Use color resource in a view definition

Description

As string resource, we can reference color resource in layout.

Example

The following code shows how you can use a color resource in a view definition.


<resources>
    <color name="red">#f00</color>
    <color name="blue">#0000ff</color>
    <color name="green">#f0f0</color>
    <color name="main_back_ground_color">#ffffff00</color>
</resources>

The following code shows how to use defined color in layout resource.


<TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:textColor="@color/red"
          android:text="Sample Text to Show Red Color"/>