How do i set the progressbar color dynamically android kotlin

Published September 24, 2021

In this Android kotlin example we will learn how to set the color to the Progressbar programmatically. Progressbar is a widget which will used to show the progress status of the work in the android application. we always set the colors of the widget inside xml files, but how we can set the color to the Progressbar dynamically.

There are two ways to set the color to the progressbar by programmatically

progressBar.progressTintList

progressBar2.progressDrawable.colorFilter

Set color by progressBar.progressTintList

progressBar.progressTintList= ColorStateList.valueOf(Color.GREEN)

set color by progressBar2.progressDrawable.colorFilter

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
    progressBar2.progressDrawable.colorFilter =
        BlendModeColorFilter(Color.BLUE, BlendMode.SRC_IN)
}else {
    progressBar2.progressDrawable
        .setColorFilter(Color.BLUE, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN)
}

Let's create android example to set color for the progressbar dynamically

Step 1: Create Android application

Step 2: Update xml file with below code, this xml file contains two progressbar, one textview and one button

<androidx.appcompat.widget.LinearLayoutCompat
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/constraintLayout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:gravity="center"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <com.google.android.material.textview.MaterialTextView
        android:id="@+id/txt_progress"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:padding="24dp"
        android:textAppearance=
            "@style/TextAppearance.MaterialComponents.Headline6"
        android:text="0" />

    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/progressBar"
        style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="40dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"/>

    <ProgressBar
        android:id="@+id/progressBar2"
        style="?android:attr/progressBarStyleHorizontal"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="50dp"
        android:layout_marginStart="16dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="16dp" />


    <com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
        android:id="@+id/btn_event"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginTop="16dp"
        android:text="Start"
        android:textColor="#FFF"
        android:backgroundTint="#000" />

</androidx.appcompat.widget.LinearLayoutCompat>

Step 3: Inflate views in activity screen

package com.rrtutors.kotlinexample2021

import android.content.res.ColorStateList
import android.graphics.BlendMode
import android.graphics.BlendModeColorFilter
import android.graphics.Color
import android.graphics.PorterDuff
import android.os.Build
import android.os.Bundle
import android.os.Handler
import android.os.Looper
import android.util.Log
import android.widget.ProgressBar
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
import com.google.android.material.textview.MaterialTextView
import java.lang.Thread.sleep


class ProgressbarActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    lateinit var txt_progress:MaterialTextView
    lateinit var progressBar:ProgressBar
    lateinit var progressBar2:ProgressBar
    lateinit var btn_event:MaterialButton
     var progres:Int=0;
    lateinit   var thread:Thread;

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_progressbar)

        txt_progress=findViewById(R.id.txt_progress);
        progressBar=findViewById(R.id.progressBar);
        progressBar2=findViewById(R.id.progressBar2);
        btn_event=findViewById(R.id.btn_event);


        progressBar.progress=10;
        progressBar2.progress=10;
        progressBar.progressTintList= ColorStateList.valueOf(Color.GREEN)


        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
            progressBar2.progressDrawable.colorFilter =
                BlendModeColorFilter(Color.BLUE, BlendMode.SRC_IN)
        }else {
            progressBar2.progressDrawable
                .setColorFilter(Color.BLUE, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN)
        }

        btn_event.setOnClickListener {

            thread= Thread(Runnable {
                while (progres < 100){

                   progres=progres+1;

                Log.v("Progress","Progress "+progres);

               runOnUiThread {
                   progressBar.progress = progres
                   progressBar2.progress = progres

                   txt_progress.text = "$progres %"

                   progressBar.progressTintList= ColorStateList.valueOf(Color.RED)

               }
               }
            })

            thread.start();

        }
    }
}

Step 4: Now run the application

Android Set progressbar color dynamically

Conclusion: In this example we learned how to inflate views from xml file and set color to the progressbar programmatically.

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