ResourceHelper.java

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* Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
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package com.example.android.supportv4.media.utils;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.content.res.TypedArray;

/**
 * Generic reusable methods to handle resources.
 */
public class ResourceHelper {
    /**
     * Get a color value from a theme attribute.
     * @param context used for getting the color.
     * @param attribute theme attribute.
     * @param defaultColor default to use.
     * @return color value
     */
    public static int getThemeColor(Context context, int attribute, int defaultColor) {
        int themeColor = 0;
        String packageName = context.getPackageName();
        try {
            Context packageContext = context.createPackageContext(packageName, 0);
            ApplicationInfo applicationInfo =
                context.getPackageManager().getApplicationInfo(packageName, 0);
            packageContext.setTheme(applicationInfo.theme);
            Resources.Theme theme = packageContext.getTheme();
            TypedArray ta = theme.obtainStyledAttributes(new int[] {attribute});
            themeColor = ta.getColor(0, defaultColor);
            ta.recycle();
        } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return themeColor;
    }
}