Using color and color.darker in Android?

Ted's answer to lighten a color wasn't working for me so here is a solution that might help someone else:

java

/**
 * Lightens a color by a given factor.
 * 
 * @param color
 *            The color to lighten
 * @param factor
 *            The factor to lighten the color. 0 will make the color unchanged. 1 will make the
 *            color white.
 * @return lighter version of the specified color.
 */
public static int lighter(int color, float factor) {
    int red = (int) ((Color.red(color) * (1 - factor) / 255 + factor) * 255);
    int green = (int) ((Color.green(color) * (1 - factor) / 255 + factor) * 255);
    int blue = (int) ((Color.blue(color) * (1 - factor) / 255 + factor) * 255);
    return Color.argb(Color.alpha(color), red, green, blue);
}