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Android

Katherine Goh
Katherine Goh
3,856 Points
Posted by Katherine Goh
Katherine Goh
3,856 Points

Working with Android- FunFactActivity changing of background colors using drawable (customise background) .

package com.sp.funfacts;

import android.graphics.Color;

import java.util.Random;

public class ColorWheel { //Fields (member Variables) - Properties about the object private String[] mColor = { /* "#39add1", //light blue "#3079ab", //dark blue "#c25975", //mauve "#e15258", //red "#f9845b", //orange "#838cc7", //lavander "#7d669e", //purple "#53bbb4", //aqua "#51b46d", //green "#e0ab18", //mustard "#637a91", //dark grey "#f092b0", //pink "#b7c0c7", //light grey*/

//how do we input (R.drawable.bg_1)....... and the other drawable.bg_9?

};
// Method - Actions the object can take
public int getColor() {
    String color;
    //randomly selects a color
    Random randomgenerator = new Random();
    int randomNumber = randomgenerator.nextInt(mColor.length);
    color= mColor[randomNumber] ;
    int colorAsInt= Color.parseColor(color);
    return colorAsInt;
}

}