How can I change EditText’s cursor’s color programmatically ? In android 4.0 and above,

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Asked: June 8, 20262026-06-08T13:15:54+00:00 2026-06-08T13:15:54+00:00

How can I change EditText's cursor’s color programmatically ?

In android 4.0 and above, cursor color is white. and if EditTexts background is also white, it becomes invisible.

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-08T13:15:56+00:00

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In your EditText properties, there is an attribute android:textCursorDrawable

Now set it to @null like,

android:textCursorDrawable="@null"

So now your EditText Cursor is same as your EditText TextColor.

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