Android: Getting attribute colors from specific theme returns black -

i'm using method color attributes

call

int color = fetchcolor( getbasecontext(), r.attr.prim ); 

method

public static int fetchcolor( context c, int id ) {     typedvalue typedvalue = new typedvalue();     typedarray = c.obtainstyledattributes( typedvalue.data, new int[]{ id } );     int color = a.getcolor( 0, 0 );     a.recycle();     log.e( tag, "color: " + color );     return color; } 

attributes

<attr name="prim" format="reference|color"/> 

base theme

<item name="prim">@color/indigo500</item> 

my theme

<item name="prim">@color/tealflat500</item> 

result

the color returned 0 (black). why? have other colors work fine , there no difference other other colors being in greyscale (from white black).

edit: colors

<color name="indigo500">#3f51b5</color>  <color name="tealflat500">#37474f</color> 

i found solution worked me:

call

int color = fetchcolor( getbasecontext(), r.attr.prim ); 

method

public static int fetchcolor( context c, int id ) {     int[] attrs = { id };     typedarray ta = c.obtainstyledattributes( r.style.mytheme, attrs );     int color = ta.getcolor( 0, color.black );     log.e( tag, "color: " + color );     return color; } 

it answer question here on stackoverflow accidentally closed tab , can't find it. whoever came it, cheers mate.