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Cursor not visible in EditText in Jelly Bean - this happens if you set a background for the field; to fix it, set the cursorDrawable to @null. Always use this combination when using custom backgrounds.
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EditText.xml
<EditText
android:id="@+id/my_edit_text"
...
android:background="@drawable/some_bg"
android:textCursorDrawable="@null" />
@GeorgCantor
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thanks bro!

@turastory
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What if I want to change the color of the cursor?? Here's what I'm using.

<EditText
    android:background="@null"
    android:textCursorDrawable="@color/coral"/>

This works in most of devices, but doesn't work on API 16. (Kitkat)
Any Ideas?

@turastory
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Well I've searched for a while, and found a solution.
See this answer.
Use drawable instead of color for textCursorDrawable.

<EditText
    android:background="@null"
    android:textCursorDrawable="@color/coral"/>

@joshuapinter
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Holy shit, dude. That's been bugging me for years! Thanks for finding this out, it works great!

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