Nsryjdtyk

Simply add this line to xml
(API 21 and higher)

     android:progressTint="@color/color"

As you mentioned that you want to change the star color without using the drawable. You can do it by few lines of code as below.

RatingBar ratingBar = (RatingBar) findViewById(R.id.ratingBar);

Drawable drawable = ratingBar.getProgressDrawable();

drawable.setColorFilter(Color.parseColor("#0064A8"),PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP);

My task was change color of Rating Bar to the app's primary color for Android >=14 SDK. I've solved this problem in code and in xml file.

 mRatingBar = (RatingBar)view.findViewById(R.id.ratingBar);

    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {

        try {

            Drawable progressDrawable = mRatingBar.getProgressDrawable();

            if (progressDrawable != null) {

                DrawableCompat.setTint(progressDrawable, ContextCompat.getColor(getContext(), R.color.colorPrimary));

            }

        } catch (Exception e) {

            e.printStackTrace();

        }

    }

And in xml file

        <RatingBar

            android:id="@+id/ratingBar"

            android:layout_width="wrap_content"

            android:layout_height="wrap_content"

            android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"

            android:backgroundTint="@color/colorPrimary"

            android:numStars="5"

            android:progressTint="@color/colorPrimary"

            android:rating="0"

            android:secondaryProgressTint="@android:color/transparent"

            android:stepSize="1" />

try this,

You do need 3 star images (red_star_full.png, red_star_half.png and red_star_empty.png) and one xml file. If you want to golden star then use golden star image. this is for red star.

you can put ratingbar_color.xml in res/drawable.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <item android:id="@android:id/background" android:drawable="@drawable/red_star_empty" />

    <item android:id="@android:id/secondaryProgress" android:drawable="@drawable/red_star_half" />

    <item android:id="@android:id/progress" android:drawable="@drawable/red_star_full" />

</layer-list>

and in rating bar definition use following.

<RatingBar android:progressDrawable="@drawable/ratingbar_red/>

RatingBar ratingreview; 

ratingreview=(RatingBar)v.findViewById(R.id.ratingreview); 

ratingreview.setRating(Float.parseFloat(objrating)); 

Drawable drawable = ratingreview.getProgressDrawable(); 

drawable.setColorFilter(Color.parseColor("#6A9A28"), PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP);

My use case was to show different colors for different ratings. For example :

1- Red

2- Orange

3- Yellow

4- Light Green

5- Dark Green

Solution :

ratingBar.setOnRatingBarChangeListener(new RatingBar.OnRatingBarChangeListener() {



  @Override

  public void onRatingChanged(final RatingBar ratingBar, final float rating, final boolean fromUser) {

      setCurrentRating(rating);

    }

});

Then in your setCurrentRating() method :

 private void setCurrentRating(float rating) {

    LayerDrawable drawable = (LayerDrawable)rateOverall.getProgressDrawable();

    if(mContext!=null) {

          switch (Math.round(rating)) {

            case 1:

              setRatingStarColor(drawable.getDrawable(2), ContextCompat.getColor(mContext, R.color.dark_red));

              break;

            case 2:

              setRatingStarColor(drawable.getDrawable(2), ContextCompat.getColor(mContext, R.color.light_orange));

              break;

            case 3:

              setRatingStarColor(drawable.getDrawable(2), ContextCompat.getColor(mContext, R.color.light_yellow));

              break;

            case 4:

              setRatingStarColor(drawable.getDrawable(2), ContextCompat.getColor(mContext, R.color.light_green_review));

              break;

            case 5:

              setRatingStarColor(drawable.getDrawable(2), ContextCompat.getColor(mContext, R.color.dark_green));

              break;

          }

      setRatingStarColor(drawable.getDrawable(1), ContextCompat.getColor(mContext, R.color.transparent));

      setRatingStarColor(drawable.getDrawable(0), ContextCompat.getColor(mContext, R.color.light_grey_payment));



    }

  }

Then in your setRatingStarColor() method:

   private void setRatingStarColor(Drawable drawable, @ColorInt int color)

  {

    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP)

    {

      DrawableCompat.setTint(drawable, color);

    }

    else

    {

      drawable.setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);

    }

  }

Thanks to this answer which helped me solve this.
Hope it helps someone !

Use this code to get over the line

Drawable drawableReview = writeReviewRatingBar.getProgressDrawable();

        drawableReview.setColorFilter(Color.parseColor("#FFFDD433"), PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_ATOP);

Simple solution, use AppCompatRatingBar and use below code

ratingbar.setProgressTintList(ColorStateList.valueOf(ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.colorAccent)));

The simplest solution I have found is changing the color definition for the color "colorAccent" in the color.xml. That's entire magic without further coding.