How to change ImageButton background color in Android

activity_main.xml

 <RelativeLayout     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"     android:id="@+id/rl"     android:layout_width="match_parent"     android:layout_height="match_parent"     android:padding="10dp"     tools:context=".MainActivity"     android:background="#c4c6ba"     >     <!-- No background color defined -->     <ImageButton         android:id="@+id/ib"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:src="@drawable/transparent_image_button"         />     <!-- ImageButton background color orange by XML-->     <ImageButton         android:id="@+id/ib2"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:src="@drawable/transparent_image_button"         android:background="#ffa62b"         android:layout_below="@id/ib"         />     <!-- ImageButton background color blue programmatically -->     <ImageButton         android:id="@+id/ib3"         android:layout_width="wrap_content"         android:layout_height="wrap_content"         android:src="@drawable/transparent_image_button"         android:layout_toRightOf="@id/ib"         /> </RelativeLayout> 

MainActivity.java

 package com.cfsuman.me.androidcodesnippets;  import android.graphics.Color; import android.os.Bundle; import android.app.Activity; import android.widget.ImageButton; import android.widget.RelativeLayout;   public class MainActivity extends Activity {      @Override     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);          // Get the widgets reference from XML layout         tamat RelativeLayout rl = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.rl);         ImageButton ib = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.ib);         ImageButton ib2 = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.ib2);         ImageButton ib3 = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.ib3);          // Set the third image button background color         ib3.setBackgroundColor(Color.parseColor("#666bff"));    } } 

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