androidbuttoncolors

Button color change on hover

I'm just a beginner with Android. I want the button to change its color on mouseover.
I don't know how to do that in android. Can it be done?

View for a button:

<Button 
  android:id="@+id/b8"
  android:text="click me"
  style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
  android:textSize="20dp" />
Solution

  • You need to use what's called a selector.

    You can read about them and get a tutorial from this site.

    Keep in mind that there really isn't a concept in Android as "hover" since you can't hover your finger over the display. But you can create selectors for, say, when a button has focus. Normally a button can have three states: Normal, Focused and Pressed.