Android 5.0: how to change recent apps title color?
AndroidAndroid ThemeAndroid 5.0-LollipopAndroid AppcompatAndroid Problem Overview
I'm using AppCompat and my theme is extending Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar
.
When in Android 5 Lollipop and I press the recent apps button, my app appears with a dark title instead of a white title in the ActionBar.
When I'm inside the app everything looks fine.
What can I do to change the title color in the recent apps view?
EDIT: just figured out that if I use a darker colorPrimary
, the title becomes white. I still need a way to force the white title with the original color.
Android Solutions
Solution 1 - Android
You can't force the text color, it is auto generated (either white/black) based on your colorPrimary
color.
Solution 2 - Android
I also looked into this and the best way I could find was (suggestion from MrEngineer13) setting my recents app color to the 600-value of my primary color:
Bitmap bm = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), app_icon);
TaskDescription taskDesc = new TaskDescription(getString(R.string.app_name), bm, getResources().getColor(R.color.primary_600));
MainActivity.setTaskDescription(taskDesc);
If you look closely at the Android 5.0 contacts app, you can see that Google themselves is also doing something similar:
Therefore I believe it is impossible to change the title color yourself, but Android will choose a good one for you. (which will also allow Android to change it for accessibility reasons,...)
Solution 3 - Android
To change the color/title/icon you just need to use the following:
TaskDescription tDesc = new TaskDescription(mTitle, mIcon, mColor);
MainActivity.setTaskDescription(tDesc);