Question

I have an EditText displaying a user defined text label.
It displays as blue background with white letters.

But when the person clicks into it, I want it to change to white background with black letters, to indicate that it is in edit mode.

Then when the person clicks out of it, I want it to turn back to white on blue, as before. Also, if the entered text was wider than the display, I would like it to left justify.

How can I do all that?

Answer 1

please try this:

    edittext.setOnFocusChangeListener(new OnFocusChangeListener() {

        @Override
        public void onFocusChange(View v, boolean hasFocus) {
            if (hasFocus) {
                v.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);
                ((EditText) v).setTextColor(Color.BLACK);
            } else {

                v.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLUE);
                ((EditText) v).setTextColor(Color.WHITE);
            }

        }
    });