android button background color,How to set Android button background color?

Based on this question I was able to determine that the standard button template for e.g. Android 2.2 is located at

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android-sdk\platforms\android-8\data\res\drawable\btn_default.xml

Obviously, the path may be different on your PC. It refers to drawables such as "@drawable/btn_default_normal" which refer to 9-patch files, e.g. the HDPI ones are

data\res\drawable-hdpi\btn_default_normal.9.png

data\res\drawable-hdpi\btn_default_normal_disable.9.png

data\res\drawable-hdpi\btn_default_pressed.9.png

data\res\drawable-hdpi\btn_default_selected.9.png

data\res\drawable-hdpi\btn_default_normal_disable_focused.9.png

How to find resources: I started from Button.java's constructor (use SDK Manager to download Sources for Android SDK):

this(context, attrs, com.android.internal.R.attr.buttonStyle);

Which refers to an in res/values/themes.xml:

@android:style/Widget.Button

Which refers to a

@android:drawable/btn_default

true

true

?android:attr/textAppearanceSmallInverse

@android:color/primary_text_light

center_vertical|center_horizontal

Which finally refers to res/drawable/btn_default.xml.