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Asked: June 2, 20262026-06-02T03:16:13+00:00 2026-06-02T03:16:13+00:00

I am trying to understand an android code mCanvas.drawColor(-1); What does the -1 mean

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I am trying to understand an android code

mCanvas.drawColor(-1);

What does the -1 mean ? What RGB value it equates to ?

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    2026-06-02T03:16:16+00:00Added an answer on June 2, 2026 at 3:16 am

    It doesn’t appear that that function accepts any special values, so I’ll guess it’s just some really obscure way of specifying white.

    Hex value of -1 is 0xFFFFFFFF, which just breaks down into R=255, G=255, B=255, A=255, which is full white.

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