Change "on" color of a Switch
android, togglebutton
Solution
As of now it is better to use SwitchCompat from the AppCompat.v7 library. You can then use simple styling to change the color of your components.
values/themes.xml:
<style name="Theme.MyTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
<!-- colorPrimary is used for the default action bar background -->
<item name="colorPrimary">@color/my_awesome_color</item>
<!-- colorPrimaryDark is used for the status bar -->
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/my_awesome_darker_color</item>
<!-- colorAccent is used as the default value for colorControlActivated,
which is used to tint widgets -->
<item name="colorAccent">@color/accent</item>
<!-- You can also set colorControlNormal, colorControlActivated
colorControlHighlight, and colorSwitchThumbNormal. -->
</style>
ref: Android Developers Blog
EDIT:
The way in which it should be correctly applied is through `android:theme="@style/Theme.MyTheme"` and also this can be applied to parent styles such as EditTexts, RadioButtons, Switches, CheckBoxes and ProgressBars:
<style name="My.Widget.ProgressBar" parent="Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar">
<style name="My.Widget.Checkbox" parent="Widget.AppCompat.CompoundButton.CheckBox">
Problem
I'm using a standard Switch control with the holo.light theme in a ICS app. I want to change the highlighted or on state color of the Toggle Button from the standard light blue to green. This should be easy, but I can't seem to work out how to do it.