android set button background programmatically

Question

I would like to know how to set the button color programatically? I have coded the following but fails:

Button11.setBackgroundColor(R.color.red);

Thanks!!

Answer 1

R.color.red is an ID (which is also an int), but is not a color.

Use one of the following instead:

// If you're in an activity:
Button11.setBackgroundColor(getResources().getColor(R.color.red));
// OR, if you're not: 
Button11.setBackgroundColor(Button11.getContext().getResources().getColor(R.color.red));

Or, alternatively:

Button11.setBackgroundColor(Color.RED); // From android.graphics.Color

Or, for more pro skills:

Button11.setBackgroundColor(0xFFFF0000); // 0xAARRGGBB