Set gradient color for text in Android Studio with Kotlin language

Issue

I have a text and I want to set a gradient color as its foreground. May I do it in XML?

Or should I do it in an activity? I am programming with Kotlin in Android Studio.

File activity_main.xml

<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="#FFFFFF"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="Text Color is Gradient"
        android:textColor="#000"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.0"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

File gradient.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle" >
    <gradient
        android:angle="90"
        android:centerColor="#555994"
        android:endColor="#b5b6d2"
        android:startColor="#555994"
        android:type="linear" />

    <corners
        android:radius="0dp"/>

</shape>

My activity is this:

import android.os.Bundle
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity


class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)

    }
}

Solution

In order to set the gradient as Textview text color, you have to use textshader with parsing gradients color. You can customise the colors as of your requirement.

 val paint = textView.paint
        val width = paint.measureText(textView.text.toString())
        val textShader: Shader = LinearGradient(0f, 0f, width, textView.textSize, intArrayOf(
            Color.parseColor("#F97C3C"),
            Color.parseColor("#FDB54E"),
            /*Color.parseColor("#64B678"),
            Color.parseColor("#478AEA"),*/
            Color.parseColor("#8446CC")
        ), null, Shader.TileMode.REPEAT)

        textView.paint.setShader(textShader)

Answered By – Raza

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