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Change cursor color on an EditText
protected static void setCursorDrawableColor(EditText editText, int color) {
try {
Field fCursorDrawableRes = TextView.class.getDeclaredField("mCursorDrawableRes");
fCursorDrawableRes.setAccessible(true);
int mCursorDrawableRes = fCursorDrawableRes.getInt(editText);
Field fEditor = TextView.class.getDeclaredField("mEditor");
fEditor.setAccessible(true);
Object editor = fEditor.get(editText);
Class<?> clazz = editor.getClass();
Field fCursorDrawable = clazz.getDeclaredField("mCursorDrawable");
fCursorDrawable.setAccessible(true);
Drawable[] drawables = new Drawable[2];
Resources res = editText.getContext().getResources();
drawables[0] = res.getDrawable(mCursorDrawableRes);
drawables[1] = res.getDrawable(mCursorDrawableRes);
drawables[0].setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);
drawables[1].setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);
fCursorDrawable.set(editor, drawables);
} catch (final Throwable ignored) {
}
}
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