Android Code Zone: Setting a button to disabled and changing the color

Setting a button to disabled and changing the color

In drawable folder, create an xml file called button_disabled.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:shape="rectangle" android:padding="10dp">   
 <solid android:color="@color/silver"/>
<corners
   android:bottomRightRadius="20dp"
   android:bottomLeftRadius="20dp"
   android:topLeftRadius="20dp"
   android:topRightRadius="20dp"/>
</shape>

Then in Java,

((Button) findViewById(R.id.my_button)).setEnabled(false);
((Button) findViewById(R.id.my_button)).setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.button_disabled);

This will set the button's property to disabled and sets the color to silver.

[The color is defined in color.xml as:

<resources>

    <color name="silver">#C0C0C0</color>

</resources>

This post can also be found at
http://stackoverflow.com/a/16911916/2245264