How to make a color gradient in a SeekBar?

Question

I want to use a SeekBar (i.e. old school Java Slider) into a color gradient picker. I have seen some examples like this but they all require making new classes and such. There has got to be a way to modify or override the original classes. Or just replace the background with a gradient.

Answer 1

I figured it out here is how you do it.

You create a standard seekbar in your XML.

<SeekBar
       android:id="@+id/seekbar_font"
       android:layout_width="fill_parent"
       android:layout_height="wrap_content"
       android:layout_margin="10px"
       android:layout_below="@id/color_font_text"
       android:max="100"
       android:progress="50"></SeekBar>

Then you customize the seekbar in your onCreate() by creating a boxShape and then force a LinearGradient inside it.

LinearGradient test = new LinearGradient(0.f, 0.f, 300.f, 0.0f,  

      new int[] { 0xFF000000, 0xFF0000FF, 0xFF00FF00, 0xFF00FFFF,
      0xFFFF0000, 0xFFFF00FF, 0xFFFFFF00, 0xFFFFFFFF}, 
      null, TileMode.CLAMP);
ShapeDrawable shape = new ShapeDrawable(new RectShape());
shape.getPaint().setShader(test);

SeekBar seekBarFont = (SeekBar)findViewById(R.id.seekbar_font);
seekBarFont.setProgressDrawable( (Drawable)shape );

Here is an image of the current code up above SeekBar Color Gradient

Answer 2

This is in addition to the solution provided using LinearGradient. Try this logic for translating the progress to rgb:

lineColorSeekbar.setMax(256*7-1);
        lineColorSeekbar.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(new SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener() {
            @Override
            public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar seekBar, int progress, boolean fromUser) {
                if(fromUser){
                    int r = 0;
                    int g = 0;
                    int b = 0;

                    if(progress < 256){
                        b = progress;
                    } else if(progress < 256*2) {
                        g = progress%256;
                        b = 256 - progress%256;
                    } else if(progress < 256*3) {
                        g = 255;
                        b = progress%256;
                    } else if(progress < 256*4) {
                        r = progress%256;
                        g = 256 - progress%256;
                        b = 256 - progress%256;
                    } else if(progress < 256*5) {
                        r = 255;
                        g = 0;
                        b = progress%256;
                    } else if(progress < 256*6) {
                        r = 255;
                        g = progress%256;
                        b = 256 - progress%256;
                    } else if(progress < 256*7) {
                        r = 255;
                        g = 255;
                        b = progress%256;
                    }

                    lineColorSeekbar.setBackgroundColor(Color.argb(255, r, g, b));
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {

            }

            @Override
            public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {

            }
        });