Change text backround color in XAML

Hello coming from Windows Form I'm totally newbie in XAML but
I've the feeling to get back in the eighties spending more energy to work with the user interface than the business logic itself
I'm trying to figure out how to change the background color of a Text element in the XAML
I've tryed something like this in the xaml code but there is no effect at all

<TextView
    android:text="Bonjour nouveau monde"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    BackgroundColor="#00FF00" 
    android:id="@+id/textView1" />

thanks for any help