Setting background color on toast makes it rectangular

Question

If I set the background color of my Toast with

            t.getView().setBackgroundColor(
                    ctx.getResources().getColor(R.color.myorange));

the new (Android 4.4) rounded Toast becomes rectangular. Any way to prevent this apart from using a custom rounded background Drawable?

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afaik you will have to make a round drawable yourself, but that takes like 2 minutes, searching fpr another alternative might take hours? worth it? =D — Daniel Bo, Jan 08 '14 at 15:23

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 11 '18 at 09:35

Do not try to set the background color directly, set a color filter instead. That will preserve the toast shape:

int backgroundColor = ResourcesCompat.getColor(t.getView().getResources(), R.color.myorange, null);
t.getView().getBackground().setColorFilter(backgroundColor, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 08 '14 at 15:55

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There is no way to prevent that. The default background for the toast is a drawable that defines the rounded corners. If you want rounded corners in a different color, you'll have to define your own shape drawable.

answered Jan 08 '14 at 15:55

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Example please, including tying the drawable object to the the toast object programmatically (no xml files). – Androidcoder Aug 17 '15 at 15:34

Setting background color on toast makes it rectangular

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