how to give underline color different and textcolor different to a Textview

Question

I am trying this but it does not work for me

 Paint p = new Paint();
 p.setColor(ContextCompat.getColor(textView.getContext(),android.R.color.holo_red_dark));
 textView.setPaintFlags(p.getColor());
 textView.setPaintFlags(Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG);

[Changing the underline color of TextView](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30716673/changing-the-underline-color-of-textview) — Ravi, Jul 04 '16 at 11:17

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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try this way,

Paint p = new Paint();
p.setColor(ContextCompat.getColor(this,android.R.color.holo_red_dark));
p.setflags(Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG);
textView.setPaintFlags(p.getFlags());

for more see this question.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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answered Jul 04 '16 at 11:18

V-rund Puro-hit

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it does not work it does'nt give me red underline – avais khan Jul 04 '16 at 11:26

Sohail Zahid · Answer 2 · 2016-07-04T11:52:01.777

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edittext.getBackground().setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);

edited Jul 04 '16 at 11:52

answered Jul 04 '16 at 11:44

Sohail Zahid

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it givies me crash – avais khan Jul 04 '16 at 11:51
then i should only work in edit text. – Sohail Zahid Jul 04 '16 at 11:52

Hari Haran · Answer 3 · 2016-07-04T12:13:58.790

Create a under_line.xml file into drawable folder then set your textview background like this android:background="@drawable/under_line"

add this xml in your drawable folder uder_line.xml

<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:bottom="-15dp">
    <rotate xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:fromDegrees="0"
        android:pivotX="0.5"
        android:pivotY="0.5"
        android:toDegrees="0">
        <shape android:shape="line">
            <stroke
                android:width="1dp"
                android:color="@android:color/holo_red_dark" />
        </shape>
    </rotate>
</item></layer-list>

Then set your layout text view background like this

android:background="@drawable/under_line"

how to give underline color different and textcolor different to a Textview

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