Solved Chat color replacement

Code:

// Load messages from config
        messages = getConfig().getStringList("messages");

        // Replace colors
        for (String s : messages) {
            s.replaceAll("&", String.valueOf(ChatColor.COLOR_CHAR));
        }

I have this in my plugin, but when I display the messages it doesn't show colors. It only shows the & color codes. Is there anything wrong here?

 

@Pocketkid2 Use ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes()

 

Nope, that doesn't change anything.

That shouldn't be the problem as I have another plugin that does colors using that same line I had before and it works.

EDIT by Timtower: merged posts

 

Try

Code:

s.replace("&", "§");

 

@Pocketkid2 Don't replace anything. Use ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes(). I know for a fact that it works; you are just implementing it incorrectly.

 

Yeah, I think so

Because this

Code:

// Load messages from config
        messages = getConfig().getStringList("messages");

        // Replace colors
        for (String s : messages) {
            s = ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', s);
        }

doesn't appear to be working for me

EDIT by Timtower: merged posts

 

Maybe the variable 's' is just a copy of the real string stored in the list?
You could try creating a new list and then:

1. for (String s : messages) {
2. list.add(ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes('&', s));
3. }

but this is just a thought

 

The code you have is fine, however the foreach loop does not store the variable. So you'll need to do it like so:

Code:

// Convert the List<String> into a String array
String[] messageArray = messages.toArray(new String[messages.size()]);

// For each over every array item by declaring the index
for (int i=0; i<messageArray.length; i++) {
    messageArray[i] = ChatColor.translateAlternativeColorCodes('&', messageArray[i]);
}

// Convert back into a list if it makes life easier for you
List<String> newMessages = Arrays.asList(messageArray);

 

This worked! Thank you @RROD!