Android Development - new methods in Marshmallow release

[TMMurphy]

Hi all,

 

I think this is the right place for this but please feel free to move it if it isn't. I have been dabbling in some Android development and going through some free courses on Udemy. I have recently come across a problem which I am hoping perhaps some of you can shed some light on. In the Udemy example they use the getColor method to get a colour to use for the navigation tabs in your app, however this method is now deprecated and a new method is being used ContextCompat.getColor(context, R.color.your_color);

 

My problem is that I am not experienced enough in Android coding to know exactly how to use this new method and I have tried googling but they keep telling me to use the method but don't actually show me how. Are any of you able to assist?

 

I am dabbling in Android development because I eventually want to make an app that will read and write NFC tags so that I can program my business card into them - so as a sideline if any of you have any tips on that it would be great too.

 

Thanks

[TMMurphy]

Well my app seems to work properly now anyway, not sure why it didn't on Friday, but I would still like to know how the function is supposed to be implemented. Thanks.