android-theme

In my Android java code, how can I reference the color "colorPrimary" set in my theme? I have the following theme definition: <!-- Application theme. --> <style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme"> <item name="colorPrimary">@color/myColor1</item> <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/myColor2</item> <item name="colorControlNormal">@color/myColor3</item> <item name="colorControlActivated">@color/myColor4</item> </style> I could reference the color resource directly (R.color.myColor1), but I would prefer to reference the theme's primaryColor setting, so that it stays consistent if the

I’m trying to change search suggestions to “light theme”. I’m using appcompat-v7:22.2.0 library and read about new feature for customizing search view widget (android.support.v7.widget.SearchView). FIRST TRY SECTION Toolbar <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:background="?attr/colorPrimary" android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize" app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" app:theme="@style

I would like to know how to style the drop down popup of the Android 4.0 SearchView ? I'm using the Theme.Sherlock.Light.DarkActionBar , but I don't know how to style the drop down search into a white background and a black text? For some reason theming using the "searchAutoCompleteTextView" wasn't working for me either. So I solved it using the following code when setting up my SearchView: Note: This is all done with the android v7 support/AppCompat library public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.search_menu, menu); MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem

I'm building an application that should work on android 2.3 and I added both ActionBarSherlock and HoloEverywhere libraries. In order to use ActionBarSherlock I have to use Theme.Sherlock like so : <application ... android:theme="@style/Theme.Sherlock" ... > And that's ok. My main activity is pretty simple : just a ListView with 5 rows (I don't use ListAcivity). <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:orientation="vertical" > <ListView android:id="@+id/menuListView" android:layout

I have been wrestling with trying to get my PreferenceFragment to have the same Material-based theme and styling (via AppCompat) as the rest of my application. The PreferenceFragment that I am using to manage all of my application settings is shown below: As you can see from the screenshot above, I was able to customize the PreferenceFragment by using colorAccent , colorPrimary , and a few other attributes. My theme for the PreferenceFragment is as follows: <style name="settingsTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"> <item name="colorPrimary">@color/blue_grey_500</item> <item name

I am trying to use the toolbar widget in android 21 with a custom style but I can't get rid off this error : Failed to find style 'toolbarStyle' in current theme . Here is my layout xml file : <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" android:id="@+id/patient_toolbar" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" app:theme="@style/AppTheme.Patient" /> Here is the Patient theme : <resources> <!-- Base application theme. --> <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light"> <!-- Customize your theme here. --> </style>