The init(Context c, AttributeSet a) {} function contains this part:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
setBackground(null);
} else {
setBackgroundDrawable(null);
}

meaning this attribute is ignored as it is. A five minute solution is to copy the library to your project and remove this five lines. From that moment, you are good to go.

[szirakim]

A better advice:

• use inheritance, use this class

This could prevent the library null out the background you specified, code:

public class MatEditText extends MaterialEditText {

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

public MatEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
    super(context, attrs);
}

public MatEditText(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int style) {
    super(context, attrs, style);
}

@Override
public void setBackgroundDrawable(Drawable background) {
    if (background != null)
        super.setBackgroundDrawable(background);
}

@Override
public void setBackground(Drawable background) {
    if (background != null)
        super.setBackground(background);
}

}