Set the color of the handles shown when you select text in a TextView on Android

ColorTextViewHandles.java

// Tested on Android Nougat. Should work on previous versions of Android.
// It's ugly but should get the job done

/**
 * Set the color of the handles when you select text in a
 * {@link android.widget.EditText} or other view that extends {@link TextView}.
 *
 * @param view
 *     The {@link TextView} or a {@link View} that extends {@link TextView}.
 * @param color
 *     The color to set for the text handles
 */
public static void colorHandles(TextView view, int color) {
  try {
    Field editorField = TextView.class.getDeclaredField("mEditor");
    if (!editorField.isAccessible()) {
      editorField.setAccessible(true);
    }

    Object editor = editorField.get(view);
    Class<?> editorClass = editor.getClass();

    String[] handleNames = {"mSelectHandleLeft", "mSelectHandleRight", "mSelectHandleCenter"};
    String[] resNames = {"mTextSelectHandleLeftRes", "mTextSelectHandleRightRes", "mTextSelectHandleRes"};

    for (int i = 0; i < handleNames.length; i++) {
      Field handleField = editorClass.getDeclaredField(handleNames[i]);
      if (!handleField.isAccessible()) {
        handleField.setAccessible(true);
      }

      Drawable handleDrawable = (Drawable) handleField.get(editor);

      if (handleDrawable == null) {
        Field resField = TextView.class.getDeclaredField(resNames[i]);
        if (!resField.isAccessible()) {
          resField.setAccessible(true);
        }
        int resId = resField.getInt(view);
        handleDrawable = view.getResources().getDrawable(resId);
      }

      if (handleDrawable != null) {
        Drawable drawable = handleDrawable.mutate();
        drawable.setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);
        handleField.set(editor, drawable);
      }
    }
  } catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
  }
}

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