Android ripple background color
It's a lot easier to do with styles:
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
...
<item name="colorControlHighlight">@color/ripple_material_dark</item>
...
</style>
You can control the colour of the RippleDrawable
by doing the following:
RippleDrawable rippleDrawable = (RippleDrawable)view.getBackground(); // assumes bg is a RippleDrawable
int[][] states = new int[][] { new int[] { android.R.attr.state_enabled} };
int[] colors = new int[] { Color.BLUE }; // sets the ripple color to blue
ColorStateList colorStateList = new ColorStateList(states, colors);
rippleDrawable.setColor(colorStateList);
Or, via XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ripple
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:color="#FFFF0000"> <!-- The ripple will be red -->
<!-- the normal bg color will be light grey -->
<item>
<color android:color="#FFDDDDDD" />
</item>
<!-- make sure the ripple doesn't exceed the bounds -->
<item android:id="@android:id/mask">
<shape android:shape="rectangle">
<solid android:color="?android:colorAccent" />
</shape>
</item>
</ripple>
EDIT
After seeing @i.shadrin's answer below, I must admit it's a much simpler approach (using styles). If this is an option for you, I would recommend it.